//Get method that will pull in the current inventory from the CSV file
private static void GetCurrentInventory()
{
//first point the StreamReader object at the text file that holds the current inventory in CSV format
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(@"C:\Users\ShaKy\Source\Repos\CarLotCOMPLETE\CarLot\CarLotDB.txt");
//string array to hold the split CSV row before parsing into necessary Car object
string[] csvArray;
//string that grabs and holds the first line of the CSV text file
string line = sr.ReadLine();
//while loop to iterate through the text file of CSV's building inventory List
while (line != null)//as long as the first line of the text file is not null then continue with parsing
{
//spilt the CSV on the comma's until we have the sparate values indexed in our string array
csvArray = line.Split(',');
//check to see what type of Car object is in each CSV
if (csvArray[0] == "1")//if it starts with a number 1 then it will be a NewCar object
{
//we add a NewCar object passing a CSV string in to our method which returns a new object
currentInventory.Add(NewCar.CSVToCar(line));
}
else
{
//we add a UsedCar object passing a CSV string in to our method which returns a new object
currentInventory.Add(UsedCar.CSVToCar(line));
}
//we advance the CSV text file to the next row of data
line = sr.ReadLine();
}
//close the text file when done with File I/O operations
sr.Close();
}
