public override bool CanBorrow(Library_Item li)
{
//method to check whether faculty member can borrow library item
bool borrow = false;
//library item could be book or journal, need to get type of a certain item.
if (li.GetType() == typeof(Book))
{
// staff can only borrow up to four books and the item must available.
if (BooksCount <= FacBookMax && li.isAvailable())
{
borrow = true;
}
}
if (li.GetType() == typeof(Journal))
{
//staff can only borrow up to two journals and the journal must available.
if (JournalsCount <= FacJournalMax && li.isAvailable())
{
borrow = true;
}
}
return(borrow);
}
public override bool CanBorrow(Library_Item li)
{
//method to check whether student can borrow library item
bool borrow = false;
if (li.GetType() == typeof(Book))
{
//student can only borrow up to two book and it must be available
if (BookCount <= StudentBookMax && li.isAvailable())
{
borrow = true;
}
}
return(borrow);
}