///Method to assign artwork to artist
public void AssignArtworkToArtist(List <Artist> artistx, List <Artwork> art)
{
// set up the lists as arrays so we can search through them
Artist[] arrayofArtist = artistx.ToArray();
Artwork[] arrayofArtwork = art.ToArray();
/// Search through the arrays
for (int i = 0; i < arrayofArtist.Length; i++)
{
for (int t = 0; t < arrayofArtwork.Length; t++)
{
/// Matches the artist ID with the Artist ID in the artwork array
if (arrayofArtist[i].ArtistID == arrayofArtwork[t].HoldArtistID)
{
/// Assigns the new artwork to the artist
arrayofArtist[i].ArtistArtwork.Add(arrayofArtwork[t]);
}
}
}
/// Return artist array back into a list
artistx = arrayofArtist.ToList();
// Save the assigned artwork
Savexml.SaveData(artistx, "ArtistList.xml");
}
private void Save_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
try
{
Savexml x = new Savexml();
// Loads artist information
if (File.Exists("ArtistList.xml"))
{
XmlSerializer deserializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List <Artist>));
StreamReader textReader = new StreamReader("ArtistList.xml");
ArtistList = (List <Artist>)deserializer.Deserialize(textReader);
textReader.Close();
}
/// Creates a artist instance
var artist = new Artist();
// Sets variable values
artist.ThisArtistName = ArtistName.Text;
artist.thisArtistAddres = ArtistAddress.Text;
// Adds the artist instance into artistlist
ArtistList.Add(artist);
for (int i = 0; i < ArtistList.Count(); i++)
{
foreach (var artistx in ArtistList)
{
//set ID
if (ArtistList.Count() == 1)
{
artist.ThisArtistID = ArtistList.Count();
}
else
{
artist.ThisArtistID = ArtistList.Count();
}
}
}
/// Save artist Information
Savexml.SaveData(ArtistList, "ArtistList.xml");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Edit the artist's Address /// </summary>
/// <param name="artist"></param> A collection of artist
/// <param name="ID"></param>
/// <param name="changeAddress"></param>
public void editArtist(List <Artist> artist, int ID, string changeAddress)
{
/// Change Artist list into a array for searching
Artist[] ArtistInstance = artist.ToArray();
/// Search through the array with a loop
for (int i = 0; i < ArtistInstance.Length; i++)
{
/// Matches the Artist ID with the one provided
if (ID == ArtistInstance[i].ArtistID)
{
/// Sets the new address
ArtistInstance[i].Address = changeAddress;
}
}
/// Return array into artist List
artist = ArtistInstance.ToList();
/// Save changes to the artist's Address
Savexml.SaveData(artist, "ArtistList.xml");
}