static void UserInterface()
{
while (true)
{
Console.WriteLine("Please select one:");
Console.WriteLine("view all books");
Console.WriteLine("add a book");
Console.WriteLine("borrow a book");
Console.WriteLine("return a book");
Console.WriteLine("view book bag");
Console.WriteLine("exit");
string userChoice = Console.ReadLine().ToLower();
if (userChoice == "view all books")
{
Console.WriteLine($"{Library}");
}
else if (userChoice == "add a book")
{
Console.WriteLine("Please enter the title");
string title = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("Please enter the author's first name");
string firstName = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("Please enter the author's last name");
string lastName = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("Please enter the number of pages");
int numberOfPages = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("Please enter the genre");
Genre genre = (Genre)Enum.Parse(typeof(Genre), Console.ReadLine());
Author author = new Author(firstName, lastName);
Book book = new Book()
{
Title = title,
Author = author,
NumberOfPages = numberOfPages,
Genre = genre
};
Library.AddBook(book);
}
if (userChoice == "exit")
{
break;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// below is code that creates a book based off of user input for title, author, and genre
/// </summary>
/// <param name="title">the title of the book</param>
/// <param name="firstName">the author's first name</param>
/// <param name="lastName">the author's last name</param>
public static void AddABook(string title, string firstName, string lastName)
{
Book book = new Book()
{
Title = title,
Author = new Author()
{
FirstName = firstName, LastName = lastName
},
Genre = Genre.SciFi
};
Library.AddBook(book);
}
/// <summary>
/// Is creating a new instance of a book which takes in the users inputs and creates a new instance of an author which takes in the users input
/// the book then takes in the users input for number of pages, genre and then adding the book to the library
/// </summary>
/// <param name="title">Title of the book to be added</param>
/// <param name="firstName">Author's First Name to be added</param>
/// <param name="lastName">Author's Last Name to be added</param>
/// <param name="numberOfPages">Amount of pages in the book</param>
/// <param name="genre">The category to be placed</param>
static void AddABook(string title, string firstName, string lastName, int numberOfPages)
{
Book book = new Book()
{
Title = title,
Author = new Author()
{
FirstName = firstName,
LastName = lastName
},
NumberOfPages = numberOfPages,
Genre = Genre.Scifi
};
Library.AddBook(book);
}
static void LoadBooks()
{
Library.AddBook(new Book()
{
Title = "Harry Potter"
}
);
Library.AddBook(new Book()
{
Title = "Lord of the Flies"
}
);
Console.WriteLine($"{Library}");
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates 5 initial books and puts them in the Library
/// </summary>
static void LoadBooks()
{
Book hatchet = new Book()
{
Title = "Hatchet", Author = new Author()
{
FirstName = "John", LastName = "Lewis"
}, Genre = Genre.History
};
Book got = new Book()
{
Title = "Song of Ice and Fire", Author = new Author()
{
FirstName = "George", LastName = "Martin"
}, Genre = Genre.History
};
Book scar = new Book()
{
Title = "Scarlett Letter", Author = new Author()
{
FirstName = "Nathaniel", LastName = "Hawthorne"
}, Genre = Genre.History
};
Book prairie = new Book()
{
Title = "Little House on the Prairie", Author = new Author()
{
FirstName = "Laura", LastName = "Wilder"
}, Genre = Genre.History
};
Book war = new Book()
{
Title = "The Art of War", Author = new Author()
{
FirstName = "Sun", LastName = "Tzu"
}, Genre = Genre.History
};
Library.AddBook(hatchet);
Library.AddBook(got);
Library.AddBook(scar);
Library.AddBook(prairie);
Library.AddBook(war);
}
/// <summary>
/// when completed, the method below will load books into the bookshelf
/// </summary>
public static void LoadBooks()
{
Book first = new Book {
Title = "Alice in Wonderland", Author = new Author()
{
FirstName = "Lewis", LastName = "Carol"
}
};
Book second = new Book {
Title = "Green Eggs and Ham", Author = new Author()
{
FirstName = "Dr.", LastName = "Suess"
}, Genre = Genre.Mystery
};
Library.AddBook(first);
Library.AddBook(second);
}
/// <summary>
/// The ForEach is iterating over all items in the BookBag and displaying them to the user.
/// response is the users input
/// converting the users response to an int
/// TryGetValue is verifying that books contains the book requesting to be removed
/// remove is removing the book from their checked out books and then adding it back to the available list of books
/// </summary>
static void ReturnBook()
{
Dictionary <int, Book> books = new Dictionary <int, Book>();
Console.WriteLine("Which book would you like to return");
int counter = 1;
foreach (var item in BookBag)
{
books.Add(counter, item);
Console.WriteLine($"{counter++}. {item.Title} - {item.Author.FirstName} {item.Author.LastName}");
}
string response = Console.ReadLine();
int.TryParse(response, out int selection);
books.TryGetValue(selection, out Book returnedBook);
BookBag.Remove(returnedBook);
Library.AddBook(returnedBook);
}
