A library trying to make one common interface for most anime database sites.
Let's imagine a program that prints the users anime library for them. This program is easily implemented using UnifiedAnime.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IAnimeProfile profile;
var username = args[0];
var password = args[1];
var site = args[2];
switch (site)
{
case "HummingBird":
profile = new UnifiedHummingBirdV1Profile();
break;
case "AniList":
profile = new UnifiedAniListProfile("clientId", "clientSecret");
break;
default:
Console.WriteLine($"Site not supported: {site}");
return;
}
profile.Authenticate(username, password);
var response = profile.Get();
if (response.Status == ResponseStatus.Success)
{
var animeEntries = response.Data;
foreach (var entry in animeEntries)
{
Console.WriteLine(entry.Info.Title);
}
}
Console.ReadKey();
}As seen from the example, swapping out clients is easy. With a system like this, having mutible client connected at the same time can also be beneficial, as users might have an account on more than one site at the time.
var profiles = new IAnimeProfile[2]
{
new UnifiedHummingBirdV1Profile();
new UnifiedAniListProfile("clientId", "clientSecret");
};
profiles[0].Authenticate("HummingBirdUsername", "HummingBirdPassWord");
profiles[1].Authenticate("AniListUsername", "AniListPassWord");
var hbBrowser = new UnifiedHummingBirdV1Browser();
// We search for an anime on one client
var response = hbBrowser.Search("Flip Flappers");
if (response.Status == ResponseStatus.Success)
{
// We can now add the result to both clients
profiles[0].Add(response.Data[0]);
profiles[1].Add(response.Data[0]);
}A whole system, for keeping multible sites up to date, could be implemented like this.
So inferface are great, but a generic intefaces can't cover everything. Some sites might have something specific that the interface can't incorparate. None inferface versions of each client can therefor also be instantiated.
var browser1 = new HummingBirdV1Browser();
var browser2 = new UnifiedHummingBirdV1Client();
IAnimeClient browse3 = new UnifiedHummingBirdV1Client();
Response<Anime[]> data1 = browser1.GetSearchAnime("Flip Flappers");
Response<IAnimeInfo[]> data2 = browser2.Search("Flip Flappers");
// Interfaced clients inherit from uninterfaced clients,
// so uninterfaced functionallity is also available.
Response<Anime[]> data3 = browser2.GetSearchAnime("Flip Flappers");
// This gives compile error, as the interface doesn't have
// a GetSearchAnime method.
Response<Anime[]> data4 = browse3.GetSearchAnime("Flip Flappers");- Finalize the IAnimeProfile interface
- Finalize the IAnimeBrowser interface
- Finalize the interfaces for data
- IAnimeEntry
- IAnimeInfo
- Implement AniList
- Browser
- Profile
-
Implement HummingBird-
Browser -
Profile
-
- Implement Kitsu
- Browser
- Profile
- Implement MyAnimeList
- Browser
- Profile
- Implement AniDB
- Browser
- Profile
- Implement AnimePlanet (AnimePlanet have no api. Is it even possible?)
- Browser
- Profile