/**
* Returns results of search the animals data by key/value, using
* inclusion of the search term.
*/
public List <Animal> FindByColumnAndValue(AnimalFieldType column, string value)
{
var results = from j in Animals
where GetFieldByType(j, column).Contains(value)
select j;
return(results.ToList());
}
// Lists Animals with a given field matching a given value
public IActionResult Animals(AnimalFieldType column, string value)
{
SearchAnimalsViewModel animalsViewModel = new SearchAnimalsViewModel();
animalsViewModel.Animals = animalData.FindByColumnAndValue(column, value);
animalsViewModel.Title = "Animals with " + column + ": " + value;
return(View(animalsViewModel));
}
/**
* Returns the AnimalField of the given type from the Animal object,
* for all types other than AnimalFieldType.All. In this case,
* null is returned.
*/
public static AnimalField GetFieldByType(Animal animal, AnimalFieldType type)
{
switch (type)
{
case AnimalFieldType.Size:
return(animal.Size);
case AnimalFieldType.Origin:
return(animal.Origin);
case AnimalFieldType.Eat:
return(animal.Eat);
case AnimalFieldType.Kind:
return(animal.Kind);
}
throw new ArgumentException("Cannot get field of type: " + type);
}
// Lists the values of a given column, or all animals if selected
public IActionResult Values(AnimalFieldType column)
{
if (column.Equals(AnimalFieldType.All))
{
SearchAnimalsViewModel animalsViewModel = new SearchAnimalsViewModel();
animalsViewModel.Animals = animalData.Animals;
animalsViewModel.Title = "All Animals";
return(View("Animals", animalsViewModel));
}
else
{
AnimalFieldsViewModel animalFieldsViewModel = new AnimalFieldsViewModel();
IEnumerable <AnimalField> fields;
switch (column)
{
case AnimalFieldType.Size:
fields = animalData.Sizes.ToList().Cast <AnimalField>();
break;
case AnimalFieldType.Origin:
fields = animalData.Origins.ToList().Cast <AnimalField>();
break;
case AnimalFieldType.Eat:
fields = animalData.Eats.ToList().Cast <AnimalField>();
break;
case AnimalFieldType.Kind:
default:
fields = animalData.Kinds.ToList().Cast <AnimalField>();
break;
}
animalFieldsViewModel.Fields = fields;
animalFieldsViewModel.Title = "All " + column + " Values";
animalFieldsViewModel.Column = column;
return(View(animalFieldsViewModel));
}
}
