public static void CreateNewUser(IPersistenceService db)
{
object newUser = null;
Type[] userTypes = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(User)).GetTypes().Where(x => x.IsSubclassOf(typeof(User))).ToArray();
Type userTypeChoice = null;
do
{
Console.Write("Please select a user type (");
for (int i = 0; i < userTypes.Length; i++)
{
Console.Write(i + " " + userTypes[i].Name);
if (i < userTypes.Length - 1)
{
Console.Write(", ");
}
}
Console.Write("): ");
if (!int.TryParse(Console.ReadLine(), out var choiceIndex))
{
continue;
}
if (choiceIndex >= 0 && choiceIndex < userTypes.Length)
{
userTypeChoice = userTypes[choiceIndex];
}
} while (userTypeChoice == null);
newUser = Activator.CreateInstance(userTypeChoice);
var props = userTypeChoice.GetProperties().Where(x => Attribute.IsDefined(x, typeof(PersistedAttribute)));
foreach (var prop in props)
{
while (true)
{
if (prop.Name == "Id")
{
break;
}
Console.Write($"Value for property '{prop.Name}': ");
string input = Console.ReadLine();
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(input))
{
continue;
}
try
{
object result = Transformers.GetFittingTransformerFromString(prop.PropertyType)(input);
prop.SetValue(newUser, result);
break;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
// ignored
}
}
}
var genericCreate = db.GetType().GetMethod("Create").MakeGenericMethod(userTypeChoice);
genericCreate.Invoke(db, new object[] { newUser });
// ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Set("IdCounter", ((User)newUser).Id.ToString());
ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["IdCounter"] = ((User)newUser).Id.ToString();
Console.WriteLine("User has been created");
Console.WriteLine("--------------------");
}