public static string GetFormattedString(MusicEra era) // Returns a user-friendly string representation of a MusicEras enum value
{
if (era == MusicEra.Unknown)
{
return("Unknown");
}
// Gets the two boundary years of the era and replaces "_" with "-", for example: "2000-2004"
return(era.ToString().Remove(0, "Years_".Length).Replace('_', '-'));
}
public static bool IsDateInEra(int year, MusicEra era) // Determines if a given year is in a given era
{
if (year < 1940 || year > 2034)
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(year), $"The date {year} is not in the supported range of eras.");
}
if (era == MusicEra.Unknown)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Cannot determine inclusion for unknown era.", nameof(era));
}
string formattedEra = GetFormattedString(era);
int minYear = Convert.ToInt32(formattedEra.Split('-')[0]);
int maxYear = Convert.ToInt32(formattedEra.Split('-')[1]);
return(minYear <= year && year <= maxYear); // minYear <= year <= maxYear
}
public static bool IsNewMillenium(MusicEra era) // Return true if the era is after 2000, and false if it's earlier
{
if (era == MusicEra.Unknown)
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(era), "Millenia cannot be determined about unknown era.");
}
int eraValue = (int)era;
if (eraValue < 40)
{
return(true); // 1940 is the earliest supported date from 1900s
}
else
{
return(false);
}
}
