public static void Main(string[] args)
{
BookCatalog[] objBook = new BookCatalog[1];
int userChoice;
//menu
Console.WriteLine("Welcome to the Brogrammer Library\n");
do
{
Console.WriteLine("1)Display Book List");
Console.WriteLine("2)Search by Title or Author");
Console.WriteLine("3)Return Book");
Console.WriteLine("4)Checkout Book");
Console.WriteLine("5) Exit");
//Console.WriteLine("Please Press 1 to load the data");
Console.Write("Enter Choice (1 - 5):");
userChoice = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
switch (userChoice)
{
//Displays List Of Books
case 1:
BookCatalog.LoadData(ref objBook); //pass by reference
BookCatalog.DisplayAllBooks(objBook); //pass by value
break;
//Search by Title or Author
case 2:
BookCatalog.LoadData(ref objBook); //pass by reference
Console.WriteLine("Please enter an author or book title");
BookCatalog.BookSearchAuthorOrTitle(ref objBook);
Console.WriteLine("___________________________");
break;
case 3:
BookCatalog.ReturnBook(ref objBook);
break;
case 4:
BookCatalog.BookCheckout(ref objBook);
break;
default:
break;
}
} while (userChoice != 5);
}
//RETURN BOOKS
public static void ReturnBook(ref BookCatalog[] objBooks)
{
// StreamWriter write = new StreamWriter("Books.txt"); // Allows you to write over
//writ(objBooks.Length + 1); // Allows to write a new book to text file
Console.WriteLine("Thank you for choosing the Brogrammer's Library. To return your book press any key...");
Console.ReadKey();
BookCatalog temp = new BookCatalog(); // creates new object of book
Console.WriteLine("Enter Title: ");
temp.Title = Console.ReadLine(); // takes user input and store it in the variable
Console.WriteLine("Enter Author: ");
temp.Author = Console.ReadLine(); // takes user input and store it in the variable
//Console.WriteLine("Enter Book Number: ");
//temp.BookNumberInCatalog = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine()); // takes user input and store it in the variable
Console.WriteLine("Enter Status: ");
temp.Status = Console.ReadLine(); // takes user input and store it in the variable
//write new data to text file
System.IO.File.WriteAllText(@"C:\Users\Student\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\MidTermProject_Brogrammers\MidTermProject_Brogrammers/Books.txt", temp.Title);
System.IO.File.WriteAllText(@"C:\Users\Student\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\MidTermProject_Brogrammers\MidTermProject_Brogrammers/Books.txt", temp.Author);
System.IO.File.WriteAllText(@"C:\Users\Student\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\MidTermProject_Brogrammers\MidTermProject_Brogrammers/Books.txt", temp.Status);
// write.WriteLine(temp.Title);
//write.WriteLine(temp.Author);
//write.WriteLine(temp.BookNumberInCatalog);
//write.WriteLine(temp.Status);
////put old Books back in the text file
//for (int i = 0; i < objBooks.Length; i++)
//{
// write.WriteLine(objBooks[i].Title);
// write.WriteLine(objBooks[i].Author);
// write.WriteLine(objBooks[i].BookNumberInCatalog);
// write.WriteLine(objBooks[i].Status);
//}
//write.Flush();
//write.Close(); // close the file after the write
LoadData(ref objBooks); // updates the array
}
//METHODS
//LOADS THE DATA FROM TEXTFILE
public static void LoadData(ref BookCatalog[] objBook)
{
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader("Books.txt"); //setting up stream reader
int size = Convert.ToInt32(reader.ReadLine());
objBook = new BookCatalog[size]; //dynamic array
for (int i = 0; i < objBook.Length; i++)
{
objBook[i] = new BookCatalog();
//objBook[i].BookNumberInCatalog = Convert.ToInt16(reader.ReadLine());
objBook[i].Title = reader.ReadLine();
objBook[i].Author = reader.ReadLine();
objBook[i].Status = reader.ReadLine();
}
reader.Close();
//DESPLAYS ALL BOOKS TO SCREEN
}