// Returns a list of random contracts
public static List <Contracts> ListRandomContracts()
{
Random rand = new Random();
var customerList = CustomerDataAccess.GetCustomerList();
var hireList = DataAccessLayer.GetHireList();
List <Contracts> contractList = new List <Contracts>();
// Generates 25 random contracts but this could easily be 5 or 50
for (int i = 0; i < 25; i++)
{
int rContractID = rand.Next(1, 500);
decimal rContractValue = rand.Next(1, 500);
// Create an index of the amount of customers/nireassets to create a random
int index = rand.Next(customerList.Count);
int index2 = rand.Next(hireList.Count);
// Create two temp customers and hireasssets
Customer rCustomer = customerList[index];
HireAsset rHireAsset = hireList[index2];
// Create the contracts object
Contracts contract = new Contracts()
{
contractID = rContractID,
contractValue = rContractValue,
customer = rCustomer,
item = rHireAsset
};
// Add it to the list
contractList.Add(contract);
}
// Return it for use in the listbox
return(contractList);
}
// Method to create a new contract based on a specific customer and hireAsset.
public static Contracts addContract(Customer _customer, HireAsset hireAsset)
{
// Create an instance of random
Random rand = new Random();
Contracts newContract = new Contracts()
{
// Just create a random contract ID and value for show
contractID = rand.Next(1, 500),
contractValue = rand.Next(1, 500),
customer = _customer,
item = hireAsset
};
// The method returns a type of Contracts so that can be added to the list we have alreadym
return(newContract);
}