/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ForumThread"/> class.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="id">id used to identify this thread</param>
/// <param name="posts">posts this thread holds</param>
/// <param name="category">category this thread is part of</param>
/// <param name="name">name of this thread</param>
/// <param name="username">username of the person that posted this thread</param>
public ForumThread(int id, List<Post> posts, ForumCategory category, string name, string username)
{
this.ID = id;
this.Posts = posts;
this.Category = category;
this.Name = name;
this.Username = username;
}
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ForumCategory"/> class.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="id">used to identify the category</param>
/// <param name="parentCategory">the parent of this category</param>
/// <param name="name">Name of this category</param>
public ForumCategory(int id, ForumCategory parentCategory, string name)
{
this.ID = id;
this.ParentCategory = parentCategory;
this.Name = name;
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a new thread
/// </summary>
/// <param name="user"> User that posted this thread</param>
/// <param name="content">content of the first post</param>
/// <param name="category">category this thread belongs to</param>
/// <param name="threadName">name of this thread</param>
public static void CreateNewThread(User user, string content, ForumCategory category, string threadName)
{
DatabaseManager.CreateNewThread(user.Username, category.ID, content, threadName);
}
/// <summary>
/// counts the number of threads in a given category
/// </summary>
/// <param name="category">is used to identify what category you want</param>
/// <returns>The number of posts that belong to the given category</returns>
public static int NumberofThreadsPerCategory(ForumCategory category)
{
return Threads.FindAll(x => x.Category.ID == category.ID).Count;
}