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How to write this C# class and call it as object

I have this xml

      <member email="dc@test.com">

            <provisions>

                  <provision>
                        <AccountName>
                              Test_Account
                        </AccountName>
                        <LicenseName>
                              Forms
                        </LicenseName>
                        <parameters>
                              <parameter>
                                    Resp_2
                              </parameter>
                              <parameter>
                                    Resp_3
                              </parameter>
                        </parameters>
                  </provision>

                  <provision>
                        <AccountName id="1234">
                              Test_Account_101
                        </AccountName>

                        <LicenseName>
                              Forms_101
                        </LicenseName>
                        <parameters>
                              <parameter>
                                    Resp_2_101
                              </parameter>
                              <parameter>
                                    Resp_3_101
                              </parameter>
                              <parameter>
                                    Resp_2_101
                              </parameter>
                              <parameter>
                                    Resp_2_101
                              </parameter>
                              <parameter>
                                    Resp_2_101
                              </parameter>
                        </parameters>
                  </provision>
</member>

I need to read this an transform to a C# object. I know how to read it but I need to implement method to add License and parameters. I want to set some propertiese and then want to add licenses and parameteres just by calling AddLicense and AddParameters (for the same license)

this is my class:

public class clsAccountDataTemplate
{
public string account_name;
public string account_id;
public string email;
public string old_email;
public string ad_user_id;
public string action;
public LicenseDataTemplate[] license;

public void AddLicense()
{

//this is where I am stuck
}
}

public class LicenseDataTemplate
{
public string license_name;
public ParameterDataTemplate[] parameters;

public void AddParameter()
{
//this is where I am stuck
}

}

public class ParameterDataTemplate
{
public string param;
public ParameterDataTemplate(string pName)
{
param = pName;
}

}

this how I am using the object:

accData = new clsAccountDataTemplate();
accData.action = ActionType.ToString();
accData.account_name = provision.Element("AccountName").Value;
accData.email = provision.Ancestors("member").First().Attribute("email").Value;
//Need to add licencese and parameters for this object

but I am stuck to how to add licenses and then parameters to this object. I need some help

saragani

Hi, since your structure is XML, I would suggest you to use Serialization.
If you create your class then you will be able to save it easily to ab XML file using the .Net class of XML Serialization, and then load it using the same method.

This way, you don't need to implement your own load function.
However, you will need to change the structure of the XML file a little bit.
You will notice how it should look a like after you will save your class to an XML using serialization.

immtrac

ASKER

Thanks. But I don't have control over XML. I just need to know how to add license with parameters associated with that liscense to accData.license.

I need help to implement methods in class and then calling it to successfully add license (with parameters associated with that licenses) to accData.

I then just should be to get all proeritese from accData (email, account name, array of all the licenses and array of parameters for each license )

saragani

Hi, since you are adding Licenses, and I assume that you can have more than one (you are using an array), then my best suggestion would be using List instead of array:

public List<LicenseDataTemplate> license = new List<LicenseDataTemplate>();

And then:

public void AddLicense()
{

license.Add(new LicenseDataTemplate());
}

Or:

public void AddLicense(LicenseDataTemplate licenseDataTemplate)
{

license.Add(licenseDataTemplate);
}

immtrac

ASKER

I am having difficulty understanding the concept.

Would you please explain with little code example. Like what should be in the class and how then I would use it in main code

accData = new clsAccountDataTemplate();
accData.action = ActionType.ToString();
accData.account_name = provision.Element("AccountName").Value;
accData.email = provision.Ancestors("member").First().Attribute("email").Value;
//Please help write code here to add license and parameters

saragani

I assume that provision is XDocument or XElement...

You can use provision.Descendants("parameters").First() to get the XElement of "parameters"

for example:
XElement parameters = provision.Descendants("parameters").First()

Then get all parameters from the new XElement:
var listOfParameters = parameters.Descendants("parameter");

The iterate using "foreach" on listOfParameters and fill your parameters list on your license.

However, the XML is built in a way that Parameters are the children of "provision" and not of "LicenseName"

If you have only 1 license then don't have a list of licenses...
if the Parameters are supposed to be the children of the License then have the XML build this way.

Right now, you don't have any "License" on your XML, but LicenseName...
I would have expected:
<Licenses>
<License Name="Form_101">
<parameters>
<parameter>
Resp_2_101
</parameter>
<parameter>
Resp_3_101
</parameter>
<parameter>
Resp_2_101
</parameter>
<parameter>
Resp_2_101
</parameter>
<parameter>
Resp_2_101
</parameter>
</parameters>
</License>
</Licenses>

Or maybe provision is License???

immtrac

ASKER

Yes. provision is License.

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immtrac

ASKER

Looks like from your suggested solution I do not need following 2 methods, right?

public void AddLicense(LicenseDataTemplate license)
{
//this is where I am stuck
}

public void AddParameter(ParameterDataTemplate parameter)
{
//this is where I am stuck
}

saragani

We are working directly on the List, so yes, you can remove those functions.

However, if you make the Lists private then you will need to somehow expose a method that adds items to the lists.

immtrac

ASKER

Thanks for you help.