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SgtOVERKILL
SgtOVERKILL

Reputation: 319

Class with x amount of additional objects

Lets say I have an class called Person with a constructor

public class Person
{
     public string Name { get; set;}
     public string Height { get; set; }
     public string WhatEverElse { get; set; }

     public string Person(string Name, string Height, string WhatEverElse)
     {
          this.Name = Name;
          .......
     }
}

Now lets say I want to also include all the pets a person might have.

List<Person> persons = new List<Person>();

persons.Add(new Person("Larry", "5'9", "Whatever"));

foreach(Datarow row in OwnedPets)
{
     //push the pet info to the person here
}

Is there a way I can add x amount of pets and pet information to the Person Object? That way I can return Larry with all 2 of his pets or Jerry with all 6 of his pets? Or can I combine two classes an return a list with both?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 56

Answers (2)

Stephan Baltzer
Stephan Baltzer

Reputation: 273

How about a List?


public class Person
{
     public string Name { get; set;}
     public string Height { get; set; }
     public string WhatEverElse { get; set; }
     public List<Pet> Pets { get; set; }
     public string Person(string Name, string Height, string WhatEverElse)
     {
          Pets = new List<Pet>();
     }
}

public class Pet
{
     public string Name { get; set; }
}

You can then add any amount of Pets by assigning new Pets

// For your own sake keep a clear naming convention - just my two bucks
List<Person> persons = new List<Person>();
Person person = new Person("Larry", "5'9", "Whatever");
persons.Add(person);

foreach(Datarow row in OwnedPets)
{
     Pet newPet = new Pet();
     person.Pets.Add(newPet);
}

Upvotes: 4

Denis Schaf
Denis Schaf

Reputation: 2727

Add a Pets list to your person

public class Person
{
     public string Name { get; set;}
     public string Height { get; set; }
     public string WhatEverElse { get; set; }
     public List<string> Perts = new List<strings>();

     public string Person(string Name, string Height, string WhatEverElse)
     {
          this.Name = Name;
          .......
     }
}

now you can add as many pets as you like

Person per = new Person("Larry", "5'9", "Whatever");
per.Pets.Add("Tom");
per.Pets.Add("Jerry");
person.Add(per);

P.S. your list of type Person should not be named "person" that's super confusing. Call it "persons" or something like that

Upvotes: 3

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