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How can I access obj from a list of student courses

I've created a list of courses that students are enrolled in. However, I can't figure out how to access the objects from the list in the Main. Below, I've tried to get the Student-Id and pull the information from there, but it isn't working. I'm new to coding please help
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace Jvstt_College
{
class Admin
{
##
## Dictionary<int, Student> studentList = new Dictionary<int, Student>();
Dictionary<int, Professor> professorList = new Dictionary<int, Professor>();
List<Course> courseList = new List<Course>();
Dictionary<int, Student> studentCourses = new Dictionary<int, Student>();
public Dictionary<int, Student> StudentList()
{
var Student1 = new Student() { FirstName = "Tom", LastName = " Jones", Password = "Test", EnrollmentId = 111111};
var Student2 = new Student() { FirstName = "Mark", LastName = " Thomas", Password = "Grace", EnrollmentId = 101203 };
var Student3 = new Student() { FirstName = "Jake", LastName = " Riley", Password = "SavedbyChrist1", EnrollmentId = 568903 };
var Student4 = new Student() { FirstName = "Olivia", LastName = " Beckam", Password = "GodisGood", EnrollmentId = 951357 };
var Student5 = new Student() { FirstName = "Myrai", LastName = " Bailey", Password = "ChildofGod", EnrollmentId = 741369 };
var Student6 = new Student() { FirstName = "Majea", LastName = " Bailey", Password = "CoastLand", EnrollmentId = 852146 };
studentList.Add(111111, Student1);
studentList.Add(101203, Student2);
studentList.Add(568903, Student3);
studentList.Add(951357, Student4);
studentList.Add(741369, Student5);
studentList.Add(852146, Student6);
return studentList;
}
public Dictionary<int, Professor> ProfessorList()
{
professorList.Add(654321, new Professor { FirstName = "Grace", LastName = "Riley", Password = "Gracey1983", EnrollmentId = 654321 });
enter code here professorList.Add(852963, new Professor { FirstName = "Liam", LastName = "Beckam", Password = "Password", EnrollmentId = `enter code here`852963 });
professorList.Add(359861, new Professor { FirstName = "Martha", LastName = "Hart", Password = "QwertYy00", EnrollmentId = 359861 });
professorList.Add(612832, new Professor { FirstName = "George", LastName = "Washington", Password = "Kid$nExtD00r", EnrollmentId = 612832 });
return professorList;
}
public List<Course> CourseList()
{
var Accounts = new Course() { CourseID = 101, CourseName = " Accounts " };
var Bio_Psychology = new Course() { CourseID = 102, CourseName = " Bio_Psychology " };
var Business = new Course() { CourseID = 103, CourseName = " Business " };
var Chemistry = new Course() { CourseID = 104, CourseName = " Chemistry " };
var CSWDCA = new Course() { CourseID = 105, CourseName = " Computer Science/Web Design/Cybersecurity Accounts" };
var Psychology = new Course() { CourseID = 106, CourseName = " Psychology " };
var Statistics = new Course() { CourseID = 107, CourseName = " Statistics " };
var Advance_Math = new Course() { CourseID = 108, CourseName = "Advance Math" };
courseList.Add(Accounts);
courseList.Add(Bio_Psychology);
courseList.Add(Business);
courseList.Add(Chemistry);
courseList.Add(CSWDCA);
courseList.Add(Psychology);
courseList.Add(Statistics);
courseList.Add(Advance_Math);
return courseList;
}
public Dictionary<int, Student> StudentEnrollments()
{
var Student1 = studentList[111111];
{
if(Student1.Courses == null)
{
Student1.Courses = new List<Course>();
Student1.Courses?.Add(courseList[0]);
Student1.Courses?.Add(courseList[2]);
Student1.Courses?.Add(courseList[4]);
}
}
var Student2 = studentList[101203];
{
if(Student2.Courses == null)
{
Student2.Courses = new List<Course>();
Student2.Courses?.Add(courseList[1]);
Student2.Courses?.Add(courseList[4]);
Student2.Courses?.Add(courseList[5]);
Student2.Courses?.Add(courseList[6]);
Student2.Courses?.Add(courseList[7]);
}
}
var Student3 = studentList[568903];
{
if (Student3.Courses == null)
{
Student3.Courses = new List<Course>();
Student3.Courses?.Add(courseList[1]);
Student3.Courses?.Add(courseList[4]);
}
}
var Student4 = studentList[951357];
{
if (Student4.Courses == null)
{
Student4.Courses = new List<Course>();
Student4.Courses?.Add(courseList[1]);
Student4.Courses?.Add(courseList[5]);
Student4.Courses?.Add(courseList[7]);
}
}
var Student5 = studentList[741369];
{
if (Student5.Courses == null)
{
Student5.Courses = new List<Course>();
Student5.Courses?.Add(courseList[0]);
Student5.Courses?.Add(courseList[2]);
Student5.Courses?.Add(courseList[3]);
Student5.Courses?.Add(courseList[6]);
Student5.Courses?.Add(courseList[7]);
}
}
var Student6 = studentList[852146];
{
if (Student6.Courses == null)
{
Student6.Courses = new List<Course>();
Student6.Courses?.Add(courseList[0]);
Student6.Courses?.Add(courseList[1]);
Student6.Courses?.Add(courseList[2]);
Student6.Courses?.Add(courseList[3]);
Student6.Courses?.Add(courseList[4]);
Student6.Courses?.Add(courseList[5]);
Student6.Courses?.Add(courseList[6]);
}
}
studentCourses.Add(111111,Student1);
studentCourses.Add(101203,Student2);
studentCourses.Add(568903,Student3);
studentCourses.Add(951357,Student4);
studentCourses.Add(741369,Student5);
studentCourses.Add(852146,Student6);
return studentCourses;
}
}
}
}

First, let's declare the Professor, Student and Course classes. Since Professor and Student have similar properties and since they both are persons, it makes sense to derive them both from an abstract Person class. An abstract class cannot be instantiated.
abstract class Person
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public string Password { get; set; }
public int EnrollmentId { get; set; }
}
class Professor : Person
{
}
class Student : Person
{
public List<Course> Courses { get; } = new List<Course>();
}
class Course
{
public int CourseID { get; set; }
public string CourseName { get; set; }
}
In class Student I created the Courses list as read-only property and initialized it with a property initializer. This saves you from having to do something like if (Student2.Courses == null) { Student2.Courses = new List<Course>(); ... } later.
You have several method initializing lists and dictionaries. Those should declare and create the collections they return. Otherwise, if the collections are declared in a surrounding scope, the return statement would not be required and the responsibilities would not be clear. Add also, a dictionary is not a list. Since these methods do rely on instance fields anymore, we make them static (and simplify them):
// In class Admin
private static Dictionary<int, Student> CreateStudents()
{
return new Dictionary<int, Student> {
{ 111111, new Student { FirstName = "Tom", LastName = " Jones", Password = "Test", EnrollmentId = 111111 } },
{ 101203, new Student { FirstName = "Mark", LastName = " Thomas", Password = "Grace", EnrollmentId = 101203 } },
{ 568903, new Student { FirstName = "Jake", LastName = " Riley", Password = "SavedbyChrist1", EnrollmentId = 568903 } },
{ 951357, new Student { FirstName = "Olivia", LastName = " Beckam", Password = "GodisGood", EnrollmentId = 951357 } },
{ 741369, new Student { FirstName = "Myrai", LastName = " Bailey", Password = "ChildofGod", EnrollmentId = 741369 } },
{ 852146, new Student { FirstName = "Majea", LastName = " Bailey", Password = "CoastLand", EnrollmentId = 852146 } }
};
}
private static Dictionary<int, Professor> CreateProfessors()
{
return new Dictionary<int, Professor> {
{ 654321, new Professor { FirstName = "Grace", LastName = "Riley", Password = "Gracey1983", EnrollmentId = 654321 } },
{ 852963, new Professor { FirstName = "Liam", LastName = "Beckam", Password = "Password", EnrollmentId = 852963 } },
{ 359861, new Professor { FirstName = "Martha", LastName = "Hart", Password = "QwertYy00", EnrollmentId = 359861 } },
{ 612832, new Professor { FirstName = "George", LastName = "Washington", Password = "Kid$nExtD00r", EnrollmentId = 612832 } }
};
}
private static List<Course> CreateCourses()
{
return new List<Course> {
new Course { CourseID = 101, CourseName = "Accounts" },
new Course { CourseID = 102, CourseName = "Bio_Psychology" },
new Course { CourseID = 103, CourseName = "Business" },
new Course { CourseID = 104, CourseName = "Chemistry" },
new Course { CourseID = 105, CourseName = "Computer Science/Web Design/Cybersecurity Accounts" },
new Course { CourseID = 106, CourseName = "Psychology" },
new Course { CourseID = 107, CourseName = "Statistics" },
new Course { CourseID = 108, CourseName = "Advance Math" }
};
}
Now, we can declare and initialize the collections like this:
class Admin
{
public readonly Dictionary<int, Student> students = CreateStudents();
public readonly Dictionary<int, Professor> professors = CreateProfessors();
public readonly List<Course> courses = CreateCourses();
...
}
I made them read-only. This only means that we cannot assign it another collection later. The collections themselves are still read/write.
We do not need another collection studentCourses, we can directly add the courses to the students in our existing students dictionary.
If we declare an instance method EnrollStudents in class Admin, then it can access the fields of this class.
public void EnrollStudents()
{
Student student = students[111111];
student.Courses.Add(courses[0]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[2]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[4]);
student = students[101203]; // It is okay to reuse the student variable
student.Courses.Add(courses[1]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[4]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[5]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[6]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[7]);
student = students[568903];
student.Courses.Add(courses[1]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[4]);
student = students[951357];
student.Courses.Add(courses[1]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[5]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[7]);
student = students[741369];
student.Courses.Add(courses[0]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[2]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[3]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[6]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[7]);
student = students[852146];
student.Courses.Add(courses[0]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[1]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[2]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[3]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[4]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[5]);
student.Courses.Add(courses[6]);
}
Note that we do not have to return anything. Since classes are reference types, all the students in the original students dictionary have now been updated with courses. Of course we must call this method somewhere (probably in Main).
But we can simplify this method with a new helper method, because we have a lot of repetitions we can avoid:
private void AddStudentCourses(Student student, params int[] courseIndexes)
{
foreach (int index in courseIndexes) {
student.Courses.Add(courses[index]);
}
}
public void EnrollStudents()
{
AddStudentCourses(students[111111], 0, 2, 4);
AddStudentCourses(students[101203], 1, 4, 5, 6, 7);
AddStudentCourses(students[568903], 1, 4);
AddStudentCourses(students[951357], 1, 5, 7);
AddStudentCourses(students[741369], 0, 2, 3, 6, 7);
AddStudentCourses(students[852146], 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6);
}
Test:
var admin = new Admin();
admin.EnrollStudents();
var orderedStudents = admin.students.Values
.OrderBy(s => s.LastName)
.ThenBy(s => s.FirstName);
foreach (var student in orderedStudents) {
Console.WriteLine($"{student.LastName} {student.FirstName} ({student.EnrollmentId})");
IOrderedEnumerable<Course> orderedCourses = student.Courses.OrderBy(c => c.CourseName);
foreach (var course in orderedCourses) {
Console.WriteLine($" {course.CourseName} ({course.CourseID})");
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
Prints
Bailey Majea (852146)
Accounts (101)
Bio_Psychology (102)
Business (103)
Chemistry (104)
Computer Science/Web Design/Cybersecurity Accounts (105)
Psychology (106)
Statistics (107)
Bailey Myrai (741369)
Accounts (101)
Advance Math (108)
Business (103)
Chemistry (104)
Statistics (107)
Beckam Olivia (951357)
Advance Math (108)
Bio_Psychology (102)
Psychology (106)
Jones Tom (111111)
Accounts (101)
Business (103)
Computer Science/Web Design/Cybersecurity Accounts (105)
Riley Jake (568903)
Bio_Psychology (102)
Computer Science/Web Design/Cybersecurity Accounts (105)
Thomas Mark (101203)
Advance Math (108)
Bio_Psychology (102)
Computer Science/Web Design/Cybersecurity Accounts (105)
Psychology (106)
Statistics (107)

C# MVC return Request.CreateResponse Return list of item And Display in View

How do I return a list of an item using return Request.
my code:
public class UserController : BaseController
{
[Route("current")]
public HttpResponseMessage GetCurrent(int version)
{
ValidateApiVersionAndState(version);
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, new { Email = "Something#gmail.com", FirstName = "Some", LastName = "thing", DateOfBirth = new DateTime(1990, 9, 6), MontlySalary = "50000.00" });
//var UserModel = new List<UserDB>();
//UserModel.Add(new UserDB { Id = 1, Email = "something#gmail.com", FirstName = "Some", LastName = "Thing", DateOfBirth = new DateTime(1990, 9, 6), MonthlySalary = 50000.00 });
//UserModel.Add(new UserDB { Id = 1, Email = "Steve#gmail.com", FirstName = "Steve", LastName = "Wonder", DateOfBirth = new DateTime(1984, 8, 4), MonthlySalary = 100000.00 });
//return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, new { UserModel });
}
}

Create a new List<object>() { ...your objects here } and pass that to the response.
public class UserController : BaseController {
[Route("current")]
public HttpResponseMessage GetCurrent(int version) {
ValidateApiVersionAndState(version);
var result = new List<object>() {
new { Email = "Something#gmail.com", FirstName = "Some", LastName = "thing", DateOfBirth = new DateTime(1990, 9, 6), MontlySalary = "50000.00" },
new { Email = "Steve#gmail.com", FirstName = "Steve", LastName = "Wonder", DateOfBirth = new DateTime(1984, 8, 4), MonthlySalary = 100000.00 }
);
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, result);
}
}

Seed Data with ICollection?

I have a school project with a one to many relationship (Contact can have many Addresses). But I don't know how to seed it correctly.
In my Data models Contact has a virtual ICollection<Address> Addresses and the address object has the foreign key of ContactId.
So here is my seed data (code first) And i need to make it so when i type in the contacts last name in a search bar it will pull up all the info on that contact (address Info).
So how do i associate the info together in my seed data so when you search it pulls up what it is supposed to?
namespace Success.Data.Migrations
{
public class Seeder
{
public static void Seed(SuccessContext context,
bool seedContacts = true,
bool seedAddresses = true)
{
if (seedContacts) SeedContacts(context);
if (seedAddresses) SeedAddresses(context);
}
private static void SeedContacts(SuccessContext context)
{
context.Contacts.AddOrUpdate(l => l.LastName,
new Contact() { FullName = "Darth Vader", FirstName = "Darth", LastName = "Vader", },
new Contact() { FullName = "Luke Skywalker", FirstName = "Luke", LastName = "Skywalker", },
new Contact() { FullName = "Tony Stark", FirstName = "Tony", LastName = "Stark", },
new Contact() { FullName = "Ricky Bobby", FirstName = "Ricky", LastName = "Bobby", },
new Contact() { FullName = "Trix Rabbit", FirstName = "Trix", LastName = "Rabbit", });
context.SaveChanges();
}
private static void SeedAddresses(SuccessContext context)
{
context.Addresses.AddOrUpdate(h => h.HomeAddress,
new Address() { HomeAddress = "1300 DeathStar", BusinessAddress = "444 Imperial Fleet", PoBox = "PO Box 1335", ContactId = 1, },
new Address() { HomeAddress = "1997 Endor", BusinessAddress = "448 Rebel Fleet", PoBox = "PO Box 1339", ContactId = 2, },
new Address() { HomeAddress = "1224 Malibu Point", BusinessAddress = "657 Stark Industries", PoBox = "PO Box 1337", ContactId = 3, },
new Address() { HomeAddress = "9978 Fast LN.", BusinessAddress = "532 NASCAR Race Track", PoBox = "PO Box 1333", ContactId = 4, },
new Address() { HomeAddress = "9864 Cerial Box LN", BusinessAddress = "8432 Kellog Dr.", PoBox = "PO Box 1338", ContactId = 5, });
context.SaveChanges();
}
}
}

You could have another method that seeds both the contacts and address. You will need an extra if/else switch
if (seedContacts && seedAddresses)
{
SeedContactsAndAddress(context);
}
else
{
if (seedContacts) SeedContacts(context);
if (seedAddresses) SeedAddresses(context);
}
And the SeedContactsAndAddress Method would look like this:
private static void SeedContactsAndAddress(StoreContext context)
{
// Each Address, which I believe is a collection in this case, but there is only
// one, will have to be created and added to each contact.
var addressesForDarthVader = new List<Address>
{
new Address { HomeAddress = "1300 DeathStar", BusinessAddress = "444 Imperial Fleet", PoBox = "PO Box 1335" }
// Add more addresses for Darth Vader if you need to
};
// Rinse and repeat for the other contacts;
context.Contacts.AddOrUpdate(l => l.LastName,
new Contact() { FullName = "Darth Vader", FirstName = "Darth", LastName = "Vader", Addresses = addressesForDarthVader },
new Contact() { FullName = "Luke Skywalker", FirstName = "Luke", LastName = "Skywalker", },
new Contact() { FullName = "Tony Stark", FirstName = "Tony", LastName = "Stark", },
new Contact() { FullName = "Ricky Bobby", FirstName = "Ricky", LastName = "Bobby", },
new Contact() { FullName = "Trix Rabbit", FirstName = "Trix", LastName = "Rabbit", });
context.SaveChanges();
}

Unit Test Value

I am trying to unit test this code,
public bool IsCityAvailable(Appointment appointment)
{
var city = _customerRepository.Find(appointment.CustomerId).City;
return _employeeRepository.Get.Count(x => x.City == city) > 0;
}
Here is my test,
[SetUp]
public void Setup()
{
MockAppointmentRepository = new Mock<IRepository<Appointment>>();
MockCustomerRepository = new Mock<IRepository<Customer>>();
MockShiftRepository = new Mock<IRepository<Shift>>();
MockEmployeeRepository = new Mock<IRepository<Employee>>();
AppointmentService = new AppointmentService(MockCustomerRepository.Object, MockAppointmentRepository.Object, MockShiftRepository.Object, MockEmployeeRepository.Object);
Customer = new Customer()
{
Address = "88 Taraview Road NE",
City = "Calgary",
Email = "charles.norris#outlook.com",
FirstName = "Charles",
LastName = "Norris",
Id = 1,
Phone = "587-888-8882",
PostalCode = "X1X 1X1",
Province = "AB"
};
Employee1 = new Employee()
{
Address = "12 Saddletowne Road NW",
City = "Calgary",
Email = "johnny.bravo#outlook.com",
FirstName = "John",
LastName = "Bravo",
Id = 2,
Phone = "403-999-2222",
PostalCode = "X1X 1X1",
Province = "AB"
};
Employee2 = new Employee()
{
Address = "12 Saddletowne Road NW",
City = "Calgary",
Email = "johnny.bravo#outlook.com",
FirstName = "John",
LastName = "Bravo",
Id = 2,
Phone = "403-999-2222",
PostalCode = "X1X 1X1",
Province = "AB"
};
Appointment = new Appointment()
{
Id = 1,
Customer = Customer,
CustomerId = Customer.Id,
Employee = Employee1,
EmployeeId = Employee1.Id,
ScheduledTime = new DateTime(2013,10,15,18,30,00)
};
}
[Test]
public void IsCityAvailableShouldReturnAvailableWhenEmployeeInSameCityFound()
{
// ARRANGE
var employees = new List<Employee> { Employee1, Employee2 };
var result = new Mock<IQueryable<Employee>>();
result.Setup(r => r.GetEnumerator()).Returns(employees.GetEnumerator());
MockCustomerRepository.Setup(x => x.Find(It.IsAny<int>())).Returns(Customer);
MockEmployeeRepository.Setup(x => x.Get).Returns(result.Object);
// ACT
AppointmentService.IsCityAvailable(Appointment);
// ASSERT
MockCustomerRepository.Verify(x => x.Find(It.IsAny<int>()), Times.Once);
MockEmployeeRepository.Verify(x => x.Get, Times.Once);
}
I have debugged and stepped through can't find the value null it is referring to, my city variable is correct, the appointment parameter is fully populated. Is there something missing I am not seeing?
This is the output error from the unit test:
System.ArgumentNullException : Value cannot be null. Parameter name:
arguments
Here is the stacktrace:
System.ArgumentNullException : Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: arguments
at System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.RequiresCanRead(Expression expression, String paramName)
at System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.ValidateOneArgument(MethodBase method, ExpressionType nodeKind, Expression arg, ParameterInfo pi)
at System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.ValidateArgumentTypes(MethodBase method, ExpressionType nodeKind, ref ReadOnlyCollection`1 arguments)
at System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.Call(Expression instance, MethodInfo method, IEnumerable`1 arguments)
at System.Linq.Queryable.Count(IQueryable`1 source, Expression`1 predicate)
at Zenwire.Services.AppointmentService.IsCityAvailable(Appointment appointment) in AppointmentService.cs: line 81
at Tests.Unit.Zenwire.Services.AppointmentServiceTests.IsCityAvailableShouldReturnAvailableWhenEmployeeInSameCityFound() in AppointmentServiceTests.cs: line 100

To test that everyhing has been called correctly:
[SetUp]
public void Setup()
{
MockAppointmentRepository = new Mock<IRepository<Appointment>>();
MockCustomerRepository = new Mock<IRepository<Customer>>();
MockShiftRepository = new Mock<IRepository<Shift>>();
MockEmployeeRepository = new Mock<IRepository<Employee>>();
AppointmentService = new AppointmentService(MockCustomerRepository.Object, MockAppointmentRepository.Object, MockShiftRepository.Object, MockEmployeeRepository.Object);
Customer = new Customer()
{
Address = "88 Taraview Road NE",
City = "Calgary",
Email = "charles.norris#outlook.com",
FirstName = "Charles",
LastName = "Norris",
Id = 1,
Phone = "587-888-8882",
PostalCode = "X1X 1X1",
Province = "AB"
};
Employee1 = new Employee()
{
Address = "12 Saddletowne Road NW",
City = "Calgary",
Email = "johnny.bravo#outlook.com",
FirstName = "John",
LastName = "Bravo",
Id = 2,
Phone = "403-999-2222",
PostalCode = "X1X 1X1",
Province = "AB"
};
Employee2 = new Employee()
{
Address = "12 Saddletowne Road NW",
City = "Calgary",
Email = "johnny.bravo#outlook.com",
FirstName = "John",
LastName = "Bravo",
Id = 2,
Phone = "403-999-2222",
PostalCode = "X1X 1X1",
Province = "AB"
};
Appointment = new Appointment()
{
Id = 1,
Customer = Customer,
CustomerId = Customer.Id,
Employee = Employee1,
EmployeeId = Employee1.Id,
ScheduledTime = new DateTime(2013,10,15,18,30,00)
};
}
[Test]
public void IsCityAvailableShouldReturnAvailableWhenEmployeeInSameCityFound()
{
// ARRANGE
MockCustomerRepository.Setup(x => x.Find(It.IsAny<int>())).Returns(Customer);
MockEmployeeRepository.Setup(x => x.Get).Returns(new List<Employee> { Employee1, Employee2 }.AsQueryable());
// ACT
AppointmentService.IsCityAvailable(Appointment);
// ASSERT
MockCustomerRepository.Verify(x => x.Find(It.IsAny<int>()), Times.Once);
MockEmployeeRepository.Verify(x => x.Get, Times.Once);
}
Test the return value:
[Test]
public void IsCityAvailableShouldReturnAvailableWhenEmployeeInSameCityFound()
{
// ARRANGE
MockCustomerRepository.Setup(x => x.Find(It.IsAny<int>())).Returns(Customer);
MockEmployeeRepository.Setup(x => x.Get).Returns(new List<Employee> { Employee1, Employee2 }.AsQueryable());
// ACT
var actual = AppointmentService.IsCityAvailable(Appointment);
// ASSERT
Assert.IsTrue(actual);
}

Flatten LINQ Collection

I have had a look at this Flatten LINQ collection object with nested object collections but it doesn't quite do it for me.
I know there is a lot of code in this post but it's mostly just data to give you the idea of what I'm looking at developing.
if you look at the classes below, I am trying to come up with a way to flatten the result of a search against the file.
So i need to end up with a single flattened record which looks like (the pipes are there to show delimination of a field only)
fileId | FileContact1FirstName | FileContact1LastName | FileContact2FirstName etc | FileClient1FirstName | FileClient1LastName | FileClient1IsNominee | FileClient1IsPrimary | FileClient2FirstName etc....
Any idea on how I can do this without looping through each Contact and Client?
I have these classes of sorts in my edmx;
class File
{
public int fileId { get; set; }
public List<FileContact> fileContacts { get; set; }
public List<FileClient> fileClients { get; set; }
}
class FileContact
{
public Contact contact { get; set; }
}
class FileClient
{
public Contact contact { get; set; }
public bool IsNominee { get; set; }
public bool IsPrimary { get; set; }
}
class Contact
{
public int id { get; set; }
public string firstName { get; set; }
public string lastName { get; set; }
}
And this this as the data simply for testing.
static void FillData()
{
thisFile = new File { fileId = 1, fileContacts = new List<FileContact>(), fileClients = new List<FileClient>() };
thisFile.fileContacts.Add(new FileContact { contact = new Contact { id = 1, firstName = "Andrew", lastName = "Albino" } });
thisFile.fileContacts.Add(new FileContact { contact = new Contact { id = 1, firstName = "Bob", lastName = "Bush" } });
thisFile.fileContacts.Add(new FileContact { contact = new Contact { id = 1, firstName = "Cathy", lastName = "Conti" } });
thisFile.fileContacts.Add(new FileContact { contact = new Contact { id = 1, firstName = "Drew", lastName = "Dram" } });
thisFile.fileContacts.Add(new FileContact { contact = new Contact { id = 1, firstName = "Edward", lastName = "Eliston" } });
thisFile.fileContacts.Add(new FileContact { contact = new Contact { id = 1, firstName = "Frank", lastName = "Fashion" } });
thisFile.fileContacts.Add(new FileContact { contact = new Contact { id = 1, firstName = "Graham", lastName = "Grape" } });
thisFile.fileClients.Add(new FileClient { contact = new Contact { id = 1, firstName = "Harry", lastName = "Who didn't" }, IsNominee = true, IsPrimary = false });
thisFile.fileClients.Add(new FileClient { contact = new Contact { id = 1, firstName = "Indigo", lastName = "Ignacio" }, IsNominee = false, IsPrimary = false });
thisFile.fileClients.Add(new FileClient { contact = new Contact { id = 1, firstName = "Julie", lastName = "Juniper" }, IsNominee = false, IsPrimary = false });
thisFile.fileClients.Add(new FileClient { contact = new Contact { id = 1, firstName = "Kelly", lastName = "Keilor" }, IsNominee = false, IsPrimary = false });
thisFile.fileClients.Add(new FileClient { contact = new Contact { id = 1, firstName = "Liam", lastName = "Loser" }, IsNominee = false, IsPrimary = true });
}
}

This will get you an IEnumerable<string> that contains the properties in the order you specified:
var flattened = new string[] { thisFile.fileId.ToString() }
.Concat(
thisFile.fileContacts
.SelectMany(fc => new string[]
{
fc.contact.firstName,
fc.contact.lastName
}))
.Concat(
thisFile.fileClients
.SelectMany(fc => new string[]
{
fc.contact.firstName,
fc.contact.lastName,
fc.IsNominee.ToString(),
fc.IsPrimary.ToString()
}));
Example: http://ideone.com/Mvc7M

Have a look at SelectMany.