Imports System.Runtime.Serialization #Region "DataAccess" Public Class DataManager #Region "private fields" 'The root element of the XML file Private ReadOnly rootElement As XElement 'Path to the XML File Private ReadOnly dataPath As String #End Region #Region "Constructors" Public Sub New(ByVal dataPath As String) Me.dataPath = dataPath 'load the xml file rootElement = XElement.Load(dataPath) End Sub #End Region #Region "public methods" #Region "Read" Public Function GetCategories() As IEnumerable(Of Category) 'Retrive all the category elements from the XML file and create Category objects. Dim categories = rootElement.Descendants("Category").Select(Of Category)(Function(cElement) CreateCategory(cElement)) Return categories.ToList() End Function Public Function GetProducts() As IEnumerable(Of Product) 'Retrive all the Product elements from the XML file and create Product objects. Dim products = rootElement.Descendants("Product").Select(Of Product)(Function(pElement) CreateProduct(pElement)) Return products.ToList() End Function Public Function GetProductsByCategoryID(ByVal categoryID As Integer) As IEnumerable(Of Product) 'Get all Product elements with the specified category ID and create Product objects. Dim products = rootElement.Descendants("Product").Where(Function(pElement) CInt(pElement.Element("CategoryID")) = categoryID).Select(Of Product)(Function(pElement) CreateProduct(pElement)) Return products.ToList() End Function Public Function GetCategoriesAndProducts() As IEnumerable(Of Category) 'Retrieve the Category and Product elements and create Category and Product objects. Dim categories = rootElement.Descendants("Category").Select(Of Category)(Function(cElement) CreateCategoryAndProducts(cElement)) Return categories.ToList() End Function #End Region #Region "update" Public Function UpdateCategory(ByVal updatedCategory As Category) As System.Nullable(Of Integer) 'Retrieve a reference to the Category element that corresponds to the specified Category object. Dim originalCategoryElement = rootElement.Descendants("Category").SingleOrDefault(Function(cElement) CInt(cElement.Element("CategoryID")) = updatedCategory.CategoryID) 'for adds, return the new categoryID Dim categoryID As System.Nullable(Of Integer) = Nothing 'If the original cateogry XElement is found, replay the changes 'Otherwise, create a new XElement for the category before replaying changes. If originalCategoryElement IsNot Nothing Then ReplayCategoryChanges(updatedCategory, originalCategoryElement) Else Dim categoryElement As XElement = Me.AddCategory() categoryID = CInt(categoryElement.Element("CategoryID")) ReplayCategoryChanges(updatedCategory, categoryElement) End If 'Save to file Me.rootElement.Save(dataPath) Return categoryID End Function 'Implementation is similar to UpdateCategory Public Function UpdateProduct(ByVal updatedProduct As Product) As System.Nullable(Of Integer) Dim originalProduct = rootElement.Descendants("Product").SingleOrDefault(Function(pElement) CInt(pElement.Element("ProductID")) = updatedProduct.ProductID) Dim productID As System.Nullable(Of Integer) = Nothing If originalProduct IsNot Nothing Then ReplayProductChanges(updatedProduct, originalProduct) Else Dim productElement As XElement = Me.AddProduct() productID = CInt(productElement.Element("ProductID")) ReplayProductChanges(updatedProduct, productElement) End If Me.rootElement.Save(dataPath) Return productID End Function #End Region #Region "delete" Public Sub DeleteCategory(ByVal deletedCategory As Category, ByVal deleteProductsInCategory As Boolean) 'Delete the Category element that corresponds to the specified Category object. rootElement.Descendants("Category").Single(Function(cElement) CInt(cElement.Element("CategoryID")) = deletedCategory.CategoryID).Remove() If deleteProductsInCategory Then 'Delete all Product elements that belong to the specified Category object. rootElement.Descendants("Product").Where(Function(pElement) CInt(pElement.Element("CategoryID")) = deletedCategory.CategoryID).Remove() End If 'Persist changes to the XML file. Me.rootElement.Save(dataPath) End Sub Public Sub DeleteProduct(ByVal deletedProduct As Product) 'Delete the Product element that corresponds to the specified Product object. rootElement.Descendants("Product").Single(Function(pElement) CInt(pElement.Element("ProductID")) = deletedProduct.ProductID).Remove() Me.rootElement.Save(dataPath) End Sub #End Region #End Region #Region "private methods" 'Create a Category object and set its properties using the data in the XElement Private Function CreateCategory(ByVal categoryElement As XElement) As Category Return New Category With {.CategoryID = CInt(categoryElement.Element("CategoryID")), .CategoryName = categoryElement.Element("CategoryName").Value, .Description = categoryElement.Element("Description").Value, .Products = New List(Of Product)()} End Function 'Create a Product object and set its properties using the data in the XElement Private Function CreateProduct(ByVal productElement As XElement) As Product Return New Product With {.ProductID = CInt(productElement.Element("ProductID")), .CategoryID = CInt(productElement.Element("CategoryID")), .ProductName = productElement.Element("ProductName").Value, .QuantityPerUnit = productElement.Element("QuantityPerUnit").Value, .UnitPrice = CDec(productElement.Element("UnitPrice")), .UnitsInStock = CInt(productElement.Element("UnitsInStock")), .UnitsOnOrder = CInt(productElement.Element("UnitsOnOrder")), .ReorderLevel = CInt(productElement.Element("ReorderLevel")), .Discontinued = CBool(productElement.Element("Discontinued"))} End Function 'Create a Category object along with the Product objects that belong in the category. Private Function CreateCategoryAndProducts(ByVal categoryElement As XElement) As Category Dim category As Category = CreateCategory(categoryElement) category.Products = rootElement.Descendants("Product").Where(Function(product) CInt(categoryElement.Element("CategoryID")) = CInt(Product.Element("CategoryID"))).Select(Of Product)(Function(product) CreateProduct(product)).ToList() Return category End Function 'Create and add a new Category element to the Categories node. Private Function AddCategory() As XElement 'Get the Categories XElement Dim categoriesElement = rootElement.Descendants("Categories").Single() 'Create a new XElement for the category Dim categoryElement As New XElement("Category", New XElement("CategoryID"), New XElement("CategoryName"), New XElement("Description")) 'increment the CategoryID based on the max CategoryID value. Dim categoryIDIncrementCounter As Integer = Me.GetMaxCategoryID() categoryElement.SetElementValue("CategoryID", categoryIDIncrementCounter + 1) 'Add category XElement as a child of the Categories XElement categoriesElement.Add(categoryElement) Return categoryElement End Function 'Implementation is similar to the AddCategory method. Private Function AddProduct() As XElement Dim productsElement = rootElement.Descendants("Products").Single() 'Create a new XElement for a Product. Dim productElement As New XElement("Product", New XElement("ProductID"), New XElement("ProductName"), New XElement("CategoryID"), New XElement("QuantityPerUnit"), New XElement("UnitPrice"), _ New XElement("UnitsInStock"), New XElement("UnitsOnOrder"), New XElement("ReorderLevel"), New XElement("Discontinued")) 'increment the ProductID based on the max ProductID value. Dim productIDIncrementCounter As Integer = Me.GetMaxProductID() productElement.SetElementValue("ProductID", productIDIncrementCounter + 1) 'Add the XElement to the Products node. productsElement.Add(productElement) Return productElement End Function 'helper method to get the max CategoryID in the XML file Private Function GetMaxCategoryID() As Integer Return rootElement.Descendants("Category").Max(Function(categoryElement) CInt(categoryElement.Element("CategoryID"))) End Function 'helper method to get the max ProductID in the XML file Private Function GetMaxProductID() As Integer Return rootElement.Descendants("Product").Max(Function(productElement) CType(productElement.Element("ProductID"), Integer)) End Function 'Update the category XElement values based on the updated Category object. Private Sub ReplayCategoryChanges(ByVal updatedCategory As Category, ByVal originalCategoryElement As XElement) originalCategoryElement.SetElementValue("CategoryName", If(updatedCategory.CategoryName Is Nothing, String.Empty, updatedCategory.CategoryName)) originalCategoryElement.SetElementValue("Description", If(updatedCategory.Description Is Nothing, String.Empty, updatedCategory.Description)) End Sub 'Update the product XElement values based on the updated Product object. Private Sub ReplayProductChanges(ByVal updatedProduct As Product, ByVal originalProductElement As XElement) originalProductElement.SetElementValue("CategoryID", updatedProduct.CategoryID) originalProductElement.SetElementValue("Discontinued", updatedProduct.Discontinued) originalProductElement.SetElementValue("ProductName", If(updatedProduct.ProductName Is Nothing, String.Empty, updatedProduct.ProductName)) originalProductElement.SetElementValue("QuantityPerUnit", If(updatedProduct.QuantityPerUnit Is Nothing, String.Empty, updatedProduct.QuantityPerUnit)) originalProductElement.SetElementValue("ReorderLevel", updatedProduct.ReorderLevel) originalProductElement.SetElementValue("UnitPrice", updatedProduct.UnitPrice) originalProductElement.SetElementValue("UnitsInStock", updatedProduct.UnitsInStock) originalProductElement.SetElementValue("UnitsOnOrder", updatedProduct.UnitsOnOrder) End Sub #End Region End Class #End Region #Region "Category class" <DataContract()> _ Public Class Category Private _CategoryID As Integer <DataMember()> _ Public Property CategoryID() As Integer Get Return _CategoryID End Get Set(ByVal value As Integer) _CategoryID = value End Set End Property Private _CategoryName As String <DataMember()> _ Public Property CategoryName() As String Get Return _CategoryName End Get Set(ByVal value As String) _CategoryName = value End Set End Property Private _Description As String <DataMember()> _ Public Property Description() As String Get Return _Description End Get Set(ByVal value As String) _Description = value End Set End Property Private _Products As IEnumerable(Of Product) <DataMember()> _ Public Property Products() As IEnumerable(Of Product) Get Return _Products End Get Set(ByVal value As IEnumerable(Of Product)) _Products = value End Set End Property End Class #End Region #Region "Product class" <DataContract()> _ Public Class Product Private _ProductID As Integer <DataMember()> _ Public Property ProductID() As Integer Get Return _ProductID End Get Set(ByVal value As Integer) _ProductID = value End Set End Property Private _ProductName As String <DataMember()> _ Public Property ProductName() As String Get Return _ProductName End Get Set(ByVal value As String) _ProductName = value End Set End Property Private _CategoryID As Integer <DataMember()> _ Public Property CategoryID() As Integer Get Return _CategoryID End Get Set(ByVal value As Integer) _CategoryID = value End Set End Property Private _QuantityPerUnit As String <DataMember()> _ Public Property QuantityPerUnit() As String Get Return _QuantityPerUnit End Get Set(ByVal value As String) _QuantityPerUnit = value End Set End Property Private _UnitPrice As Decimal <DataMember()> _ Public Property UnitPrice() As Decimal Get Return _UnitPrice End Get Set(ByVal value As Decimal) _UnitPrice = value End Set End Property Private _UnitsInStock As Integer <DataMember()> _ Public Property UnitsInStock() As Integer Get Return _UnitsInStock End Get Set(ByVal value As Integer) _UnitsInStock = value End Set End Property Private _UnitsOnOrder As Integer <DataMember()> _ Public Property UnitsOnOrder() As Integer Get Return _UnitsOnOrder End Get Set(ByVal value As Integer) _UnitsOnOrder = value End Set End Property Private _ReorderLevel As Integer <DataMember()> _ Public Property ReorderLevel() As Integer Get Return _ReorderLevel End Get Set(ByVal value As Integer) _ReorderLevel = value End Set End Property Private _Discontinued As Boolean <DataMember()> _ Public Property Discontinued() As Boolean Get Return _Discontinued End Get Set(ByVal value As Boolean) _Discontinued = value End Set End Property End Class #End Region