Question

I have a class Similar to this

 public class Model
{
    public TimeSpan Time1 {get; set;}
    public TimeSpan Time2 { get; set; }
    public TimeSpan Time3 { get; set; }
    public TimeSpan Time4 { get; set; }

}

Now Let’s Imagine I have to populate the times during runtime and then Figure out the time remaining between Time 1 and Time 2, then when that passes Find the time remaining between Time2 and Time3 and so on. However, I need to take into account what the time is right now.

For Example:

Now it is 1:00 PM

Time1=5:00 AM
Time 2 = 12:00 PM
Time 3= 4:00 PM
Time 4 = 6:00 PM

So since the time is 1:00PM, I need to find the difference between Time 2 and Time 3

Now is there a smarter way other than reflection to determine this? Should i add something in my class

Answer 1

If you need to keep the existing structure of your class, you could add a method to enumerate through the times:

public class Model
{
    public TimeSpan Time1 {get; set;}
    public TimeSpan Time2 { get; set; }
    public TimeSpan Time3 { get; set; }
    public TimeSpan Time4 { get; set; }

    public IEnumerable<TimeSpan> GetTimes()
    {
        yield return Time1;
        yield return Time2;
        yield return Time3;
        yield return Time4;
    }
}

And use it like this:

foreach (TimeSpan time in model.GetTimes())
{
    // use the TimeSpan
}