Question

I have two classes and want to build a collection that contains a collection. Thus I have..

public class GenericReportInfo 
{
    public string ReportName { get; set; }
    public string ReportFileName { get; set; }
    public Paramaters parameterList { get; set; }
}

public class Paramaters 
{
    public List<string> parameter { get; set; }

}

And want to get to the point where I can simply add to the collection inline ie

public class GenericReportsInfo
{
   public List<GenericReportInfo> CreateAndInitialize()
   {
       List<GenericReportInfo> reportsList = new List<GenericReportInfo>();
       GenericReportInfo info = new GenericReportInfo() 
         { "Agent", "Agent", new paramter() {"StateId"} };

       return reportsList;
   }
}

Just would like know the correct way to get to this.

Regards

Mark

Answer 1

You’re almost there:

List<GenericReportInfo> reportsList = new List<GenericReportInfo>();
GenericReportInfo info = new GenericReportInfo()
{
    ReportName = "Agent",
    ReportFileName = "Agent",
    parameterList = new Paramaters() { parameter = new List<string> { "StateId" } }
};

I’d like to add a few comments, though:

• It should be Parameters, not Paramaters.
• I would capitalize ParameterList as well (like the other public properties).
• Unless you expect the Parameters class to contain more fields in the future, I’m not sure if it’s worth to have an extra class for this (just to encapsulate a List<String>).