Question

Is it possible to create a property in C# that has a variable number of sub properties and then generate them via xml? Example below

Question.Name = "cake";
Question.Type = "radio";
foreach(Option option in xmloptions)
{
    Question...........
}

So what I am getting at is if xmloptions had 5 options on one question then 4 on the next. Could I populate those as such in the property I create to house the questions? And if so how can I enumerate them?

Forgive me if that makes no sense……

Answer 1

I think that one of the properties of your Question class should be either a list or a dictionary:

public class Question {

    private List<Option> _Options = new List<Option>() 

    public List<Option> Options {
      get { return m_Options; }
    }
} 

and then you add the options with:

question.Options.Add(option);

If each option is identified by something – like a name for example – you can use a dictionary:

public class Question {

    private  Dictionary<string, Option> _Options = new Dictionary<string,Option>();

    public Dictionary<string,Option> Options {
      get { return _Options; }
    }
} 

and in this case you add the options with:

question.Options[name] = option;