I am using a constructor Employee(string id, string fullname, string roleid) in the business logic to add elements in the list Employees. The business logic I used is:
namespace ClassLibrary2
{
public class Employe
{
public List<Employee> Employees { get; set; } = new List<Employee>();
public void Add(Employee employee)
{
Employees.Add(employee);
}
public List<Employee> ViewAll()
{
return Employees;
}}}
The above business logic is executed in the below console application :
namespace EmployeeApp
{
static class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("PPM Project");
Console.WriteLine("1. Add employee");
Console.WriteLine("2. View Employee");
Console.WriteLine("3. Save");
var userInput = Console.ReadLine();
var business1 = new Employe();
while (true)
{
switch (userInput)
{
case "1":
Console.WriteLine("adding employee full name:");
var FName = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("adding 4digit Employee Id:");
var EmpId = Console.ReadLine();
var newEmployee = new Employee(EmpId, FName);
business1.Add(newEmployee);
Console.WriteLine($"An employee with EmployeeId {newEmployee.EmpId} was added. \n");
break;
case "2":
var allemployee = business1.ViewAll();
Console.WriteLine("\nList of Employees: \n");
foreach (var employee in allemployee)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Employee: {employee.EmpId}\t {employee.FName}.");
}
break;
case "3":
//how to save user input for further use
break;
}
Console.WriteLine("Select option");
userInput = Console.ReadLine();
}}}}
I want to save the app state so that when I restart the program I can retrieve the saved input. I tried saving the data in .txt file; using the How to permanently save input given by user in c# console application? but because I am providing user input in Lists in console rather than giving input in application, I am having trouble following the previous thread.
