[C#] Generic Lists of Different Types

2009-05-12T20:25:00-07:00

I have some code for a Twitter library I'm writing and I need to return a list of a specific type depending on the return XML. I know there has got to be a better way to do it than I currently am.

public IList<IStatus> RepsonseHandler(string responseText)
{
	IList<IStatus> Output = null;
	bool multipleStatus = responseText.Contains("statuses type=\"array\"");
	XElement xmlElement = XElement.Load(new XmlTextReader(new StringReader(responseText)));

	if(!multipleStatus)
	{
		IStatus status = Status.ParseStatusXML(responseText);
		status.User = User.ParseUserXml(xmlElement.Element("user").ToString());
		
		if(status != null)
		{
			Output = new List<IStatus>();
			Output.Add(status);
		}
	}
	else
	{
		Output = new List<IStatus>();
		//Query for count of statuses to make sure we have some
		var query = from c in xmlElement.Descendants("status")
					select c;

		if (query.Count() > 0)
		{
			Output = new List<IStatus>();

			foreach (var status in query)
			{
				IStatus currentStatus = Status.ParseStatusXML(status.ToString());
				currentStatus.User = User.ParseUserXml(status.Element("user").ToString());
				Output.Add(currentStatus);
			}
		}
	}


	return Output;
}

	//TODO: Figure out a better way to handle this
public IList<IUser> RepsonseHandler(string responseText, string DoesNothing)
{
	IList<IUser> Output = null;
	bool multipleUsers = responseText.Contains("users type=\"array\"");
	XElement xmlElement = XElement.Load(new XmlTextReader(new StringReader(responseText)));

	if (!multipleUsers)
	{
		IUser user = User.ParseUserXml(responseText);
		user.Status = Status.ParseStatusXML(xmlElement.Element("status").ToString());

		if (user != null)
		{
			Output = new List<IUser>();
			Output.Add(user);
		}
	}
	else
	{
		Output = new List<IUser>();
		//Query for count of statuses to make sure we have some
		var query = from c in xmlElement.Descendants("user")
					select c;

		if (query.Count() > 0)
		{
			Output = new List<IUser>();

			foreach (var user in query)
			{
				IUser currentUser = User.ParseUserXml(user.ToString());
				currentUser.Status = Status.ParseStatusXML(user.Element("status").ToString());
				Output.Add(currentUser);
			}
		}
	}


	return Output;
}

mkoby

[C#] Generic Lists of Different Types