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C# ASP.NET MVC Basics Modeling and Presenting Data Adding Repository Methods

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Ive just finished the first part and i cant understand what im supposed to do now. My coworker says im right and yet nothing seems to help

VideoGamesRepository.cs
using Treehouse.Models;

namespace Treehouse.Data
{
    public class VideoGamesRepository
    {
        // TODO Add GetVideoGames method
        public VideoGame[] GetVideoGames()
        {
            return _videoGames;
        }
        // TODO Add GetVideoGame method
        public VideoGame[] GetVideoGame(int id)
        {
            foreach(var VideoGame in _videoGames)
            {
                if (VideoGame.Id == id)
                {
                    return VideoGame;
                }
            }
            return null;
        }

        private static VideoGame[] _videoGames = new VideoGame[]
        {
            new VideoGame()
            {
                Id = 1,
                Title = "Super Mario 64",
                Description = "Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.",
                Characters = new string[]
                {
                    "Mario",
                    "Princess Peach",
                    "Bowser",
                    "Toad",
                    "Yoshi"
                },
                Publisher = "Nintendo",
                Favorite = true
            },
            new VideoGame()
            {
                Id = 2,
                Title = "Mario Kart 64",
                Description = "Mario Kart 64 is a 1996 go-kart racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console.",
                Characters = new string[]
                {
                    "Mario",
                    "Princess Peach",
                    "Bowser",
                    "Toad",
                    "Yoshi"
                },
                Publisher = "Nintendo",
                Favorite = false
            }
        };
    }
}
VideoGame.cs
namespace Treehouse.Models
{
    // Don't make any changes to this class!
    public class VideoGame
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Title { get; set; }
        public string Description { get; set; }
        public string[] Characters { get; set; }
        public string Publisher { get; set; }
        public bool Favorite { get; set; }

        public string DisplayText
        {
            get
            {
                return Title + " (" + Publisher + ")";
            }
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

The issue here is that the declared return type (a VideoGame[] array) doesn't match what the function actually returns (just one single VideoGame object). Fix that, and you'll pass the challenge.

Ive tried it and it didnt seem to work

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

I copied your code into the challenge, and it passed after making this one change to line 13:

        public VideoGame GetVideoGame(int id)    // VideoGame instead of VideoGame[]