C# Storing string,int,string in an accessable variable

Question

I need to save a class with list of countries in statics for caching.

the data is built with

string shortName //Primary Key - (IL or UK for example)
int         


        

Answer 1

I suggest the use of static methods:

public class Country
{
    public   string ShortName {get;set;}
    public int ID {get;set;}
    public string LongName { get; set; }
}

public class Countries
{
   static  Dictionary dict = new Dictionary();
   public static void Add(Country country)
   {
       if (!dict.ContainsKey(country.ShortName))
           dict.Add(country.ShortName, country);
   }
   public static Country GetByShortName(string ShortName)
   {
       if (dict.ContainsKey(ShortName))
           return dict[ShortName];
       return null;
   }
   public static Country GetById(int id)
   {
       var result = from country in dict
                    where country.Value.ID==id
                    select new Country
                    {
                        ID = country.Value.ID,
                        ShortName = country.Value.ShortName,
                        LongName = country.Value.LongName
                    };
       return result.SingleOrDefault();
   }
   public static List GetAll()
   {
       var result = from country in dict
                    select new Country
                    {
                        ID = country.Value.ID,
                        ShortName = country.Value.ShortName,
                        LongName = country.Value.LongName
                    };
       return result.ToList();
   }
}