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

How about using a struct or class?

class Country
{
    string shortName; // Primary Key - (IL or UK for example)
    int ID; // Unique - has no meaning, but needs to be saved
    string longName; // (Israel or United Kingdom for example)
}

You can then store your countries in a generic List, for example:

List countries = new List();
countries.Add(new Country()
{
    shortName = "UK",
    ID = 1,
    longName = "United Kingdom",
});

Implementing your given methods then becomes very straightforward:

Country getByShortName(string shortName)
{
    foreach (Country country in countries)
    {
        if (country.shortName == shortName)
        {
            return country;
        }
    }
    return null;
}