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

You should create a custom type:

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

and then store the countries in a Dictionary from which you'll be able to do:

var UK = _countries["UK"];
UK.ID...
UK.LongName...