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C#

Add Series List and Detail Views (Centralizing Our Data)

I am getting a NullReferenceException on run. I imagine something is wrong with either my InitData or my call to InitData. I've been banging my head on the keyboard a while now. Can anybody help me out.

This is my ComicBookRepository

using ComicBookGallery.Models;

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace ComicBookGallery.Data
{

    public class ComicBookRepository
    {
        public ComicBook[] GetComicBooks()
        {
          return Data.ComicBooks;
        }

        public ComicBook GetComicBook(int id)
        {
            ComicBook comicBookToReturn = null;

            foreach (var comicBook in Data.ComicBooks)
            {
                if (comicBook.Id == id)
                {
                    comicBookToReturn = comicBook;

                    break;
                }
            }

            return comicBookToReturn;
        }
    }
}

And this is my data

using ComicBookGallery.Models;

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace ComicBookGallery.Data
{
    public static class Data
    {


        public static ComicBook[] ComicBooks { get; private set; }
        public static Series[] Series { get; private set; }

        static Data()
        {
            InitData();
        }

        private static void InitData()
        {
            var series = new Series[]
            {
                new Series()
                {
                    Id = 1,
                    Title = "The Amazing Spider-Man",
                    DescriptionHtml = "<p>The Amazing Spider-Man (abbreviated as ASM) is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the adventures of the fictional superhero Spider-Man. Being the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a monthly periodical and was published continuously, with a brief interruption in 1995, until its relaunch with a new numbering order in 1999. In 2003 the series reverted to the numbering order of the first volume. The title has occasionally been published biweekly, and was published three times a month from 2008 to 2010. A film named after the comic was released July 3, 2012.</p>"
                },
                new Series()
                {
                    Id = 2,
                    Title = "Bone",
                    DescriptionHtml = "<p>Bone is an independently published comic book series, written and illustrated by Jeff Smith, originally serialized in 55 irregularly released issues from 1991 to 2004.</p>"
                }
            };

            var comicBooks = new ComicBook[]
            {
                new ComicBook()
                {
                    Id = 1,
                    Series = Series[0],
                    IssueNumber = 700,
                    DescriptionHtml = "<p>Final issue! Witness the final hours of Doctor Octopus' life and his one, last, great act of revenge! Even if Spider-Man survives...<strong>will Peter Parker?</strong></p>",

                    Artists = new Artist[]
                    {
                        new Artist() { Name = "Dan Slott", Role = "Script" },
                        new Artist() { Name = "Humberto Ramos", Role = "Pencils" },
                        new Artist() { Name = "Victor Olazaba", Role = "Inks" },
                        new Artist() { Name = "Edgar Delgado", Role = "Colors" },
                        new Artist() { Name = "Chris Eliopoulos", Role = "Letters" },
                    },

                    Favorite = false
                },

                new ComicBook()
                {
                    Id = 2,
                    Series = Series[0],
                    IssueNumber = 657,
                    DescriptionHtml = "<p><strong>FF: THREE TIE-IN.</strong> Spider-Man visits the FF for a very private wake--just for family.</p>",

                    Artists = new Artist[]
                    {
                        new Artist() { Name = "Dan Slott", Role = "Script" },
                        new Artist() { Name = "Marcos Martin", Role = "Pencils" },
                        new Artist() { Name = "Marcos Martin", Role = "Inks" },
                        new Artist() { Name = "Muntsa Vicente", Role = "Colors" },
                        new Artist() { Name = "Joe Caramagna", Role = "Letters" }
                    },

                    Favorite = false
                },
                new ComicBook()
                {
                    Id = 3,
                    Series = Series[1],
                    IssueNumber = 50,
                    DescriptionHtml = "<p><strong>The Dungeon & The Parapet, Part 1.</strong> Thorn is discovered by Lord Tarsil and the corrupted Stickeaters and thrown into a dungeon with Fone Bone. As she sleeps, a message comes to her about the mysterious \"Crown of Horns\".</p>",

                    Artists = new Artist[]
                    {
                        new Artist() { Name = "Jeff Smith", Role = "Script" },
                        new Artist() { Name = "Jeff Smith", Role = "Pencils" },
                        new Artist() { Name = "Jeff Smith", Role = "Inks" },
                        new Artist() { Name = "Jeff Smith", Role = "Letters" }
                    },

                    Favorite = false
                }

           };

            Series = series;
            ComicBooks = comicBooks;

        }


    }
}

1 Answer

James Churchill
STAFF
James Churchill
Treehouse Teacher

Adam,

When setting the ComicBook Series property, you're referencing the Data Series static property which hasn't been initialized yet.

new ComicBook()
{
    Id = 1,
    Series = Series[0],
    ...

So, try changing Series[0] to series[0].

Thanks ~James

Thanks for the quick response. I was pulling my hair out on this one.