The provided code is a method in C# that appears...
The provided code is a method in C# that appears to populate the properties of the current object by extracting data from a SqliteDataReader
(used for reading data from an SQLite database). Here's a step-by-step explanation of what it does:
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Method Signature:
- It's an
override
method, so it likely overrides a method in a base class. - The method is named
Populate
and takes a single parameterreader
of typeSqliteDataReader
.
- It's an
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Reading and Assigning Data:
Inside the method, thereader
object's values are accessed by index (corresponding to columns of a result set from a database query), and each value is assigned to a property of the current object. Specifically:this.Id
: Assigned the value from the first column (index0
) of the data reader as an integer (GetInt32
).this.FactionId
: Assigned the value from the second column (index1
) of the data reader, cast to a custom typeFactionId
after reading it as an integer.this.FactionRankId
: Similar toFactionId
, this gets the value from column 2 (index2
), casts it to aFactionRankId
, and assigns it to the corresponding property.this.WarbandSkillId
: Retrieves the value from column 3 (index3
), casts it to aWarbandSkillId
, and assigns it to the corresponding property.
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Purpose:
- It takes data from a database query result (via the
reader
) and maps it into the properties of the current object. This is typically part of a data access layer where data from a relational database is converted into objects in your code.
- It takes data from a database query result (via the
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Custom Data Types (
FactionId
,FactionRankId
,WarbandSkillId
):- These are likely user-defined enumerations or types used to represent values in a more meaningful way rather than working with raw integers.
In summary, this method maps database query results (extracted via an SqliteDataReader
) to the corresponding properties of an object by reading values from specific columns and converting them (if necessary) into appropriate types.