Anonymous Type Verses Strongly Typed

Anonymous Type Verses Strongly Typed

// E.g., a strongly typed object versus using an anonymous type.  

//A1.  As a traditional strongly typed class and instance of that class.  
public class Book
	{
		public int BookID { get; set; }
		public string BookName { get; set; }
		public string AuthorName { get; set; }
		public string ISBN { get; set; }
		}
	
//A2. The Instance
class BookApp
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
	Book book = new Book
                {
                    BookID = 1,
                    BookName = "MVC Music Store Tutorial",
                    AuthorName = "Jon Galloway",
                    ISBN = "NA"
                };
	Console.WriteLine(book.BookName);
	
	//B. Anonymous Type -- Object on the quick.  
	var novel = new { BookID = 1, BookName ="MVC Novel", AuthorName = "Mickey Mouse", ISBN = "NA" }; 
	Console.WriteLine(novel.BookName);  
	
	//C. Anonymous Type Object with a Collection Type for one of its Properties.  
	var novella = new { BookID = 1, BookDetails = new List<Book>() {
		new Book { BookName = "War and Peace", AuthorName = "Tolstoy", ISBN ="ds3435"},
		new Book { BookName = "Old Yeller", AuthorName = "Gipson", ISBN ="ds4863"},
		new Book { BookName = "The Hobbit", AuthorName = "Tolkein", ISBN ="ds6454"}
	} };
	
	foreach ( Book entry in novella.BookDetails)
	{
		Console.WriteLine(entry);  
	}
}
}