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C# C# Streams and Data Processing Serialization Deserializing with Json.NET

In the Program class, add a public static method named DeserializeWeather that returns a List<WeatherForecast> and takes

I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Please help.

Program.cs
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] arg)
        {
        }

        public static string DeserializeWeather(string fileName)
        {
            string weatherForecasts = new List<WeatherForecast>();
            return weatherForecasts;
        }

        public static WeatherForecast ParseWeatherForecast(string[] values)
        {
            var weatherForecast = new WeatherForecast();
            weatherForecast.WeatherStationId = values[0];
            DateTime timeOfDay;
            if (DateTime.TryParse(values[1], out timeOfDay))
            {
                weatherForecast.TimeOfDay = timeOfDay;
            }
            Condition condition;
            if (Enum.TryParse(values[2], out condition))
            {
                weatherForecast.Condition = condition;
            }
            int temperature;
            if (int.TryParse(values[3], out temperature))
            {
                weatherForecast.Temperature = temperature;
            }
            double precipitation;
            if (double.TryParse(values[4], out precipitation))
            {
                weatherForecast.PrecipitationChance = precipitation;
            }
            if (double.TryParse(values[5], out precipitation))
            {
                weatherForecast.PrecipitationAmount = precipitation;
            }
            return weatherForecast;
        }
    }
}
WeatherForecast.cs
using System;

/* Sample JSON 

[
  {
    "weather_station_id": "HGKL8Q",
    "time_of_day": "06/11/2016 0:00",
    "condition": "Rain",
    "temperature": 53,
    "precipitation_chance": 0.3,
    "precipitation_amount": 0.03
  },
  {
    "weather_station_id": "HGKL8Q",
    "time_of_day": "06/11/2016 6:00",
    "condition": "Cloudy",
    "temperature": 56,
    "precipitation_chance": 0.08,
    "precipitation_amount": 0.01
  },
  {
    "weather_station_id": "HGKL8Q",
    "time_of_day": "06/11/2016 12:00",
    "condition": "PartlyCloudy",
    "temperature": 70,
    "precipitation_chance": 0,
    "precipitation_amount": 0
  },
  {
    "weather_station_id": "HGKL8Q",
    "time_of_day": "06/11/2016 18:00",
    "condition": "Sunny",
    "temperature": 76,
    "precipitation_chance": 0,
    "precipitation_amount": 0
  },
  {
    "weather_station_id": "HGKL8Q",
    "time_of_day": "06/11/2016 19:00",
    "condition": "Clear",
    "temperature": 74,
    "precipitation_chance": 0,
    "precipitation_amount": 0
  }
]
*/

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class WeatherForecast
    {
        public string WeatherStationId { get; set; }
        public DateTime TimeOfDay { get; set; }
        public Condition Condition { get; set; }
        public int Temperature { get; set; }
        public double PrecipitationChance { get; set; }
        public double PrecipitationAmount { get; set; }
    }

    public enum Condition
    {
        Rain,
        Cloudy,
        PartlyCloudy,
        PartlySunny,
        Sunny,
        Clear
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The instructions ask for a method *"that returns a List<WeatherForecast>", but the method shown above returns a string instead.

Change your return type, and the internal variable type, and you'll pass task 1.