Console App serialization

precip.cs

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using System;
namespace project05
{
public class precip
{
private string precipDate;
private string precipType;
private decimal precipAmount;

//default constructor
public precip()
{

}

//parametised constructor
public precip(string date, string type, decimal amount)
{
this.precipDate = date;
this.precipType = type;
this.precipAmount = amount;
}

//seters
public void setDate(string date)
{
this.precipDate = date;
}
public void setType(string type)
{
this.precipType = type;
}
public void setAmount(decimal amount)
{
this.precipAmount = amount;
}

//geters
public string getDate()
{
return this.precipDate;
}
public string getType()
{
return this.precipType;
}
public decimal getAmount()
{
return this.precipAmount;
}

//the display method
public string displayPrecip()
{
return getDate() + ", " + getType() + ", " + getAmount().ToString();
}
}
}

program.cs

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;


namespace project05
{
class MainClass
{
//prints menu
public static int printMenu()
{
while(true)
{
Console.WriteLine("1. Add a precip event");
Console.WriteLine("2. View all precip events");
Console.WriteLine("3. Exit");
Console.Write(": ");
//selected option
int option = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
//validate selection
switch (option)
{
case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
Console.Clear();
return option;

}
Console.Clear();
Console.WriteLine("Invalid option!");
}
}
//ads new prcip
public static precip addPrecip()
{
while (true)
{
try
{
string date, type;
decimal amount;
Console.Write("Enter Date: ");
date = Console.ReadLine();
Console.Write("Enter type: ");
type = Console.ReadLine();
Console.Write("Enter Amount: ");
amount = decimal.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
precip p = new precip(date, type, amount);
return p;
}
catch
{
Console.Clear();
Console.WriteLine("Invalid input!");
}
}
}

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
List<precip> P = new List<precip>();

while(true)
{
int option = printMenu();
switch (option)
{
case 1:
Console.Clear();
P.Add(addPrecip());
Console.Clear();
break;
case 2:
Console.Clear();
Console.WriteLine("***********************************************");
for (int i = 0; i < P.Count; i++)
Console.WriteLine(P[i].displayPrecip());
Console.WriteLine("***********************************************");
break;
case 3:
//serialize
for (int i = 0; i < P.Count; i++)
{
XmlSerializer x = new XmlSerializer(P[i].GetType());
x.Serialize(Console.Out, P[i]);
Console.WriteLine();
}
Console.ReadLine();
System.Environment.Exit(1);
break;
}
}
}
}
}