Layers Pattern in Practice


namespace BillsEntityLib
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Bills helper
    /// </summary>
    public static class BillHelper
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Converts string status representation to BillStatus enumeration
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="stat">String status</param>
        /// <returns>Bill's status</returns>
        public static BillStatus Convert(string stat)
        {
            BillStatus status = BillStatus.Empty;
            switch (stat)
            {
                case "Unpaid":
                    status = BillStatus.Unpaid;
                    break;
                case "Paid":
                    status = BillStatus.Paid;
                    break;
                case "Empty":
                    status = BillStatus.Empty;
                    break;
            }
            return status;

        }
    }
}