get our ducks in order!

generating Output() is now the concern of each Lottery class.

Lottery/Exception.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@
     /// <summary>
     /// Base Exception class for the Lottery app
     /// </summary>
-    internal class LotteryException(string message) : Exception(message)
+    internal class LotteryException(string message) : Exception(message) { }
-    {
-    }
 }

Lottery/Generator.cs

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
         public override Numbers Generate()
         {
-            Numbers Numbers = new(KindOfLottery.Uk, []);
+            Numbers Numbers = new([]);
             Generator.FillNumbers(Numbers.Normal, Limits);
             return Numbers;
         }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
         public override Numbers Generate()
         {
-            NumbersWithSpecial Numbers = new(KindOfLottery.Euro, [], []);
+            NumbersWithSpecial Numbers = new([], []);
             Generator.FillNumbers(Numbers.Normal, NormalLimits, Numbers.Special, SpecialLimits);
             return Numbers;
         }
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
         public override Numbers Generate()
         {
-            NumbersWithSpecial Numbers = new(KindOfLottery.SetForLife, [], []);
+            NumbersWithSpecial Numbers = new([], []);
             Generator.FillNumbers(Numbers.Normal, NormalLimits, Numbers.Special, SpecialLimits);
             return Numbers;
         }
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
         public override Numbers Generate()
         {
-            NumbersWithSpecial Numbers = new(KindOfLottery.Thunderball, [], []);
+            NumbersWithSpecial Numbers = new([], []);
             Generator.FillNumbers(Numbers.Normal, NormalLimits, Numbers.Special, SpecialLimits);
             return Numbers;
         }

Lottery/Lottery.cs

@@ -1,31 +1,54 @@
 namespace Lottery
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Base Lottery class, it accepts a Generator
+    /// Base Lottery class, use it for lotteries that generate a single set of numbers.
     /// SpecialIdentifier may be overridden for Lotteries with Special values.
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="Generator"></param>
+    /// <param name="Generator">A fully formed Generator</param>
     internal class Lottery(IGenerator Generator)
     {
-        public virtual string? SpecialIdentifier { get; }
+        protected Numbers GenerateNumbers() => Generator.Generate();
 
-        public Numbers GenerateNumbers() => Generator.Generate();
+        public virtual string Output()
+        {
+            var numbers = GenerateNumbers();
+            return $"Numbers: {string.Join(", ", numbers.Normal)}";
+        }
     }
 
-    internal class UKLottoLottery(IGenerator Generator) : Lottery(Generator) { };
+    /// <summary>
-
+    /// Abstract base class, for lotteries with special values.
-    internal class EuroMillionsLottery(IGenerator Generator) : Lottery(Generator)
+    /// It subclasses Lottery.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="Generator">A fully formed Generator</param>
+    internal class LotteryWithSpecial(IGenerator Generator) : Lottery(Generator)
     {
-        public override string SpecialIdentifier { get; } = "Lucky Stars";
+        protected virtual string SpecialIdentifier => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+        public override string Output()
+        {
+            var numbers = GenerateNumbers() as NumbersWithSpecial
+                ?? throw new LotteryException($"Unable to generate numbers for {this}");
+
+            return string.Join("\t", [
+                $"Numbers: {string.Join(", ", numbers.Normal)}",
+                $"{SpecialIdentifier}: {string.Join(", ", numbers.Special)}",
+            ]);
+        }
     }
 
-    internal class SetForLifeLottery(IGenerator Generator) : Lottery(Generator)
+    internal class EuroMillionsLotteryWithSpecial(IGenerator Generator) : LotteryWithSpecial(Generator)
     {
-        public override string SpecialIdentifier { get; } = "Life Ball";
+        protected override string SpecialIdentifier => "Lucky Stars";
     }
 
-    internal class ThunderballLottery(IGenerator Generator) : Lottery(Generator)
+    internal class SetForLifeLotteryWithSpecial(IGenerator Generator) : LotteryWithSpecial(Generator)
     {
-        public override string SpecialIdentifier { get; } = "Thunderball";
+        protected override string SpecialIdentifier => "Life Ball";
+    }
+
+    internal class ThunderballLotteryWithSpecial(IGenerator Generator) : LotteryWithSpecial(Generator)
+    {
+        protected override string SpecialIdentifier => "Thunderball";
     }
 }

Lottery/MainPage.xaml.cs

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
     public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
     {
         readonly List<Lottery> Lotteries = [
-            new UKLottoLottery(new UKLottoGenerator()), 
+            new Lottery(new UKLottoGenerator()), 
-            new EuroMillionsLottery(new EuroMillionsGenerator()), 
+            new EuroMillionsLotteryWithSpecial(new EuroMillionsGenerator()), 
-            new SetForLifeLottery(new SetForLifeGenerator()), 
+            new SetForLifeLotteryWithSpecial(new SetForLifeGenerator()), 
-            new ThunderballLottery(new ThunderBallGenerator())
+            new ThunderballLotteryWithSpecial(new ThunderBallGenerator())
         ];
         const KindOfLottery DefaultLottery = KindOfLottery.Uk;
         Lottery Lottery;
@@ -24,28 +24,7 @@
 
         private void SpinButton_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
-            Numbers numbers = Lottery.GenerateNumbers();
+            NumbersLabel.Text = string.Join("\t", Lottery.Output());
-            List<string> output = [];
-            switch (numbers.Kind)
-            {
-                case KindOfLottery.Uk:
-                    output.Add($"Numbers: {string.Join(", ", numbers.Normal)}");
-                    break;
-                case KindOfLottery.Euro:
-                case KindOfLottery.SetForLife:
-                case KindOfLottery.Thunderball:
-                    if (numbers is NumbersWithSpecial numbersWithSpecial)
-                    {
-                        output.AddRange([
-                            $"Numbers: {string.Join(", ", numbersWithSpecial.Normal)}",
-                            $"{Lottery.SpecialIdentifier}: {string.Join(", ", numbersWithSpecial.Special)}"
-                        ]);
-                    }
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    throw new LotteryException($"no NumbersLabel output defined for {numbers.Kind}");
-            };
-            NumbersLabel.Text = string.Join("\t", output);
             SemanticScreenReader.Announce(NumbersLabel.Text);
         }
 

Lottery/Numbers.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace Lottery
 {
-    internal record Numbers(KindOfLottery Kind, List<int> Normal);
+    internal record Numbers(List<int> Normal);
 
-    internal record NumbersWithSpecial(KindOfLottery Kind, List<int> Normal, List<int> Special) : Numbers(Kind, Normal);
+    internal record NumbersWithSpecial(List<int> Normal, List<int> Special) : Numbers(Normal);
 }