Exercises: XML Processing

This document defines the exercise assignments for the Databases Advanced - Entity Framework course @ SoftUni
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Product Shop Database

1. Setup Database
A products shop holds users, products and categories for the products. Users can sell and buy products.
 Users have an Id, FirstName (optional), LastName and Age (optional).
 Products have an Id, Name, Price, BuyerId (optional) and SellerId as Ids of Users.
 Categories have an Id and Name.
 Using Entity Framework and Code First create a database, following the above description.

 Users should have many Products sold and many Products bought.
 Products should have many Categories.
 Categories should have many Products.
 CategoryProducts should map Products and Categories.

2. Import Data
Query 1. Import Users
NOTE: You will need method public static string ImportUsers(ProductShopContext context, string
inputXml) and public StartUp class.

Import the users from the provided file "users.xml".

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Your method should return a string with the following message:
$"Successfully imported {users.Count}";

Query 2. Import Products

NOTE: You will need method public static string ImportProducts(ProductShopContext context,
string inputXml) and public StartUp class.

Import the products from the provided file "products.xml".

Your method should return a string with the following message:

$"Successfully imported {products.Count}";

Query 3. Import Categories

NOTE: You will need method public static string ImportCategories(ProductShopContext context,
string inputXml) and public StartUp class.

Import the categories from the provided file "categories.xml".

Some of the names will be null, so you don't have to add them to the database. Just skip the record and continue.

Your method should return a string with the following message:

$"Successfully imported {categories.Count}";

Query 4. Import Categories and Products

NOTE: You will need method public static string ImportCategoryProducts(ProductShopContext
context, string inputXml) and public StartUp class.

Import the categories and products ids from the provided file "categories-products.xml". If provided
CategoryId or ProductId doesn't exist, skip the whole entry!

Your method should return a string with the message:

$"Successfully imported {categoryProducts.Count}";

3. Query and Export Data

Write the below-described queries and export the returned data to the specified format. Make sure that Entity
Framework Core generates only a single query for each task.

Query 5. Export Products In Range

NOTE: You will need method public static string GetProductsInRange(ProductShopContext context)
and public StartUp class.

Get all products in a specified price range between 500 and 1000 (inclusive). Order them by price (from lowest to
highest). Select only the product name, price and the full name of the buyer. Take top 10 records.

Return the list of suppliers to XML in the format provided below.

products-in-range.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<Products>
<Product>

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 <name>TRAMADOL HYDROCHLORIDE</name>
<price>516.48</price>
</Product>
<Product>
<name>Allopurinol</name>
<price>518.5</price>
<buyer>Wallas Duffyn</buyer>
</Product>
<Product>
<name>Parsley</name>
<price>519.06</price>
<buyer>Brendin Predohl</buyer>
</Product>
…
</Products>

Query 6. Export Sold Products

NOTE: You will need method public static string GetSoldProducts(ProductShopContext context)
and public StartUp class.

Get all users who have at least 1 sold item. Order them by the last name, then by the first name. Select the
person's first and last name. For each of the sold products, select the product's name and price. Take top 5 records. 

Return the list of suppliers to XML in the format provided below.

users-sold-products.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<Users>
<User>
<firstName>Almire</firstName>
<lastName>Ainslee</lastName>
<soldProducts>
<Product>
<name>Ampicillin</name>
<price>674.63</price>
</Product>
<Product>
<name>Strattera</name>
<price>658.54</price>
</Product>
<Product>
<name>Aspergillus repens</name>
<price>1231.42</price>
</Product>
</soldProducts>
</User>
...
</Users>

Query 7. Export Categories By Products Count

NOTE: You will need method public static string
GetCategoriesByProductsCount(ProductShopContext context) and public StartUp class.

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Get all categories. For each category select its name, the number of products, the average price of those products
and the total revenue (total price sum) of those products (regardless if they have a buyer or not). Order them by the
number of products (descending), then by total revenue (ascending).

Return the list of suppliers to XML in the format provided below.

categories-by-products.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<Categories>
<Category>
<name>Garden</name>
<count>23</count>
<averagePrice>800.150869</averagePrice>
<totalRevenue>18403.47</totalRevenue>
</Category>
<Category>
<name>Weapons</name>
<count>22</count>
<averagePrice>671.073181</averagePrice>
<totalRevenue>14763.61</totalRevenue>
</Category>
...
</Categories>

Query 8. Export Users and Products

NOTE: You will need method public static string GetUsersWithProducts(ProductShopContext
context) and public StartUp class.

Select users who have at least 1 sold product. Order them by the number of sold products (from highest to lowest).
Select only their first and last name, age, count of sold products and for each product - name and price sorted by
price (descending). Take top 10 records.

Follow the format below to better understand how to structure your data.

Return the list of suppliers to XML in the format provided below.

users-and-products.xml
<Users>
<count>54</count>
<users>
<User>
<firstName>Dale</firstName>
<lastName>Galbreath</lastName>
<age>31</age>
<SoldProducts>
<count>9</count>
<products>
<Product>
<name>Fair Foundation SPF 15</name>
<price>1394.24</price>
</Product>
<Product>
<name>Finasteride</name>
<price>1374.01</price>

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 </Product>
<Product>
<name>EMEND</name>
<price>1365.51</price>
</Product>
...
</Users>

Car Dealer
1. Setup Database
A car dealer needs information about cars, their parts, parts suppliers, customers and sales. 
 Cars have Make, Model, TraveledDistance in kilometers.
 Parts have Name, Price and Quantity.
 Supplier has a Name and info whether they supply imported parts.
 Customer has a Name, BirthDate and info whether they are a young driver (young driver is a driver that
has less than 2 years of experience. Those customers get an additional 5% off for the sale.).
 Sale has a Car, Customer and a Discount percentage.
A Price of a Car is formed by the total price of its Parts.

 A Car has many Parts and one Part can be placed in many Cars.
 One Supplier can supply many Parts and each Part can be delivered by only one Supplier.
 In one Sale, only one Car can be sold to only one Customer.
 A Customer can buy many Cars.

2. Import Data
Import data from the provided files ("suppliers.xml", "parts.xml", "cars.xml", "customers.xml").

Query 9. Import Suppliers

NOTE: You will need method public static string ImportSuppliers(CarDealerContext context,
string inputXml) and public StartUp class.

Import the suppliers from the provided file "suppliers.xml".

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Your method should return a string with the following message:
$"Successfully imported {suppliers.Count}";

Query 10. Import Parts

NOTE: You will need method public static string ImportParts(CarDealerContext context, string
inputXml) and public StartUp class.

Import the parts from the provided file "parts.xml". If the supplierId doesn't exist, skip the record.

Your method should return a string with the message:

$"Successfully imported {parts.Count}";

Query 11. Import Cars

NOTE: You will need method public static string ImportCars(CarDealerContext context, string
inputXml) and public StartUp class.

Import the cars from the provided file "cars.xml". Select unique car part ids. If the partId doesn't exist, skip the
Part record.

Your method should return a string with the following message:

$"Successfully imported {cars.Count}";

Query 12. Import Customers

NOTE: You will need method public static string ImportCustomers(CarDealerContext context,
string inputXml) and public StartUp class.

Import the customers from the provided file "customers.xml".

Your method should return a string with the following message:

$"Successfully imported {customers.Count}";

Query 13. Import Sales

NOTE: You will need method public static string ImportSales(CarDealerContext context, string
inputXml) and public StartUp class.

Import the sales from the provided file "sales.xml". If car doesn't exist, skip whole entity.

Your method should return a string with the following message:

$"Successfully imported {sales.Count}";

3. Query and Export Data

Write the below-described queries and export the returned data to the specified format. Make sure that Entity
Framework generates only a single query for each task.

Query 14. Export Cars With Distance

NOTE: You will need method public static string GetCarsWithDistance(CarDealerContext context)
and public StartUp class.

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Get all cars with a distance of more than 2,000,000. Order them by make, then by model alphabetically. Take top 10
records.

Return the list of suppliers to XML in the format provided below.

cars.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<cars>
<car>
<make>BMW</make>
<model>1M Coupe</model>
<traveled-distance>39826890</traveled-distance>
</car>
<car>
<make>BMW</make>
<model>E67</model>
<traveled-distance>476830509</traveled-distance>
</car>
<car>
<make>BMW</make>
<model>E88</model>
<traveled-distance>27453411</traveled-distance>
</car>
...
</cars>

Query 15. Export Cars from Make BMW

NOTE: You will need method public static string GetCarsFromMakeBmw(CarDealerContext context)
and public StartUp class.

Get all cars from make BMW and order them by model alphabetically and by traveled distance descending.

Return the list of suppliers to XML in the format provided below.

bmw-cars.xml
<cars>
<car id="26" model="1M Coupe" traveled-distance="39826890" />
<car id="28" model="E67" traveled-distance="476830509" />
<car id="24" model="E88" traveled-distance="27453411" />
...
</cars>

Query 16. Export Local Suppliers

NOTE: You will need method public static string GetLocalSuppliers(CarDealerContext context)
and public StartUp class.

Get all suppliers that do not import parts from abroad. Get their id, name and the number of parts they can offer
to supply.

Return the list of suppliers to XML in the format provided below.

local-suppliers.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<suppliers>

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 <supplier id="2" name="Agway Inc." parts-count="3" />
<supplier id="4" name="Airgas, Inc." parts-count="2" />
...
</suppliers>

Query 17. Export Cars with Their List of Parts

NOTE: You will need method public static string GetCarsWithTheirListOfParts(CarDealerContext
context) and public StartUp class.

Get all cars along with their list of parts. For the car get only make, model and traveled distance and for
the parts get only name and price and sort all parts by price (descending). Sort all cars by traveled distance
(descending) and then by the model (ascending). Select top 5 records.

Return the list of suppliers to XML in the format provided below.

cars-and-parts.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<cars>
<car make="Opel" model="Astra" traveled-distance="516628215">
<parts>
<part name="Tappet" price="300.29" />
<part name="Front Left Side Door Glass" price="100.92" />
<part name="Fan belt" price="10.99" />
</parts>
</car>
...
</cars>

Query 18. Export Total Sales by Customer

NOTE: You will need method public static string GetTotalSalesByCustomer(CarDealerContext
context) and public StartUp class.

Get all customers that have bought at least 1 car and get their names, bought cars count and total spent money on
cars. Order the result list by total spent money (descending). Don't forget that young drivers get a discount!

Return the list of suppliers to XML in the format provided below.

customers-total-sales.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<customers>
<customer full-name="Emmitt Benally" bought-cars="1" spent-money="5044.10" />
<customer full-name="Garret Capron" bought-cars="1" spent-money="3327.10" />
<customer full-name="Cinthia Lasala" bought-cars="1" spent-money="3173.09" />
...
</customers>

Query 19. Export Sales with Applied Discount

NOTE: You will need method public static string GetSalesWithAppliedDiscount(CarDealerContext
context) and public StartUp class.

Get all sales with information about the car, customer and price of the sale with and without discount. Don't take
under consideration the young driver discount!

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Return the list of suppliers to XML in the format provided below.

sales-discounts.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<sales>
<sale>
<car make="Opel" model="Omega" traveled-distance="109910837" />
<discount>30.00</discount>
<customer-name>Zada Attwoood</customer-name>
<price>330.97</price>
<price-with-discount>231.68</price-with-discount>
</sale>
...
</sales>

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