public void ImportEntities(IEnumerable <MappedEntity> mappedEntities)
{
int count = 0;
foreach (MappedEntity mappedEntity in mappedEntities)
{
bool newEntity = false;
Entity entity = _entityRepository
.GetEntityByUniqueValue(
mappedEntity.UniqueFieldType,
mappedEntity.UniqueFieldValue,
LoadLevel.DataOnly);
if (entity == null)
{
EntityType entityType = _modelsRepository
.GetEntityType(mappedEntity.EntityType);
entity = Entity.CreateEntity(entityType);
newEntity = true;
}
bool entityModified = false;
foreach (MappedField mappedField in mappedEntity.Fields)
{
// This extension method is much more efficient than the built-in GetField() method.
Field field = entity.GetFieldOrdinal(mappedField.Name);
if (field == null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException(
$"The field '{mappedField.Name}' does not exist in the model.");
}
object fieldValue = mappedField.Value;
field.Data = fieldValue;
entityModified = true;
}
if (entity.FieldSetId != mappedEntity.FieldSet)
{
entity.FieldSetId = mappedEntity.FieldSet;
entityModified = true;
}
if (entity.Id == 0)
{
entity = _entityRepository.AddEntity(entity);
}
else if (entityModified)
{
entity = _entityRepository.UpdateEntity(entity);
}
foreach (MappedLink mappedLink in mappedEntity.Links)
{
ImportLink(mappedLink, entity, newEntity);
}
count++;
}
_context.Log(LogLevel.Information, $"Finished importing {count} entities.");
}
