public IActionResult GetAuthorById(int authorId)
{
var author = _authorRepository.GetAuthorById(authorId);
if (author == null)
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Some kind of error getting author");
ViewBag.Message = $"There was a problem retrieving author with id {authorId} " +
$"From the database or no author with that id exists";
author = new AuthorDto();
}
var country = _countryRepository.GetCountryOfAnAuthor(authorId);
if (country == null)
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Some kind of error getting country");
ViewBag.Message += $"There was a problem retrieving country with id {authorId} " +
$"From the database or no country with that id exists";
country = new CountryDto();
}
var bookCategories = new Dictionary <BookDto, IEnumerable <CategoryDto> >();
var books = _authorRepository.GetBooksByAuthor(authorId);
if (books.Count() <= 0)
{
ViewBag.BookMessage = $"No books for {author.FirstName} {author.LastName} exists";
}
foreach (var book in books)
{
var categories = _categoryRepository.GetAllCategoriesOfABook(book.Id);
bookCategories.Add(book, categories);
}
var authorCountryBooksCategoriesViewModel = new AuthorCountryBooksCategoriesViewModel
{
Author = author,
Country = country,
BookCategories = bookCategories
};
ViewBag.SuccessMessage = TempData["SuccessMessage"];
return(View(authorCountryBooksCategoriesViewModel));
}
public IActionResult GetAuthorById(int authorId)
{
var author = _authorRespository.GetAuthorById(authorId);
if (author == null)
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", $"There is no author with id:{authorId}");
ViewBag.Message = $"There was a problem retrieving author with id {authorId} " +
$"from the database or no author with this id exists";
author = new AuthorDto();
}
var country = _countryRepository.GetCountryOfAnAuthor(authorId);
if (country == null)
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Error getting a country");
ViewBag.Message += $"There was a problem retrieving country of an author with Id={authorId} " +
$"from the database or no country exists for this author";
country = new CountryDto();
}
var books = _authorRespository.GetBooksByAuthor(authorId);
IDictionary <BookDto, IEnumerable <CategoryDto> > bookCategories = new Dictionary <BookDto, IEnumerable <CategoryDto> >();
if (books.Count() <= 0)
{
ViewBag.BookMessage = $"No books for {author.FirstName} {author.LastName} exists.";
}
foreach (var book in books)
{
var categories = _categoryRepository.GetAllCategoriesOfABook(book.Id);
bookCategories.Add(book, categories);
}
var ACBCVM = new AuthorCountryBookCategoriesViewModel
{
Author = author,
Country = country,
BookCategories = bookCategories
};
return(View(ACBCVM));
}
