/// <summary>
/// Updates the models specified in the request body by their primary key
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">The current API context</param>
/// <param name="dataset">The filtered dataset to operate on</param>
/// <returns>The affected models</returns>
public virtual async Task <IEnumerable <TModel> > OperateAsync(
IApiContext <TModel, object> context,
IQueryable <TModel> dataset)
{
TContext DatabaseContext = context.Services.GetRequiredService <TContext>();
// todo: make better
List <TModel> UpdatedList = new List <TModel>();
if (context.Parsed == null)
{
throw new OperationFailedException("Must have a parsed body to update");
}
foreach (ParseResult <TModel> Result in context.Parsed)
{
// by default assume the properties were parsed with the rest of the model
// todo: this is the ugliest thing i have ever seen
object?[] Values = this.ParameterDelegates == null
? this.Properties.Select(p => p.GetGetMethod()?.Invoke(Result.ParsedModel, null))
.ToArray()
: this.Properties.Zip(this.ParameterDelegates).Select(
v => ParameterResolver.ParseParameter(
v.Second.GetValue(context.Request),
v.First.PropertyType)).ToArray();
if (Values.Any(v => v == null))
{
throw new OperationFailedException(
"Missing expected value for update operation",
new ArgumentNullException(
this.Properties[Array.FindIndex(Values, v => v == null)].Name,
"Parameter was null"), 400);
}
// so that ef can still use sql queries, let's generate an expression tree for it to use
ParameterExpression ModelParameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(TModel));
// generate expressions. boils down to: ModelParameter.Property == Values[i]
Expression[] ComparisonExpressions = this.Properties.Zip(Values).Select(
v => (Expression)Expression.Equal(
Expression.Property(ModelParameter, v.First),
Expression.Constant(v.Second))).ToArray();
// && them all together
Expression AggregateExpression = ComparisonExpressions.Aggregate(Expression.AndAlso);
// and create the lambda
Expression <Func <TModel, bool> > FilterExpression =
Expression.Lambda <Func <TModel, bool> >(AggregateExpression, ModelParameter);
IEnumerable <TModel> ExistingModels = dataset.Where(FilterExpression);
foreach (TModel Existing in ExistingModels)
{
foreach (PropertyInfo Updated in Result.PresentProperties)
{
object?NewValue = Updated.GetGetMethod()?.Invoke(Result.ParsedModel, null);
Updated.GetSetMethod()?.Invoke(Existing, new[] { NewValue });
}
UpdatedList.Add(Existing);
// TODO: obviously it's 1000x better to update all at once. do that
await DatabaseContext.UpdateAsync(Existing);
}
}
return(UpdatedList);
}
