private Status CreateContact(WorkflowInstance workflowInstance, Item item)
{
DateTime now = DateTime.UtcNow;
FieldValue contactsField = item.GetFieldValue(TargetFieldName, true);
Guid listID = contactsField.Value != null ? new Guid(contactsField.Value) : Guid.NewGuid();
// if the contacts sublist under the item doesn't exist, create it now
if (contactsField.Value == null)
{
Item list = new Item()
{
ID = listID,
Name = TargetFieldName,
IsList = true,
FolderID = item.FolderID,
ItemTypeID = SystemItemTypes.Reference,
ParentID = item.ID,
UserID = item.UserID,
Created = now,
LastModified = now,
};
contactsField.Value = listID.ToString();
try
{
UserContext.Items.Add(list);
UserContext.SaveChanges();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
TraceLog.TraceException("Creating Contact sublist failed", ex);
return(Status.Error);
}
}
// get the subject out of the InstanceData bag
Item contact = null;
try
{
var contactString = GetInstanceData(workflowInstance, OutputParameterName);
contact = JsonSerializer.Deserialize <Item>(contactString);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
TraceLog.TraceException("Deserializing Contact failed", ex);
return(Status.Error);
}
// update the contact if it already exists, otherwise add a new contact
if (UserContext.Items.Any(c => c.ID == contact.ID))
{
try
{
UserContext.SaveChanges();
Item dbContact = UserContext.Items.Include("FieldValues").Single(c => c.ID == contact.ID);
foreach (var fv in contact.FieldValues)
{
// add or update each of the fieldvalues
var dbfv = dbContact.GetFieldValue(fv.FieldName, true);
dbfv.Copy(fv);
}
dbContact.LastModified = now;
UserContext.SaveChanges();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
TraceLog.TraceException("Update Contact failed", ex);
return(Status.Error);
}
}
else
{
try
{
Folder folder = FindDefaultFolder(contact.UserID, contact.ItemTypeID);
if (folder != null)
{
contact.FolderID = folder.ID;
}
UserContext.Items.Add(contact);
UserContext.SaveChanges();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
TraceLog.TraceException("CreateContact: creating contact failed", ex);
return(Status.Error);
}
User user = UserContext.GetUser(item.UserID);
if (user == null)
{
TraceLog.TraceError("Could not find the user associated with Item " + item.Name);
return(Status.Error);
}
// create an operation corresponding to the new contact creation
var operation = UserContext.CreateOperation(user, "POST", (int?)System.Net.HttpStatusCode.Created, contact, null);
if (operation == null)
{
TraceLog.TraceError("Failed to create operation");
return(Status.Error);
}
// kick off the New Contact workflow
WorkflowHost.InvokeWorkflowForOperation(UserContext, SuggestionsContext, operation);
}
// add a contact reference to the contact list
Guid refID = Guid.NewGuid();
var contactRef = new Item()
{
ID = refID,
Name = contact.Name,
ItemTypeID = SystemItemTypes.Reference,
FolderID = item.FolderID,
ParentID = listID,
UserID = contact.UserID,
Created = now,
LastModified = now,
FieldValues = new List <FieldValue>()
{
new FieldValue()
{
FieldName = FieldNames.EntityRef, ItemID = refID, Value = contact.ID.ToString()
},
new FieldValue()
{
FieldName = FieldNames.EntityType, ItemID = refID, Value = EntityTypes.Item
}
}
};
try
{
UserContext.Items.Add(contactRef);
UserContext.SaveChanges();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
TraceLog.TraceException("Creating Contact reference failed", ex);
return(Status.Error);
}
// add a Suggestion with a RefreshEntity FieldName to the list, to tell the UI that the
// workflow changed the Item
SignalEntityRefresh(workflowInstance, item);
return(Status.Complete);
}