public EmployeeBase EmployeeEditNames(EmployeeEditNames editedItem)
{
// Ensure that we can continue
if (editedItem == null)
{
return(null);
}
// Attempt to fetch the underlying object
var storedItem = ds.Employees.Find(editedItem.Id);
if (storedItem == null)
{
return(null);
}
else
{
// Fetch the object from the data store - ds.Entry(storedItem)
// Get its current values collection - .CurrentValues
// Set those to the edited values - .SetValues(editedItem)
ds.Entry(storedItem).CurrentValues.SetValues(editedItem);
// The SetValues() method ignores missing properties and navigation properties
ds.SaveChanges();
return(Mapper.Map <EmployeeBase>(storedItem));
}
}
public EmployeeBase EditEmployeeNames(EmployeeEditNames editedItem)
{
// Ensure that we can continue
if (editedItem == null)
{
return null;
}
// Attempt to fetch the underlying object
var storedItem = ds.Employees.Find(editedItem.Id);
if (storedItem == null)
{
return null;
}
else
{
// Fetch the object from the data store - ds.Entry(storedItem)
// Get its current values collection - .CurrentValues
// Set those to the edited values - .SetValues(editedItem)
ds.Entry(storedItem).CurrentValues.SetValues(editedItem);
// The SetValues() method ignores missing properties and navigation properties
ds.SaveChanges();
return Mapper.Map<EmployeeBase>(storedItem);
}
}
// PUT: api/Employees/5
public IHttpActionResult Put(int id, [FromBody] EmployeeEditNames editedItem)
{
// Ensure that an "editedItem" is in the entity body
if (editedItem == null)
{
return(BadRequest("Must send an entity body with the request"));
}
// Ensure that the id value in the URI matches the id value in the entity body
if (id != editedItem.Id)
{
return(BadRequest("Invalid data in the entity body"));
}
// Ensure that we can use the incoming data
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Attempt to update the item
var changedItem = m.EmployeeEditNames(editedItem);
// Notice the ApiController convenience methods
if (changedItem == null)
{
// HTTP 400
return(BadRequest("Cannot edit the object"));
}
else
{
// HTTP 200 with the changed item in the entity body
return(Ok <EmployeeBase>(changedItem));
}
}
else
{
return(BadRequest(ModelState));
}
}