/// <summary>
/// Maps a given note view model to the Note model entitiy class.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="noteViewModel">The note view model we want to transform to a note entity class object.</param>
/// <returns><see cref="Note"/> object transformed from the note view model.</returns>
public static Note ToNoteEntity(NoteViewModel noteViewModel)
{
var note = new Note()
{
Id = noteViewModel.Id,
Board = new Board() { Id = noteViewModel.BoardId },
Text = noteViewModel.Text,
Title = noteViewModel.Title,
Top = noteViewModel.Top,
Left = noteViewModel.Left,
};
return note;
}
/// <summary>
/// Map the domain model for the Note object to the NoteViewModel object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="note">The domain <see cref="Note"/> object</param>
/// <returns>Returns a <see cref="NoteViewModel"/> object</returns>
public static NoteViewModel ToNoteViewModel(Note note)
{
var noteViewModel = new NoteViewModel()
{
Id = note.Id,
Text = note.Text,
BoardId = note.Board == null ? Guid.Empty : note.Board.Id,
Title = note.Title,
Top = note.Top,
Left = note.Left
};
return noteViewModel;
}
public ActionResult SaveNote(NoteViewModel noteViewModel)
{
// Create a json result view model object that will be returned to the client calling code.
var result = new JsonResultViewModel();
// Transform the view model to the Domain note object
var note = NoteMappings.ToNoteEntity(noteViewModel);
// Try and to save or update the note using the note service
var noteUpdated = _noteService.SaveOrUpdateNote(note);
// If we succeeded in saving or updating the note the updated note will have a concrete value
if (noteUpdated != null)
{
// Set the apropriate json result object values.
result.Success = true;
result.Message = "Successfully saved the note";
// Map the Note from the domain object to the NoteViewModel
result.Data = NoteMappings.ToNoteViewModel(noteUpdated);
// return the result view model as json
return Json(result);
}
else
{
// If something went wrong with the service call set the
// apropriate values on the json result object.
result.Success = false;
result.Message = "Failed to save or update the note";
result.Data = null;
// Return the Json Result object in json format to the client code
return Json(result);
}
}