public object PerformAction(Category category, ISession dataSession)
{
// been told that the Id is 0 if there is no value sent
if (category.Id == 0) {
try {
dataSession.Save(category);
}
catch (Exception e) {
throw (e);
}
}
return GenerateCategory(category);
}
protected static object GenerateCategory(Category result, bool recurseOnce = false)
{
return new
{
id = result.Id,
title = result.Title,
blurb = result.Blurb,
tags = result.Tags.UnwrapCommas(),
parentId = result.Parent == null ? 0 : result.Parent.Id,
searchResultLinks = result.SearchResultLinks == null ? null :
result.SearchResultLinks
.Select(link => new
{
id = link.Id,
title = link.Title,
tags = link.Tags.UnwrapCommas()
}),
subCategories = result.SubCategories == null ? null : recurseOnce
? (object)
result.SubCategories
.Select(category => GenerateCategory(category))
: new { }
};
}
