public ActionResult Add(AddCategoryViewModel viewModel)
{
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
return View(viewModel);
var category = new Category
{
Name = viewModel.Name,
Parent = viewModel.Parent
};
using (var database = new DatabaseEntities())
{
database.AddToCategories(category);
database.SaveChanges();
}
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
/// <summary>
/// Create a new Category object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="id">Initial value of the Id property.</param>
/// <param name="name">Initial value of the Name property.</param>
public static Category CreateCategory(global::System.Int32 id, global::System.String name)
{
Category category = new Category();
category.Id = id;
category.Name = name;
return category;
}
/// <summary>
/// Deprecated Method for adding a new object to the Categories EntitySet. Consider using the .Add method of the associated ObjectSet<T> property instead.
/// </summary>
public void AddToCategories(Category category)
{
base.AddObject("Categories", category);
}
private NestedCategoryDescriptor GenerateCategory(Category category)
{
var descriptor = new NestedCategoryDescriptor();
descriptor.Name = category.Name.Trim();
descriptor.Id = category.Id;
descriptor.Subcategories = new List<NestedCategoryDescriptor>();
foreach (var subcategory in category.Children)
descriptor.Subcategories.Add(GenerateCategory(subcategory));
return descriptor;
}