/// <summary>
/// Load an Employee based on id, as as source for the component UI
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
protected async override Task OnInitializedAsync()
{
//Employee = (await EmployeeDataService.GetEmployeeDetails(int.Parse(EmployeeId)));
Countries = (await CountryDataService.GetAllCountries()).ToList();
JobCategories = (await CategoryDataService.GetAllJobCategories()).ToList();
int.TryParse(EmployeeId, out var employeeId);
if (employeeId == 0)//New employee is created.
{
//Fill in some defaults for the new employee
Employee = new Employee {
CountryId = 1, JobCategoryId = 1, BirthDate = DateTime.Now, JoinedDate = DateTime.Now
};
}
else
{
Employee = (await EmployeeDataService.GetEmployeeDetails(int.Parse(EmployeeId)));
}
//To make two way binding work on the Countries SelectList, in order to show the Employees country as the selecte value,
//we need to convert the Employee.CountryId to a string, and put it in a helper field (CountryId), that can then be used by the SelectList.
//Basically, when binding to a ddl etc. using an Id from a model, it needs to be converted to string.
CountryId = Employee.CountryId.ToString();
JobCategoryId = Employee.JobCategoryId.ToString();
}