public RedirectToActionResult GenerateMessage(string messageTitle, string topic, string userName, string messageContent)
{
User newUser;
Message newMessage;
List <User> listOfUsers = userRepo.ListOfUsers == null ? null : userRepo.ListOfUsers;
bool userExists = false;
if (listOfUsers != null)
{
foreach (User u in listOfUsers)
{
//checking database to user if the username already exists
if (u.Username == userName)
{
userExists = true; //this means that the user has been found in the "database"
}
}
}
//sets topic to the appropriate input string for the model
if (userExists != true)
{
//assumes that user does not exist in "database"
//build a user
//add user to user list
//build a message
//add to messaging history of the user
//add message to messsage board
newUser = new User()
{
Username = userName
};
newMessage = new Message()
{
MessageContent = messageContent,
Topic = topic,
UserNameSignature = userName,
MessageTitle = messageTitle
};
newUser.AddMessageToHistory(newMessage);
userRepo.AddNewUser(newUser);
messageRepo.addMessageToBoard(topic, newMessage);
}
else
{
//assumes that the user already exists in the database
//build message
//add to message history of the user
/*
* this is done by passing the desired username into the FindUser method in the userlist static class
* the method will return either -1, meaning the user was not found, or the index of the element the user exists in
* `*/
//add message to message board
newMessage = new Message()
{
MessageContent = messageContent,
MessageTitle = messageTitle,
UserNameSignature = userName,
Topic = topic
};
userRepo.ModifyUserMessageHistory(userName, "add", newMessage);
messageRepo.addMessageToBoard(topic, newMessage);
}
//set the genre the user selected for retrieval later
TempData["chatRoom"] = topic;
if (topic == "general")
{
TempData["pageTitleText"] = "General Messageboard";
}
else
{
TempData["pageTitleText"] = "Star Wars Messageboard";
}
return(RedirectToAction("Forum"));
}
