public IActionResult Create([Bind("WorkingTitle,Grade,WorkingHours,Rank,Categories")] JobDescriptionViewModel form)
{
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
// model state validation failed, return VM to user with validation error messages
ViewData["Title"] = "Create a Job Description: Error";
return(View(form));
}
else
{
// POST is valid
// create a JobDescription Object via the constructor that accepts a JobDescriptionViewModel object
// I need to do this because I need the .JobDescriptionToXml() method to write the Job Description data
// to the SmartJob entity JobData field, which is XML.
JobDescription job = new JobDescription(form);
SmartJob DbJob = new SmartJob
{
JobName = $"{job.Rank}-{job.WorkingTitle}",
JobDataXml = job.JobDescriptionToXml() // call the JobDescription method to convert Job Data to XML and write to entity column
};
// EF context saves are encapsulated in the IDocumentRepository instance
_repository.SaveJob(DbJob);
// return the user to the Index view
return(RedirectToAction(nameof(Index)));
}
}