/// <summary>
/// Inserts a new comment to the database
/// </summary>
/// <param name="commentViewModel">The comment view model</param>
/// <returns>The inserted comment Guid</returns>
public Guid InsertComment(CreateCommentViewModel commentViewModel)
{
Comment commentEntity;
//if the parent is a submission ( top level comment )
if (commentViewModel.ParentCommentId == Guid.Empty)
{
commentEntity = new Comment
{
Id = Guid.NewGuid(),
Text = commentViewModel.Text,
ParentSubmission = _submissionRepository.GetSubmissionById(commentViewModel.ParentSubmissionId),
Author = _userRepository.GetUserById(commentViewModel.AuthorId)
};
}
else // if the parent is another comment ( this comment is a reply )
{
commentEntity = new Comment
{
Id = Guid.NewGuid(),
Text = commentViewModel.Text,
ParentComment = _commentRepository.GetCommentById(commentViewModel.ParentCommentId),
Author = _userRepository.GetUserById(commentViewModel.AuthorId)
};
Comment AddToNrOfReplies = this._commentRepository.GetCommentById(commentViewModel.ParentCommentId);
AddToNrOfReplies.NrOfReplies++;
}
this._commentRepository.AddComment(commentEntity);
this._commentRepository.SaveChanges();
return(commentEntity.Id);
}
