// method that saves the edited changes in a tag
public void EditTag(Tag tag)
{
context.Tags.Attach(tag); // add category to queue
context.Entry(tag).State = EntityState.Modified; // makes category's state set to modified
context.SaveChanges(); // save changes in queue
}
// returns the Id of the added tag
public int AddTag(Tag tag)
{
context.Tags.Add(tag); // adds category to queue
context.SaveChanges(); // saves changes in queue.
return tag.TagId;
}
public ContentResult EditTag(Tag tag)
{
string json; //variable for passing successful or unsuccessful json data
ModelState.Clear(); //remove items from the model state dictionary
// if the current category is valid
if (TryValidateModel(tag))
{
blogRepository.EditTag(tag); // get id from newly edited tag and attempt to save data
// if id equals the edited category id, category addition was successful
json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new
{
id = tag.TagId,
success = true,
message = "Changes saved successfully."
});
}
//else if the id = 0, the edit failed
else
{
json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new
{
id = 0,
success = false,
message = "Failed to save the changes."
});
}
return Content(json, "application/json"); // send results to the user for display
}
