/// <summary>
/// Creates a valid, transient Employee; typical of something retrieved back from a form submission
/// </summary>
public static Employee CreateTransientEmployee() {
Employee employee = new Employee() {
FirstName = "Jackie",
LastName = "Daniels",
PhoneExtension = 5491
};
return employee;
}
protected override void LoadTestData() {
Employee employee = new Employee("Joe", "Smith");
employeeRepository.SaveOrUpdate(employee);
FlushSessionAndEvict(employee);
employee = new Employee("Andrew", "Fuller");
employeeRepository.SaveOrUpdate(employee);
FlushSessionAndEvict(employee);
}
/// <summary>
/// Transfers the employee entity's property values to the DTO.
/// Strongly consider Jimmy Bogard's AutoMapper (http://automapper.codeplex.com/)
/// for doing this kind of work in a more automated fashion.
/// </summary>
public static EmployeeDto Create(Employee employee) {
if (employee == null)
return null;
return new EmployeeDto() {
Id = employee.Id,
FirstName = employee.FirstName,
LastName = employee.LastName
};
}
public void CanCreateDtoWithEntity() {
Employee employee = new Employee("Steven", "Buchanan");
EntityIdSetter.SetIdOf(employee, 5);
EmployeeDto employeeDto = EmployeeDto.Create(employee);
employeeDto.Id.ShouldEqual(5);
employeeDto.FirstName.ShouldEqual("Steven");
employeeDto.LastName.ShouldEqual("Buchanan");
}