/// <summary>
/// Creates a business object using a model as a source
/// </summary>
/// <param name="model"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Sedogo.BusinessObjects.Message CreateMessageBO(MessageModel model)
{
var msg = new Sedogo.BusinessObjects.Message(model.CreatedByFullName);
if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(model.message)) msg.messageText = model.message;
if(model.Event.HasValue) msg.eventID = model.Event.Value;
msg.userID = model.user;
msg.postedByUserID = model.author;
msg.messageRead = model.read;
return msg;
}
/// <summary>
/// Attempts to create a message model using input parameters. If the attempt is unsuccessful, the output error parameter
/// contains the error message
/// </summary>
/// <param name="message"></param>
/// <param name="Event"></param>
/// <param name="user"></param>
/// <param name="author"></param>
/// <param name="read"></param>
/// <param name="CreatedByFullName"></param>
/// <param name="LastUpdatedByFullName"></param>
/// <param name="error"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static MessageModel CreateMessageModel(string message, int? Event, int? user, int? author, bool? read,
string CreatedByFullName, string LastUpdatedByFullName, out string error)
{
error = null;
if (!user.HasValue)
error = "user-attribute-required";
else if (!author.HasValue)
error = "author-attribute-required";
else if (!read.HasValue)
error = "read-attribute-required";
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(error))
return null;
MessageModel model = new MessageModel {
created = DateTime.Now,
updated = DateTime.Now,
message = message,
Event =Event,
user = user.Value,
author = author.Value,
read = read.Value,
CreatedByFullName = CreatedByFullName,
LastUpdatedByFullName = LastUpdatedByFullName
};
return model;
}