public ActionResult BeginCreate(EducationPlanViewModel viewModel)
{
//Checks that all field in the form the user posted was provided by the user.
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
//Nothing can be persisted yet, because the education plan is not yet fully supplied by the user.
Session["EducationPlan"] = viewModel;
IEnumerable<HeadlineModel> models;
using (var repository = new EducationPlanRepository())
{
models = repository.GetHeadlinesForGroupId(viewModel.GroupId);
//if no hedlines are found http status code 404 is returned.
if (models == null)
{
return HttpNotFound();
}
//Translates the models into apropriate viewmodels
List<HeadlineViewModel> headlineViewModels = Mapper.Map<IEnumerable<HeadlineModel>, List<HeadlineViewModel>>(models);
//The actual text under each headline is saved in the junction table between the headline table and the education plan table.
IEnumerable<EducationPlanToHeadlineViewModel> educationToHeadlineViewModels =
headlineViewModels.Select(hvm => new EducationPlanToHeadlineViewModel { HeadLineId = hvm.Id, Headline = hvm });
return View("Create", educationToHeadlineViewModels.ToList());
}
}
//if some fields were left empty the user is prompted to enter text into those fields as well.
return View(viewModel);
}
