/// <summary>
/// This method creates a new reservation record for the customer, created by the CreateCustomer method.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="customer"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static FleetRental CreateReservation(FleetCustomer customer)
{
Random rnd = new Random();
DataServiceCollection <FleetRental> reservations = new DataServiceCollection <FleetRental>(context);
FleetRental reservation = new FleetRental();
reservations.Add(reservation);
//Create a new Reservation object with the details for new customer.
reservation.CustomerFirstName = customer.FirstName;
reservation.CustomerLastName = customer.LastName;
reservation.CustomerDriverLicense = customer.DriverLicense;
reservation.State = 0; //Limitation of OData, no client-side Enum support
reservation.RentalId = "OData_" + rnd.Next(500).ToString();
reservation.Comments = "New customer";
reservation.VehicleId = "Adatum_Four_2";
reservation.VehicleVIN = "WAUXL58E15A104563";
reservation.EndDate = DateTime.Today.AddDays(5);
reservation.StartDate = DateTime.Today;
Microsoft.OData.Client.DataServiceResponse response = null;
try
{
response = context.SaveChanges(SaveChangesOptions.PostOnlySetProperties);
}
catch (DataServiceRequestException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error occured while saving. Error Details: " + e.InnerException.Message);
}
//the following code retrieves the location header which represents the newly created entity
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Cyan;
foreach (ChangeOperationResponse r in response)
{
if (r.Headers.ContainsKey("Location"))
{
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Cyan;
Console.WriteLine("New reservation created: ");
Console.WriteLine(r.Headers["Location"]);
}
}
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;
return(reservation);
}
/// <summary>
/// This method prompts the user for first name and last name and then uses that to create a new customer by calling the Customer OData entity
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
private static FleetCustomer CreateCustomer()
{
Console.WriteLine("Enter First Name, and then press Enter");
string firstName = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("Enter Last Name, and then press Enter ");
string lastName = Console.ReadLine();
Random rnd = new Random();
//Create the Customer object with the first and last names provided by the user
FleetCustomer newCustomer = new FleetCustomer()
{
FirstName = firstName,
LastName = lastName,
DriverLicense = "B923-2381-" + rnd.Next(1000, 7000).ToString(),
CellPhone = "0123456789",
Email = "*****@*****.**",
};
//Add the new customer object to the DataServiceContext object
context.AddToFleetCustomers(newCustomer);
//Save the DataServiceContext object and an internally a POST call is made to the OData Customer entity.
//Record is created in Rainier Database
Microsoft.OData.Client.DataServiceResponse response = null;
try
{
response = context.SaveChanges();
}
catch (DataServiceRequestException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error occured while saving. Error Details: " + e.InnerException.Message);
}
//the following code retrieves the location header which represents the newly created entity
foreach (ChangeOperationResponse r in response)
{
if (r.Headers.ContainsKey("Location"))
{
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Cyan;
Console.WriteLine("New customer created: ");
Console.WriteLine(r.Headers["Location"]);
}
}
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;
return(newCustomer);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//the following BaseUri needs to be updated to your org
string dynamicsBaseUri = "https://usnconeboxax1aos.cloud.onebox.dynamics.com/";
string ODataServiceEndpoint = dynamicsBaseUri + "data";
Uri dynODataURI = new Uri(ODataServiceEndpoint, UriKind.Absolute);
//Creates a DataServiceContext class which encapsulates operations that are supported by the OData endpoint
context = new Resources(dynODataURI);
//Authenticate the user
AuthenticationHelper.PerformAuthentication(context, dynamicsBaseUri);
Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------------------------------------");
Console.WriteLine("Query all the customers in Fleet Management. Enter to start ...");
Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------------------------------------");
Console.ReadLine();
GetAllCustomers();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------");
Console.WriteLine("Create a new customer. Enter to start");
Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------");
Console.ReadLine();
FleetCustomer newCustomer = CreateCustomer();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("--------------------------------------------------------------------");
Console.WriteLine("Create a new reservation for the customer. Enter to start ...");
Console.WriteLine("--------------------------------------------------------------------");
Console.ReadLine();
FleetRental newRental = CreateReservation(newCustomer);
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("--------------------------------------------------------------------");
Console.WriteLine("Call action on the reservation ...");
Console.WriteLine("--------------------------------------------------------------------");
Console.ReadLine();
UriBuilder buildUri = new UriBuilder(ODataServiceEndpoint);
buildUri.Path = String.Format("data/FleetRentals('{0}')/Microsoft.Dynamics.DataEntities.ReturnRental", newRental.RentalId);
//following code invokes the action by sending an HTTPPost request for the buildUri
var returnValue = context.Execute <string>(new Uri(buildUri.ToString()), "POST", true);
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Cyan;
Console.WriteLine("Invoked ReturnRental action, response is: \n" + returnValue.Single());
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Black;
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("***************************************************");
Console.WriteLine("* *");
Console.WriteLine("You have successfully completed, \t\t\n 1. Creating a new customer \t\t\t\n 2. Creating a new reservation for that customer. \n " +
"Please refer back to Hands on Lab documentation to continue \n Press Enter to close this application \t");
Console.WriteLine("* *");
Console.WriteLine("***************************************************");
Console.ReadLine();
}
