public RedirectToActionResult GenerateReply(string replyMessageContent, string poster, string chatGenre, string parentMessageID)
{
//CALLED WHEN the user submits a completed reply form from the ReplyForm view
//REDIRECTS TO the main forum page, which will load the new reply
//check if replier's username exists
//add to userlist if not
//generate reply
//add reply to message in forum (via MessageBoard)
//add reply to poster's history (via userlist)
//add reply to the reply list of the original MESSAGE (via userlist)
User newUser;
Reply reply;
List <User> listOfUsers = userRepo.ListOfUsers.ToList();
bool userExists = false;
foreach (User u in listOfUsers)
{
//checking database to user if the username already exists
if (u.Username == poster)
{
userExists = true; //this means that the user has been found in the "database"
}
}
if (userExists != true)
{
//create new user
//add user to Userlist
newUser = new User()
{
Username = poster
};
userRepo.AddNewUser(newUser);
}
//building old message object to grab important info such as usernames (easier than passing around a bunch of view form data)
int OGMessageID = int.Parse(parentMessageID);
Message message = messageRepo.getMessageFromBoard(chatGenre, OGMessageID);
string OGCommenter = message.UserNameSignature;
//instantiating reply object
reply = new Reply()
{
UserNameSignature = poster,
ReplyContent = replyMessageContent
};
messageRepo.findAndAddToMessageReplies(chatGenre, OGMessageID, reply);
userRepo.ModifyUserReplyHistory(poster, "add", reply);
//UserList.AddReplyToMessage(OGCommenter, OGMessageID, reply);
//determine which chatRoom will be displayed in the form when called
//determines what the title text will be
//determines the which message list gets sorted
if (chatGenre == "general")
{
TempData["chatRoom"] = "general";
TempData["pageTitleText"] = "General Messageboard";
}
else if (chatGenre == "starwars")
{
TempData["chatRoom"] = "starwars";
TempData["pageTitleText"] = "Star Wars Messageboard";
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentException("please enter a valid chatRoomGenre");
}
return(RedirectToAction("Forum"));
}
