// NEXT STATION: Startup.cs and find the static constructor.
// So we had an Edit (or EditAsync) that generates the editor shape now it's time to do the content
// part-specific model binding and validation.
public override async Task <IDisplayResult> UpdateAsync(PersonPart model, IUpdateModel updater)
{
var viewModel = new PersonPartViewModel();
// Now it's where the IUpdateModel interface is really used (remember we first used it in
// DisplayManagementController?). With this you will be able to use the Controller's model binding helpers
// here in the driver. The prefix property will be used to distinguish between similarly named input fields
// when building the editor form (so e.g. two content parts composing a content item can have an input
// field called "Name"). By default Orchard Core will use the content part name but if you have multiple
// drivers with editors for a content part you need to override it in the driver.
await updater.TryUpdateModelAsync(viewModel, Prefix);
// Now you can do some validation if needed. One way to do it you can simply write your own validation here
// or you can do it in the view model class.
// Go and check the ViewModels/PersonPartViewModel to see how to do it and then come back here.
// Finally map the view model to the content part. By default these changes won't be persisted if there was
// a validation error. Otherwise these will be automatically stored in the database.
model.BirthDateUtc = viewModel.BirthDateUtc;
model.Name = viewModel.Name;
model.Handedness = viewModel.Handedness;
return(Edit(model));
}
public override async Task <IDisplayResult> UpdateAsync(PersonPart part, IUpdateModel updater, UpdatePartEditorContext context)
{
var viewModel = new PersonPartViewModel();
await updater.TryUpdateModelAsync(viewModel, Prefix);
part.BirthDateUtc = viewModel.BirthDateUtc;
part.Name = viewModel.Name;
part.Handedness = viewModel.Handedness;
return(Edit(part, context));
}
private void PopulateViewModel(PersonPart part, PersonPartViewModel viewModel)
{
viewModel.BirthDateUtc = part.BirthDateUtc;
viewModel.Name = part.Name;
viewModel.Handedness = part.Handedness;
}
