/// <summary>
/// Initialize
/// </summary>
/// <param name="securityHelper"></param>
/// <param name="modelName"></param>
public void Init(EntitySettingsHelper settingsHelper = null, string modelName = "")
{
_settings = settingsHelper;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(modelName))
{
modelName = typeof(T).Name;
}
_modelName = modelName;
}
/// <summary>
/// Intialize
/// </summary>
public EntityController()
{
_settings = _entitySettingsHandler();
var modelSettings = _settings.ModelFor <T>();
_viewSettings = modelSettings == null ? new ModelSettings().View : modelSettings.View;
_helper = new EntityHelper <T>(_settings, typeof(T).Name);
_modelname = this.GetType().Name.Replace("Controller", "");
EntityViewHelper.CheckAndDefaultSettings(modelSettings);
Init();
}
/// <summary>
/// Build the form view model.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="result"></param>
/// <param name="modelname"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static EntityListViewModel BuildViewModelForIndex <T>(EntityActionResult result, string modelname, string action, EntitySettingsHelper settings)
{
PagedList <T> items = result.ItemAs <PagedList <T> >();
var viewmodel = new EntityListViewModel <T>(items, null, true);
PopulateViewModel(viewmodel, modelname, "ModelList", settings);
return(viewmodel);
}
/// <summary>
/// Build the form view model.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="result"></param>
/// <param name="modelname"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static EntityFormViewModel BuildViewModelForForm(EntityActionResult result, string modelname, string action, EntitySettingsHelper settings)
{
var viewmodel = new EntityFormViewModel();
PopulateViewModel(viewmodel, modelname, "ModelForm", settings);
viewmodel.Entity = result.ItemAs <IEntity>();
viewmodel.FormActionName = action;
return(viewmodel);
}
/// <summary>
/// Build the details view model.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="result"></param>
/// <param name="modelname"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static EntityDetailsViewModel BuildViewModelForDetails(EntityActionResult result, string modelname, string action, EntitySettingsHelper settings)
{
var viewmodel = new EntityDetailsViewModel();
PopulateViewModel(viewmodel, modelname, "ModelDetails", settings);
viewmodel.Entity = result.ItemAs <IEntity>();
return(viewmodel);
}
/// <summary>
/// Build one of the view models either for Details, Form, List.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="result"></param>
/// <param name="modelname"></param>
/// <param name="action"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static EntityBaseViewModel BuildViewModel <T>(EntityActionResult result, string modelname, string action, EntitySettingsHelper settings)
{
action = action.ToLower();
EntityBaseViewModel viewModel = null;
if (action == "details")
{
viewModel = BuildViewModelForDetails(result, modelname, action, settings);
}
else if (action == "edit" || action == "create")
{
viewModel = BuildViewModelForForm(result, modelname, action, settings);
}
else if (action == "deleted")
{
viewModel = BuildViewModelForDeleted(result, modelname, settings);
}
else // List/Index pages.
{
viewModel = BuildViewModelForIndex <T>(result, modelname, action, settings);
}
return(viewModel);
}
/// <summary>
/// Build general view model values.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="viewmodel"></param>
/// <param name="modelname"></param>
/// <param name="controlpath"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static void PopulateViewModel(EntityBaseViewModel viewmodel, string modelname, string controlpath, EntitySettingsHelper settings)
{
viewmodel.UrlCancel = "";
// This is "modellist", "modelform", "modeldetails" or whater is passed in.
viewmodel.ControlPath = controlpath;
// These two should be the same most of the time.
viewmodel.Name = modelname;
viewmodel.ControllerName = modelname;
viewmodel.UrlCreate = settings.GetOrDefault(modelname, "View.UrlForCreate", "/" + modelname + "/create");
viewmodel.UrlManage = settings.GetOrDefault(modelname, "View.UrlForManage", "/" + modelname + "/manage");
viewmodel.UrlIndex = settings.GetOrDefault(modelname, "View.UrlForIndex", "/" + modelname + "/index");
if (HttpContext.Current != null && HttpContext.Current.Request != null)
{
// Check the source url for supporting the back/cancel features.
if (HttpContext.Current.Request.UrlReferrer != null &&
!string.IsNullOrEmpty(HttpContext.Current.Request.UrlReferrer.PathAndQuery))
{
viewmodel.UrlCancel = HttpContext.Current.Request.UrlReferrer.PathAndQuery;
viewmodel.UrlBack = HttpContext.Current.Request.UrlReferrer.PathAndQuery;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Build the form view model.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="result"></param>
/// <param name="modelname"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static EntityDeletionViewModel BuildViewModelForDeleted(EntityActionResult result, string modelname, EntitySettingsHelper settings)
{
var viewmodel = new EntityDeletionViewModel(modelname, "Item has been deleted.");
PopulateViewModel(viewmodel, modelname, "ModelDetails", settings);
return(viewmodel);
}
/// <summary>
/// Initialize with optional security helper.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="securityHelper"></param>
public EntityHelper(EntitySettingsHelper settingsHelper = null, string modelName = "")
{
Init(settingsHelper, modelName);
}
