public MessageViewModel(Message message)
{
Id = message.Id;
ParentId = message.ParentId;
Text = message.Text;
CreatedAt = message.CreatedAt;
User = new UserViewModelSimple(message.User); //converts my userId to the UserViewModel
Family = new FamilyViewModelSimple(message.Family);
Comments = message.getComments(message.Id).Select(c => new MessageViewModel(c));
}
public MessageViewModel Post(Message message, string id = null, string parentId = null)
{
Message toUpdate = null;
if (id != null) {
toUpdate = db.Messages.Find(id);
toUpdate.Text = message.Text;
toUpdate.CreatedAt = message.CreatedAt;
toUpdate.FamilyId = message.FamilyId;
toUpdate.UserId = message.UserId;
toUpdate.ParentId = message.ParentId;
} else db.Messages.Add(message);
db.SaveChanges();
return new MessageViewModel(toUpdate ?? message);
}