protected override void Render(System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter writer)
{
if (this.UserName != null)
{
Author a = DataBroker.GetAuthor(this.UserName);
if (a == null)
{
a = new Author();
a.DisplayName = this.UserName;
}
this.DoLink = a.ID != Guid.Empty;
//if (this.DoLink)
//{
this.ContentPath = "/authors";
this.ContentPathExtra = "/" + HttpContext.Current.Server.UrlEncode(this.UserName.ToLower());
//}
if (this.Text == null || this.Text.Length == 0)
{
this.Text = (a.ID != Guid.Empty) ? a.DisplayName : this.UserName;
}
}
base.Render(writer);
}
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves a list of authors from an array of names. If there is no author for an associated name,
/// a new author instance is created
/// (but not saved) and added to the list. If a resulting DisplayName is blank, it's set to the username.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="names">An array of author usernames</param>
/// <returns>A list of authors, including usernames that didn't return a corresponding author.</returns>
public static List<Author> GetAuthors(params string[] names)
{
List<Author> authors = new List<Author>();
foreach (string a in names)
{
Author author = Author.FindFirst(a);
if (author == null)
{
author = new Author();
author.UserName = a;
}
if (author.DisplayName == null) author.DisplayName = author.UserName;
authors.Add(author);
}
return authors;
}
public static Author GetAuthor(string name)
{
string displayName = name;
name = name.ToLower();
string key = string.Concat("Author[", name, "]");
Author a = null;
try
{
using (dbLock.Lock(key))
{
a = CacheBroker.Get(key) as Author;
if (a == null)
{
a = Author.FindFirst(name);
if (a == null)
{
a = new Author();
a.ID = Guid.Empty;
}
Cache(a, key);
}
}
}
catch (NamedLock<string>.TimeoutException)
{
log.InfoFormat("Author lock timed out: {0}", key);
}
if(a == null) a = new Author();
if (a.ID == Guid.Empty)
{
a = new Author();
a.UserName = name;
a.DisplayName = displayName;
}
return a;
}
