/// <summary>
/// Attempts to create a model using incoming parameters. If parameters are valid, the model is created, otherwise
/// null is returned, and error parameter describes what went wrong
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text"></param>
/// <param name="Event"></param>
/// <param name="user"></param>
/// <param name="image"></param>
/// <param name="imagePreview"></param>
/// <param name="video"></param>
/// <param name="videoThumbnail"></param>
/// <param name="link"></param>
/// <param name="CreatedByFullName"></param>
/// <param name="LastUpdatedByFullName"></param>
/// <param name="error"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static CommentModel CreateCommentModel(string text, int? Event, int? user, string image,
string imagePreview, string video, string videoThumbnail, string link,
string CreatedByFullName, string LastUpdatedByFullName, out string error)
{
error = null;
//let's check parameters
//copying logic from viewEvent.aspx.cs
if (text.Contains("<script"))
error = "text-attribute-invalid";
else if (!Event.HasValue)
error = "event-attribute-required";
else if (!user.HasValue)
error = "user-attribute-required";
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(error))
return null;
CommentModel model = new CommentModel {
created = DateTime.Now,
updated = DateTime.Now,
text = text,
Event = Event.Value,
user = user.Value,
image = image,
imagePreview = imagePreview,
video = video,
videoThumbnail = videoThumbnail,
link= link,
CreatedByFullName = CreatedByFullName,
LastUpdatedByFullName = LastUpdatedByFullName
};
return model;
}
/// <summary>
/// creates a businss object using a model
/// </summary>
/// <param name="model">a model with comment details</param>
/// <returns>a business object for the comment</returns>
public static Sedogo.BusinessObjects.SedogoEventComment CreateCommentBO(CommentModel model)
{
Sedogo.BusinessObjects.SedogoEventComment commentBO = new Sedogo.BusinessObjects.SedogoEventComment(model.CreatedByFullName);
if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(model.text)) commentBO.commentText = model.text;
commentBO.eventID = model.Event;
commentBO.postedByUserID = model.user;
if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(model.image) ) commentBO.eventImageFilename = model.image;
if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(model.imagePreview) ) commentBO.eventImagePreview = model.imagePreview;
if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(model.video)) commentBO.eventVideoFilename = model.video;
if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(model.videoThumbnail)) commentBO.eventVideoLink = model.videoThumbnail;
if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(model.link) ) commentBO.eventLink = model.link;
return commentBO;
}
