// Puts a character into the DB
// ID and character.ID are a little redundant, not sure how I feel about that
// I figure we might want a char copy function at some point, so maybe it makes sense to
// apply the id to the char as we put them, but I'd probably wanna figure out use cases first
public async Task <ErrorInformation> PutCharacter(string id, Character character)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(id))
{
return(ErrorInformation.InvalidParameterError());
}
if (character == null)
{
return(ErrorInformation.InvalidParameterError());
}
if (id == null)
{
return(ErrorInformation.InvalidParameterError());
}
if (!id.Equals(character.Id))
{
return(ErrorInformation.InvalidParameterError());
}
ErrorInformation result = null;
CharacterSchema characterData;
if (CharacterExists(id))
{
characterData = await Characters.FindAsync(id);
if (characterData != null)
{
characterData.CharacterJsonRepresentation = JsonSerializer.Serialize(character);
}
}
else
{
characterData = new CharacterSchema()
{
Id = character.Id,
CharacterJsonRepresentation = JsonSerializer.Serialize(character)
};
Characters.Add(characterData);
}
try {
await SaveChangesAsync();
}
catch (DbUpdateException) {
if (CharacterExists(character.Id))
{
result = ErrorInformation.DuplicateCharacterError();
}
else
{
throw;
}
}
return(result);
}
// Gets a character object from the DB; abstract away the JSON from the controller a bit
public async Task <Character> GetCharacter(string id)
{
CharacterSchema charJson = await Characters.FindAsync(id);
if (charJson == null)
{
return(null);
}
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(charJson.CharacterJsonRepresentation))
{
return(null);
}
return(JsonSerializer.Deserialize <Character>(charJson.CharacterJsonRepresentation));
}