public ActionResult Create(CreateLeaveTypeViewModel data)
{
try
{
if (!ModelState.IsValid) // ModelState being the model (data) that we get in the POST request - is a CreateLeaveTypeViewModel object in this case
{
return(View(data));
}
var leaveType = _mapper.Map <LeaveType>(data); // mapping object of type CreateLeaveTypeViewModel into the type LeaveType (remember we want to map back to the data class before inserting into the db)
leaveType.DateCreated = DateTime.Now;
var isSuccess = _repo.Create(leaveType); // Method of the ILeaveTypeRepository - remember it also calls Save() which returns a boolean
if (!isSuccess)
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Something went wrong...");
return(View(data));
}
return(RedirectToAction(nameof(Index)));
}
catch
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Something went wrong...");
return(View());
}
}
// GET: LeaveAllocationController
public ActionResult Index(int count = 0)
{
var leaveTypes = _leaveTypeRepo.FindAll();
var mappedLeaveTypes = _mapper.Map <List <LeaveType>, List <LeaveTypeViewModel> >(leaveTypes.ToList());
var model = new CreateLeaveTypeViewModel
{
LeaveTypes = mappedLeaveTypes,
NumberUpdated = count
};
return(View(model));
}
