public SpotlightViewModel GetSpotlightViewModel()
{
//This controller does nothing more than getting all entities that could function as spotlightitem
var items = new List <SpotLightItem>();
SpotLightConnector spotLightConnector = new SpotLightConnector();
SpotlightViewModel model = new SpotlightViewModel {
SpotLightConnector = spotLightConnector, SpotLightItems = items
};
foreach (Product prod in _context.Products.ToList())
{
items.Add(JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <SpotLightItem>(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(prod)));
}
foreach (Packaging pac in _context.Packagings.ToList())
{
items.Add(JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <SpotLightItem>(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(pac)));
}
foreach (Blog blog in _context.Blogs.ToList())
{
items.Add(JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <SpotLightItem>(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(blog)));
}
foreach (Recipe rec in _context.Recipes.ToList())
{
items.Add(JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <SpotLightItem>(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(rec)));
}
foreach (Story story in _context.Stories.ToList())
{
items.Add(JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <SpotLightItem>(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(story)));
}
return(model);
}
public async Task <IActionResult> Create([Bind("Id,actionName,controllerName")] SpotLightConnector spotLightConnector, IFormCollection form)
{
//This Check and Method Are Only To Test The FormCollection Unit Test, It's impossible to Mock a FormCollection Object
if (form == null)
{
FormCollectionMockForUnitTest(spotLightConnector);
return(RedirectToAction(nameof(Index)));
}
if (form["ingredients"].Count.Equals(8))
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
string[] idsAndTypes = form["ingredients"].ToString().Split(",");
//prepare and add ingredients belonging to this recipe to the database
var SpotlightContents = new List <SpotlightContent>();
foreach (string idAndType in idsAndTypes)
{
string[] values = idAndType.ToString().Split(".");
SpotlightContents.Add(new SpotlightContent {
SpId = Convert.ToInt32(values[0]), SpotlightConnector = spotLightConnector, SpType = values[1]
});
}
spotLightConnector.SpotlightContent = SpotlightContents;
//Checks if the database already contains the new spotlightConnector
SpotLightConnector existingConnector = _context.SpotLightConnectors.Where(sc => sc.actionName.ToLower() == spotLightConnector.actionName.ToLower()).Where(sc => sc.controllerName.ToLower() == spotLightConnector.controllerName.ToLower()).FirstOrDefault();
//Add the new spotlightConnector if the action/controller combination doesn't exists
if (existingConnector == null)
{
_context.SpotLightConnectors.Add(spotLightConnector);
}
//Overrrides the old spotlightConnector if the action/controller combination already exists.
else
{
_context.Remove(existingConnector);
_context.SpotLightConnectors.Add(spotLightConnector);
}
await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
return(RedirectToAction(nameof(Index)));
}
}
ViewData["error_message"] = "Please Add 8 Spotlight Items.";
return(View(GetSpotlightViewModel()));
}
//This Method is only used to test the unit test, it was impossible to make an FormCollection Object So I did it hardcoded
public void FormCollectionMockForUnitTest(SpotLightConnector spotLightConnector)
{
//Mocked FormCollection Data For Unit Test
string[] MockedIdTypeList = { "1.Product ", "2.Product", "3.Product", "4.Product", "5.Product", "6.Product", "7.Product", "8.Product" };
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
//prepare and add ingredients belonging to this recipe to the database
var SpotlightContents = new List <SpotlightContent>();
foreach (string idAndType in MockedIdTypeList)
{
string[] values = idAndType.ToString().Split(".");
SpotlightContents.Add(new SpotlightContent {
SpId = Convert.ToInt32(values[0]), SpotlightConnector = spotLightConnector, SpType = values[1]
});
}
spotLightConnector.SpotlightContent = SpotlightContents;
//Checks if the database already contains the new spotlightConnector
SpotLightConnector existingConnector = _context.SpotLightConnectors.Where(sc => sc.actionName.ToLower() == spotLightConnector.actionName.ToLower()).Where(sc => sc.controllerName.ToLower() == spotLightConnector.controllerName.ToLower()).FirstOrDefault();
//Add the new spotlightConnector if the action/controller combination doesn't exists
if (existingConnector == null)
{
_context.SpotLightConnectors.Add(spotLightConnector);
}
//Overrrides the old spotlightConnector if the action/controller combination already exists.
else
{
_context.Remove(existingConnector);
_context.SpotLightConnectors.Add(spotLightConnector);
}
}
}
