private static IEnumerable<Blog> DecodeBlogs(XElement element, Dictionary<string, Tag> tagsDict)
{
var result = new Collection<Blog>();
foreach (var blogXml in element.Elements("Blog"))
{
var newBlogger = new Blog()
{
Name = blogXml.Element("Name").Value,
EmailAddress = blogXml.Element("Email").Value,
Posts = new Collection<Post>()
};
foreach (var postXml in blogXml.Element("Posts").Elements("Post"))
{
var content = postXml.Element("Content").Value;
var trimmedContent = string.Join("\n", content.Split('\n').Select(x => x.Trim()));
var newPost = new Post()
{
Blogger = newBlogger,
Title = postXml.Element("Title").Value,
Content = trimmedContent,
Tags = postXml.Element("TagSlugs").Value.Split(',').Select(x => tagsDict[x.Trim()]).ToList()
};
newBlogger.Posts.Add(newPost );
}
result.Add( newBlogger);
}
return result;
}
public ActionResult Create(Blog blog, ICreateService service)
{
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
//model errors so return immediately
return View(blog);
var response = service.Create(blog);
if (response.IsValid)
{
TempData["message"] = response.SuccessMessage;
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
//else errors, so copy the errors over to the ModelState and return to view
response.CopyErrorsToModelState(ModelState, blog);
return View(blog);
}