/// <summary>
/// This method is used for creating new content and for updating an existing entity with new attributes that may have been
/// created on the document type (attribution schema).
/// </summary>
/// <param name="contentViewModel"></param>
/// <remarks>
/// We need to paste the model back together now with the correct Ids since we generated them on the last Action and we've re-generated them again now.
/// This is done by looking up the Alias Key/Value pair in the posted form element for each of the model's properties. When the key value pair is found
/// we can extract the id that was assigned to it in the HTML markup and re-assign that id to the actual property id so it binds.
/// </remarks>
protected void ReconstructModelPropertyIds(BasicContentEditorModel contentViewModel)
{
foreach (var p in contentViewModel.Properties)
{
var alias = p.Alias;
//find the alias form post key/value pair that matches this alias
var aliasKey = (Request.Form.AllKeys
.Where(x => x.EndsWith("__Alias__") &&
x.StartsWith(HiveIdExtensions.HtmlIdPrefix))
.Where(key => Request.Form[key] == alias)).SingleOrDefault();
if (aliasKey != null)
{
//now we can extract the ID that this property was related to
var originalHiveId = HiveIdExtensions.TryParseFromHtmlId(aliasKey); //HiveId.TryParse(aliasKey.Split('.')[0].Split('_')[1]);)
if (originalHiveId.Success)
{
//find the new editor model property with the attribute definition so we can update it's Ids to the original Ids so they bind
var contentProperty = contentViewModel.Properties.Where(x => x.Alias == alias).Single();
//update the property's ID to the originally generated id
contentProperty.Id = originalHiveId.Result;
}
}
//if it was null it means we can't reconstruct or there's been no property data passed in
}
}
public void ExtensionMethods_GetHtmlId_ThenTryParseFromHtmlId_Success(string input)
{
var id = HiveId.TryParse(input).Result;
var htmlId = id.GetHtmlId() + ".TemplateId";
var fromHtmlId = HiveIdExtensions.TryParseFromHtmlId(htmlId).Result;
Assert.AreEqual(id, fromHtmlId, "HtmlId was: " + htmlId);
}