/// <summary>
/// Creates a new "actor" on the system, these are usually end users, but
/// maybe another application
/// </summary>
/// <param name="actor">The actor to create</param>
/// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
/// <returns>The newly created Actor object from the Repository</returns>
public async Task <Actor> CreateNewUserAsync(Actor actor, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
{
Actor createdActor = null;
// Validate the Actor model
ICollection <ValidationResult> validationResults = new List <ValidationResult>();
bool isValid = Validator.TryValidateObject(actor, new ValidationContext(actor), validationResults, true);
if (isValid)
{
// Create the Actor
string id = await repository.CreateNewUserAsync(actor, cancellationToken);
// Get the new Actor back from the repository
createdActor = await repository.GetActorByIdAsync(id, cancellationToken);
}
else
{
foreach (ValidationResult vr in validationResults)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(((string[])vr.MemberNames)[0], vr.ErrorMessage);
}
}
// Return the Created result
return(createdActor);
}