/// <summary>
/// Update a contact entity
/// </summary>
/// <param name="communicationType">The contact communication type</param>
/// <param name="updatedText">The modified text for an entity with this communicationType</param>
/// <param name="contacts">The original contact entities</param>
/// <param name="patronUri">The URI of the patron entity that is associated with this contact</param>
/// <returns>success, message</returns>
private async Task <Tuple <bool, string> > updateContact(communicationType communicationType, string[] updatedText, List <contact> contacts, string patronUri)
{
contact contactMethod;
Tuple <bool, object, string> ret = new Tuple <bool, object, string>(true, null, "");
contactMethod = contacts.FirstOrDefault(s => s.communicationtype == communicationType);
if (updatedText.Length == 0 || (updatedText.Length == 1 && updatedText[0].Length == 0))
{
// is there an existing contact entity to delete?
if (contactMethod != null)
{
ret = await lcfEntityRequestAsync(rootURI + "contacts/" + contactMethod.identifier, typeof(contact), entityOperation.DELETE);
}
}
else
{
// do we need to add a new contact entity?
if (contactMethod == null)
{
contact c = new contact();
c.patronref = patronUri;
c.locator = new string[1];
for (int i = 0; i < updatedText.Length; i++)
{
c.locator[i] = updatedText[i];
}
c.communicationtype = communicationType;
ret = await lcfEntityRequestAsync(rootURI + "contacts", typeof(contact), entityOperation.POST, c);
}
else
{
// do we need to modify an existing contact entity?
bool updateRequired = updatedText.Length != contactMethod.locator.Length;
for (int i = 0; i < updatedText.Length && !updateRequired; i++)
{
if (updatedText[i].CompareTo(contactMethod.locator[i]) != 0)
{
updateRequired = true;
}
}
if (updateRequired)
{
contactMethod.locator = updatedText;
ret = await lcfEntityRequestAsync(rootURI + "contacts/" + contactMethod.identifier, typeof(contact), entityOperation.PUT, contactMethod);
}
}
}
return(new Tuple <bool, string>(ret.Item1, ret.Item3));
}
public CommunicationView(string personID, string personURI, communicationType type, communicationGeneralType gType)
{
Comm = new Communication(personID, personID, type, gType);
}
