/// <summary>
/// Adapts a CommentFormViewModel to a PageComment.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="formViewModel">The comment form view model.</param>
/// <returns>PageComment</returns>
private BlogComment AdaptCommentFormViewModelToSocialComment(BlogCommentFormViewModel formViewModel)
{
return(new BlogComment
{
Target = _pageRepository.GetPageId(formViewModel.CurrentPageLink),
Name = formViewModel.Name,
Email = formViewModel.Email,
Body = formViewModel.Body
});
}
public ActionResult Submit(BlogCommentFormViewModel formViewModel)
{
var errors = ValidateCommentForm(formViewModel);
if (errors.Count() == 0)
{
var addedComment = AddComment(formViewModel);
}
else
{
// Flag the CommentBody model state with validation error
AddMessage(MessageKey, errors.First());
}
return(Redirect(UrlResolver.Current.GetUrl(formViewModel.CurrentPageLink)));
}
/// <summary>
/// Adds the comment in the CommentFormViewModel to the Episerver Social repository.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="formViewModel">The submitted comment form view model.</param>
/// <returns>The added PageComment</returns>
private BlogComment AddComment(BlogCommentFormViewModel formViewModel)
{
var newComment = AdaptCommentFormViewModelToSocialComment(formViewModel);
BlogComment addedComment = null;
try
{
addedComment = _commentRepository.Add(newComment);
AddMessage(MessageKey, SubmitSuccessMessage);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
AddMessage(MessageKey, ex.Message);
}
return(addedComment);
}
/// <summary>
/// Validates the comment form.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="formViewModel">The comment form view model.</param>
/// <returns>Returns a list of validation errors.</returns>
private List <string> ValidateCommentForm(BlogCommentFormViewModel formViewModel)
{
var errors = new List <string>();
// Make sure the comment name has some text
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(formViewModel.Name))
{
errors.Add(NameValidationErrorMessage);
}
// Make sure the comment email has some text
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(formViewModel.Email))
{
errors.Add(EmailValidationErrorMessage);
}
// Make sure the comment body has some text
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(formViewModel.Body))
{
errors.Add(BodyValidationErrorMessage);
}
return(errors);
}