/// <summary>
/// Get a customer from the db by name, and register it with the data model assuming it doesn't already
/// exist in the model.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the customer.</param>
/// <returns>The customer created (or returned) by the Customers object in the datamodel, or null if that customer isn't
/// in the Database.</returns>
public Store.Customer GetCustomerByName(Name name)
{
Customer DBCustomer = GetDBCustomerByName(name);
if (DBCustomer != null)
{
return(Db_StoreMapper.MapCustomerToStore(DBCustomer));
}
else
{
_logger.LogError($"Customer, {name}, is not in the DB.");
return(null);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Get a list of all customers in the model.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>An enumerable list of all customers. (Concretely a hashset) </returns>
public IEnumerable <Store.Customer> GetCustomers()
{
HashSet <Store.Customer> customers = new HashSet <Store.Customer>();
//convert and check if in model
foreach (DataModel.Customer customer in _context.Customers.Include(cust => cust.StoreLocationNavigation))
{
//customers.Add();
Store.Customer nextcustomer = Db_StoreMapper.MapCustomerToStore(customer);
if (nextcustomer != null)
{
customers.Add(nextcustomer);
}
}
//return list
return(customers);
}