/// <summary>
/// Creates a person object from a given name and role. Will check the db first to see if that person exists
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name"></param>
/// <param name="role"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Person CreatePerson(OMLDataDataContext context, string name, string characterName, PeopleRole role, Dictionary<string, BioData> existingPeople)
{
BioData metaData = null;
// see if the actor exists already in the in memory cache
existingPeople.TryGetValue(name, out metaData);
if (metaData == null)
{
// Ok, we may not have allready created but first check if sql thinks it has
// SQL thinks 'æ' and 'ae' are so lets double check the database
metaData = Dao.TitleCollectionDao.GetPersonBioDataByName(context, name);
}
if (metaData == null)
{
System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("Adding Bio for - " + name);
// if it doesn't exist create a new one
metaData = new BioData();
metaData.FullName = name;
context.BioDatas.InsertOnSubmit(metaData);
context.SubmitChanges();
// add the new metaData we added to the dictionary so we don't add it again
existingPeople.Add(name, metaData);
}
else
{
System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("Found Bio for - " + name + " : Fullname - " + metaData.FullName);
}
// setup the person
Person person = new Person();
person.MetaData = metaData;
person.Role = (byte)role;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(characterName))
{
person.CharacterName = characterName;
}
return person;
}
partial void DeletePerson(Person instance);
partial void UpdatePerson(Person instance);
partial void InsertPerson(Person instance);
private void detach_Peoples(Person entity)
{
this.SendPropertyChanging();
entity.Title = null;
}
private void attach_Peoples(Person entity)
{
this.SendPropertyChanging();
entity.Title = this;
}