/// <summary>
/// Retrieve datatable containing all the records for the specified entity.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="entity"></param>
/// <param name="clientId"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public DataTable GetAll(ScaffoldContext ctx)
{
EntityManager entitySvc = new EntityManager();
EntityServiceContext entityServiceContext = CreateContext(ctx, false, false, false).Item as EntityServiceContext;
BoolMessageItem result = entitySvc.GetAll(entityServiceContext);
if (!result.Success)
{
return(null);
}
IList allItems = result.Item as IList;
DataTable table = null;
// Check for 0 results.
if (allItems != null)
{
// If we have results, convert each object in the list
// to a record, so we're effectively converting the object list
// to a DataTable.
if (allItems.Count > 0)
{
IList <PropertyInfo> properties = GetProperties(ctx.EntityName);
table = DataUtils.ConvertPropertyCollectionToDataTable(allItems, properties);
}
}
return(table);
}
private BoolMessageItem CreateContext(ScaffoldContext scaffoldContext, bool parseEntityId, bool createEntity, bool transferScaffoldUIValuesToEntity)
{
int entityId = 0;
// Convert the strin entity id to an integer entity id.
if (parseEntityId)
{
BoolMessageItem parseResult = Validate(scaffoldContext);
if (!parseResult.Success)
{
return(parseResult);
}
entityId = (int)parseResult.Item;
}
// The type of the entity.
Type typ = Type.GetType(scaffoldContext.EntityName);
object entity = createEntity ? Activator.CreateInstance(typ) : null;
EntityServiceContext enCtx = new EntityServiceContext(typ, entityId, entity);
enCtx.Errors = scaffoldContext.Errors;
// Transfer the values from the Dynamically generated Scaffold UI to the entity.
if (createEntity && transferScaffoldUIValuesToEntity)
{
// Set the entity properties using the properties supplied.
ReflectionUtils.SetProperties <object>(enCtx.Item, scaffoldContext.PropValues);
}
return(new BoolMessageItem(enCtx, true, string.Empty));
}
/// <summary>
/// Retrieve the entity with the specified id, given the entityType
/// </summary>
/// <param name="entityName">"Category"</param>
/// <param name="id">"1" Id of a specific entity.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public BoolMessageItem Get(ScaffoldContext ctx)
{
BoolMessageItem creationResult = CreateContext(ctx, true, false, false);
if (!creationResult.Success)
{
return(creationResult);
}
EntityServiceContext entityActionContext = creationResult.Item as EntityServiceContext;
EntityManager entitySvc = new EntityManager();
BoolMessageItem result = entitySvc.Get(entityActionContext);
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Update the specific entity with property values specified.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="entityName">"Category"</param>
/// <param name="propValues">List of key value pairs.
/// Where the key is the property name, and the value is a string
/// representation of the property value.</param>
public BoolMessage Create(ScaffoldContext ctx)
{
BoolMessageItem creationResult = CreateContext(ctx, false, true, true);
if (!creationResult.Success)
{
return(creationResult);
}
EntityServiceContext entityActionContext = creationResult.Item as EntityServiceContext;
// Create the entity using the entity service.
EntityManager service = new EntityManager();
BoolMessage result = service.Create(entityActionContext);
return(result);
}