/// <summary>
/// This is the init/copy method for this class.
/// It should be used by the children classes in the constructor in order to correctly fill the properties of the object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="objToCopy"></param>
protected bool Init(Group objToCopy)
{
if (objToCopy == null)
{
return(false);
}
//save the values of the properties with private setters:
ID = objToCopy.ID;
Name = objToCopy.Name;
Policy = objToCopy.Policy;
Preferences = objToCopy.Preferences;
ShortDescription = objToCopy.ShortDescription;
Description = objToCopy.Description;
CreatorID = objToCopy.CreatorID;
NumOfSnippets = objToCopy.NumOfSnippets;
//if the object to copy comes from a JSON deserialization, take the arguments from the helper class:
if (objToCopy is GroupComm)
{
GroupComm jsonObj = (GroupComm)objToCopy;
ID = (objToCopy.ID > 0) ? objToCopy.ID : jsonObj.CommID;
Preferences = (objToCopy.Preferences == null) ? objToCopy.Preferences : jsonObj.CommPreferences;
CreatorID = (objToCopy.CreatorID > 0) ? objToCopy.CreatorID : jsonObj.CommCreatorID;
m_membersCount = (objToCopy.MembersCount > 0) ? objToCopy.MembersCount : jsonObj.CommMembersCount;
}
return(true);
}
public override BaseEntity ToJSONEntity()
{
//set the values for properties with private setters using the helper class:
GroupComm json = new GroupComm();
json.CommID = ID;
json.CommPreferences = Preferences;
json.CommCreatorID = CreatorID;
json.CommMembersCount = MembersCount;
json.Init(this);
return(json);
}
