/// <summary>
/// This methods shows the front page of the admin site. It includes a list of all users, with options to:
/// <list type="bullet">
/// <item>
/// <description>Sort users.</description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>Search based on names.</description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>Edit users.</description>
/// </item>
/// </list>
/// </summary>
/// <returns>
/// Returns a paged list of the users registered in the database.
/// </returns>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>The view is a list of all the users show 10 at the time which are shown in different pages determined by the <paramref name="page"/> number.</para>
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="searching">Search string to search for spesific users in the searchfield on the front page.</param>
/// <param name="sort">String to determine in what order the list is supposed to be returned (and showed) in.</param>
/// <param name="currentFilter">Current filter from the viewbag to keep the search string when changing pages browsing through the users.</param>
/// <param name="page">Which page the admin is currenty on.</param>
public ActionResult Index(string searching, string sort, string currentFilter, int?page)
{
// Gets the username of the authenticated user and adds it to the viewbag to be displayed
ViewBag.CurrentUser = _currentUser.GetUsername();
// Adds the current sorting to the viewbag
ViewBag.CurrentSort = sort;
// Alternates between different ways of sorting the userlist
ViewBag.NameSortParm = String.IsNullOrEmpty(sort) ? "Name_desc" : "";
ViewBag.UsernameSortParm = sort == "Username" ? "Username_desc" : "Username";
ViewBag.ValidPaymentSortParm = sort == "ValidPayment" ? "ValidPayment_desc" : "ValidPayment";
ViewBag.ActiveUserSortParm = sort == "ActiveUser" ? "ActiveUser_desc" : "ActiveUser";
ViewBag.MembershipSortParm = sort == "Membership" ? "Membership_desc" : "Membership";
// Current filter is set to the search string if the search string is empty or null
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(searching))
{
searching = currentFilter;
}
// Sets the new filter to currentfilter in viewbag
ViewBag.CurrentFilter = searching;
// Gets a list from the database with names of users that contain the search string
List <User> allUsers = _db.GetUserList(searching);
// Sorts the list based on the sort string provided from the view.
switch (sort)
{
case "Name_desc":
allUsers = allUsers.OrderByDescending(s => s.Name).ToList();
break;
case "Username_desc":
allUsers = allUsers.OrderByDescending(s => s.Username).ToList();
break;
case "Username":
allUsers = allUsers.OrderBy(s => s.Username).ToList();
break;
case "ValidPayment":
allUsers = allUsers.OrderBy(s => s.ValidPayment).ToList();
break;
case "ValidPayment_desc":
allUsers = allUsers.OrderByDescending(s => s.ValidPayment).ToList();
break;
case "Membership":
allUsers = allUsers.OrderBy(s => s.Membership).ToList();
break;
case "Membership_desc":
allUsers = allUsers.OrderByDescending(s => s.Membership).ToList();
break;
case "ActiveUser_desc":
allUsers = allUsers.OrderByDescending(s => s.ActiveUser).ToList();
break;
case "ActiveUser":
allUsers = allUsers.OrderBy(s => s.ActiveUser).ToList();
break;
default: // Name ascending
allUsers = allUsers.OrderBy(s => s.Name).ToList();
break;
}
// Sets the pagenumber to current pagenumber if not null, or 1 if null
int pageNumber = (page ?? 1);
// Returns the list of users to the view as a paged list
return(View(allUsers.ToPagedList(pageNumber, 10)));
}
