/// <summary>
/// Gets the marketing helper.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="useCache">if set to <c>true</c> [use cache].</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private MarketingHelper GetMarketingHelper(bool useCache)
{
MarketingHelper helper = null;
string cacheKey = MarketingCache.CreateCacheKey("MarketingHelper");
if (useCache)
{
object cachedObject = MarketingCache.Get(cacheKey);
if (cachedObject != null)
{
helper = (MarketingHelper)cachedObject;
}
}
// If marketing is not initialized, init it
if (helper == null)
{
// Load promotion Dto
PromotionDto promotionDto = PromotionManager.GetPromotionDto(FrameworkContext.Current.CurrentDateTime);
// Get all the data from the database first
helper = new MarketingHelper(CampaignManager.GetCampaignDto(), ExpressionManager.GetExpressionDto(), PolicyManager.GetPolicyDto(), promotionDto, SegmentManager.GetSegmentDto());
// Insert cache
//if (useCache)
MarketingCache.Insert(cacheKey, helper, MarketingConfiguration.Instance.CacheConfig.PromotionCollectionTimeout);
}
return(helper);
}
/// <summary>
/// Evaluates the promotions.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="useCache">if set to <c>true</c> [use cache].</param>
/// <param name="context">The context.</param>
/// <param name="filter">The filter.</param>
/// <returns>Collection of promotions that were applied. Look inside PromotionContext for actual rewards and for items that have been affected by these promotions.</returns>
public PromotionItemCollection EvaluatePromotions(bool useCache, PromotionContext context, PromotionFilter filter)
{
MarketingHelper helper = GetMarketingHelper(useCache);
PromotionItemCollection dto = new PromotionItemCollection(helper);
// Remove current customer promotion history if we opted to not use cache (which happens during checkout)
if (!useCache)
{
string cacheKey = MarketingCache.CreateCacheKey("MarketingHelper-customer", context.CustomerId.ToString());
MarketingCache.Remove(cacheKey);
}
return(EvaluatePromotions(context, dto, filter));
}