private void CreateElement(AFDatabase afDatabase, string name, string path, string template)
{
// check if we have a parent element, if yes we get it, if not we set parent to database level
Logger.InfoFormat("Parsing parameters");
dynamic parent = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(path)?(object)AFElement.FindObject(path, afDatabase):afDatabase;
var elementTemplate = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(template) ? GetTemplate(afDatabase, template):null;
//if parent is null, the passed string did not resolve to a parent
if (parent == null)
{
throw new NoNullAllowedException(string.Format("The parent path passed {0} could not resolve to an AF object in the Database", path));
}
// here we check if the FindObject method has returned a Element, if not an exception will be thrown
if (!(parent is AFElement || parent is AFDatabase))
{
throw new InvalidAFObjectException();
}
// create the element
Logger.InfoFormat("Creating the element");
parent.Elements.Add(name, elementTemplate);
parent.CheckIn();
Logger.InfoFormat("Element {0} created.", name);
}