public ActionResult Create([Bind(Exclude = "Tags")] Core.Bookmark bookmark, string tags)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
this.service.Add(bookmark, tags);
this.service.SaveChanges();
return(RedirectToAction("Index"));
}
return(View(bookmark));
}
public ActionResult Edit([Bind(Exclude = "Article.URL,Tags")] Core.Bookmark postedBookmark, string tags)
{
var bookmark = this.service.GetOne(postedBookmark.Id);
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
this.service.Update(postedBookmark, tags);
this.service.SaveChanges();
return(RedirectToAction("Index"));
}
return(View(bookmark));
}
public void Update(Core.Bookmark postedBookmark, string tags)
{
var bookmark = this.GetOne(postedBookmark.Id);
bookmark.Article.Title = postedBookmark.Article.Title;
bookmark.Description = postedBookmark.Description;
var bookmarkTags = string.IsNullOrEmpty(tags) ? null : tags.Split(',').ToList();
if (bookmarkTags != null)
{
foreach (var tag in bookmarkTags.ToList())
{
var currentTagsOfBookmark = this.dataContext.Bookmarks.Single(b => b.Id == bookmark.Id).Tags.ToList();
if (!currentTagsOfBookmark.Select(t => t.Text).Contains(tag))
{
// check if the tag is new or already exists in the database
var existingTag = this.dataContext.Tags.SingleOrDefault(t => t.Text == tag);
if (existingTag != null)
{
this.dataContext.Tags.Attach(existingTag);
this.dataContext.Entry(existingTag).State = EntityState.Unchanged;
bookmark.Tags.Add(existingTag);
}
else
{
var newTag = new Tag {
Text = tag
};
this.dataContext.Tags.Attach(newTag);
this.dataContext.Entry(newTag).State = EntityState.Added;
bookmark.Tags.Add(newTag);
}
}
}
}
// if there are no tags posted, then delete all tags associated with the bookmark
if (bookmarkTags == null)
{
// find a way to simplify, bookmark.Tags = null; perhaps or something equivalent?
// I think the tags are being lazy loaded, accessed by the enumerator
// load all related tags during load of the bookmark, reasearch how to load related entities ===> var bookmark = this.dataContext.Bookmarks.Include(t => t.Tags).Single(b => b.Id == postedBookmark.Id);
var tagsToRemove = new List <Tag>();
foreach (var tag in bookmark.Tags)
{
tagsToRemove.Add(tag);
}
tagsToRemove.ForEach(t => bookmark.Tags.Remove(t));
}
else
{
// cannot remove on the same collection while iterating through it(), this.dataContext.Bookmarks.Single(b => b.Id == bookmark.Id).Tags.Remove, perhpas put inside a list and then remove range, or assign Bookmark.Tags = new HashSet or List
// check if I can assign List to an ICollection
// to do: from the comments above, change to: var tags = this.dataContext.Bookmarks.Single(b => b.Id == bookmark.Id).Tags.Select(t => t.Text).ToList()
// iterate on that collection, remove var tagsToRemove, instead do something like => context.tags.remove(tag)
var tagsToRemove = new List <Tag>();
foreach (var tag in this.dataContext.Bookmarks.Single(b => b.Id == bookmark.Id).Tags.Select(t => t.Text))
{
if (!bookmarkTags.Contains(tag))
{
var tagToRemove = this.dataContext.Bookmarks.Single(b => b.Id == bookmark.Id).Tags.SingleOrDefault(t => t.Text == tag);
if (tagToRemove != null)
{
//this.dataContext.Bookmarks.Single(b => b.Id == bookmark.Id).Tags.Remove(tagToRemove);
this.dataContext.Tags.Attach(tagToRemove);
this.dataContext.Entry(tagToRemove).State = EntityState.Unchanged;
tagsToRemove.Add(tagToRemove);
}
}
}
tagsToRemove.ForEach(t => bookmark.Tags.Remove(t));
}
this.dataContext.Bookmarks.Attach(bookmark);
this.dataContext.Entry(bookmark).State = EntityState.Modified;
}
