/// <summary>
/// Add an entry to the context
/// </summary>
/// <param name="model">The model to add</param>
/// <returns>A response model containing any validation results, and the new model if successfully created</returns>
public async Task <RepositoryActionResultModel <TModel> > Add(TModel model)
{
// Could add some validation to see if the user is allowed to create this type of entity
// as part of a rule based system...?
// Validate the incoming model against the registered validator
var validationResult = await _validator.ValidateAdd(model);
// Return a new result model if validation has failed
if (!validationResult.IsValid)
{
return(new RepositoryActionResultModel <TModel>
{
CurrentVersion = model,
ResultType = ResultTypeEnum.FailedValidation,
ValidationResult = validationResult
});
}
// If passed, assume all ok and create a new entity
var newEntity = _mapper.CreateEntity <TEntity>(model);
// Assign a few defaults, guid and who created it
newEntity.Id = Guid.NewGuid();
newEntity.DateCreated = DateTime.UtcNow;
newEntity.CreatedByUserId = _authenticatedUser.UserId;
newEntity.EntityStatus = EntityStatusEnum.Active;
// Add the entity
await _context.AddEntity(newEntity);
// Save to the db, this could be done in a
// unit of work pattern and saved later
await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
// Create a result containing old and new version, and return
return(new RepositoryActionResultModel <TModel>
{
ResultType = ResultTypeEnum.Success,
PreviousVersion = null,
CurrentVersion = _mapper.CreateModel(newEntity)
});
}