/// <summary>
/// Try a cascading series of attempts to get a matching entity
/// </summary>
/// <param name="party"></param>
private async Task <Party> RefreshParty(Party party)
{
// First try by id
if (party.id.HasValue && party.id.Value != ObjectId.Empty)
{
var partyById = await _partyRepository.GetAsync(party.id.Value);
if (!ReferenceEquals(partyById, null))
{
return(partyById);
}
}
_entityRefreshNeeded = true;
// Then try a 'full' match
var partyFull = await _partyRepository.FindAsync(party, false);
if (!ReferenceEquals(partyFull, null))
{
return(partyFull);
}
// Try a 'min' match
var partyMin = await _partyRepository.FindAsync(party, true);
if (!ReferenceEquals(partyMin, null))
{
// Merge any details from the supplied entity into the found one
// This does NOT merge IsInfrastructureOwner or the child entities of Party
return(partyMin.Merge(party));
}
// There is still no match then save the supplied entity first
party.id = await _partyRepository.AddOrUpdateAsync(party);
return(party);
}
