/// <summary>
/// Records the votes sent via the IVR system.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="voter">
/// An instance of the <see cref="Voter"/> class containing the
/// 'current' voter.
/// </param>
/// <param name="votesToRecord">
/// A List<Vote> containing the votes to save to the database.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// A boolean value indicating whether (true) or not (false) the Votes
/// were all recorded.
/// </returns>
public virtual bool RecordIvrVotes(
Voter voter,
List <Vote> votesToRecord)
{
var votesToRecordCount = 0;
foreach (var vote in votesToRecord)
{
var newVote = vote;
_votesRepository.Add(newVote);
votesToRecordCount++;
}
// Mark Voting as Complete!
voter.VoteCompleted = true;
_votersRepository.Update(voter);
// since all of the tables are within the single DbContext
// (IVotingSiteAPIDbCtx/VotingSiteAPIDbCtx), it's okay to
// use the Votes repository [in this context] in order to
// get/use an instance of same.
// This should write the Votes AND the Voter to the database
// within a transaction. So, if either write fails, both should.
var numChanges = _votesRepository.GetDbContext().SaveChanges();
// the /+ 1/ is for the Voter
return(numChanges == votesToRecordCount + 1);
}