public ActionResult LetterTypes(LetterTypeModel lettertype)
{
ClearAlerts("Alert LetterTypes M", 3);
// get the list of letter types from Session
List <LetterTypeModel> lettertypes = getLetterTypes();
// we'll need to validate the data
if (lettertypes.Exists(lt => lt.Name == lettertype.Name))
{
Session.Add("Alert LetterTypes M2", "Letter type name already exists. Please use a distinct name.");
}
if (lettertypes.Exists(lt => lt.Pattern == lettertype.Pattern))
{
Session.Add("Alert LetterTypes M3", "Letter type pattern already used. Please use a distinct pattern.");
}
if (Session["Alert LetterTypes M2"] != null || Session["Alert LetterTypes M3"] != null)
{
return(View());
}
lettertype.Id = LetterTypeProcessor.CreateLetterType(lettertype.Name, (int)Session["Language"], lettertype.Description, lettertype.Pattern);
lettertypes.Add(lettertype);
// lastly, we'll need to clear the values in the field
ModelState.SetModelValue("Name", new ValueProviderResult("", "", ModelState["Name"].Value.Culture));
ModelState.SetModelValue("Description", new ValueProviderResult("", "", ModelState["Description"].Value.Culture));
return(View());
}
// Action Result methods for Letter Type Views
#region Letter Types
public ActionResult LetterTypes()
{
ClearAlerts("Alert LetterTypes M", 3);
// the fail cases for this page is if there isn't a User or a language isn't selected - redirect to Index
if (Session["User"] == null || Session["Language"] == null)
{
return(RedirectToAction("Index", "Language"));
}
// this page needs to return a list of letter types
List <LetterTypeModel> lettertypes = getLetterTypes();
// now, if the list isn't empty, the page should load it
if (lettertypes.Count != 0)
{
return(View());
}
// at this point lettertypes is definitively empty, so we'll autogenerate two letter types - consonants and vowels
LetterTypeProcessor.CreateLetterType("Consonant", (int)Session["Language"], "Basic letter type, such as b, c & d in English", 'c');
LetterTypeProcessor.CreateLetterType("Vowel", (int)Session["Language"], "Basic letter type, such as a, e, and i in English", 'v');
Session.Add("Alert LetterTypes M1", "There were no existing letter types - Consonant & Vowel have been auto-generated.");
// now load the new letter types from the database
List <LetterTypeDataModel> dmLetterTypes = LetterTypeProcessor.LoadLetterTypes((int)Session["Language"]);
foreach (LetterTypeDataModel lettertype in dmLetterTypes)
{
lettertypes.Add(new LetterTypeModel
{
Id = lettertype.Id,
Name = lettertype.Name,
Description = lettertype.Description
});
}
// assign lettertypes to Session
Session["Letter Types"] = lettertypes;
// return the view
return(View());
}
