/// <summary>
/// Creates a new cookie with information about the user
/// </summary>
/// <param name="request"></param>
/// <param name="dbUser"></param>
public static void CreateNewUserCookie(HttpResponseBase request, DbUserStub dbUser)
{
if (request == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("request");
if (dbUser == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("dbUser");
var cookie = new HttpCookie(COOKIE_NAME)
{
Value = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(dbUser))),
Expires = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(30)
};
request.Cookies.Add(cookie);
}
/// <summary>
/// Joins the chat
/// </summary>
public ActionResult JoinChat(string userName, string email)
{
// try to find an existing user with the same e-mail
var dbUSer = ChatHub.FindUserByEmail(email);
if (dbUSer == null)
{
// This is all STUB. In a normal situation,
dbUSer = new DbUserStub()
{
FullName = userName,
Email = email,
Id = new Random().Next(100000),
TenancyId = ChatHub.ROOM_ID_STUB
};
// Normally it wouldn't be necessary to add the user to the ChatHub, because ChatHub
// would get users from the database, but there's no database here
ChatHub.RegisterNewUser(dbUSer);
}
// Normally it wouldn't be necessary to create this cookie because the
// FormsAuthentication cookie does this
ChatCookieHelperStub.CreateNewUserCookie(this.Response, dbUSer);
return this.RedirectToAction("Index");
}
