/// <summary>
/// Add a tracker and serial number to the database.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="gatewayEntities"></param>
/// <param name="macAddress">Expected to represent a 32-bit integer in hex format.</param>
/// <param name="serialNumber"></param>
/// <exception cref="System.FormatException">One or both parameters could not be parsed.</exception>
/// <exception cref="System.OverflowException">One or both parameters represented numbers that were too large.</exception>
static void AddTracker(
Gateway.GatewayEntities gatewayEntities,
DateTime batchDate,
int tagNodeId,
string macAddress,
string serialNumber)
{
UInt64 macDummy;
macDummy = UInt64.Parse(macAddress, NumberStyles.AllowHexSpecifier);
// The parsed value is not used but we want the exception thrown for invalid format and overflow.
var tracker = new Gateway.Tracker();
tracker.MobileId = macAddress;
gatewayEntities.AddToTrackers(tracker);
gatewayEntities.SaveChanges();
var serial = new Gateway.SerialNumber();
serial.BatchDate = batchDate;
serial.TheSerialNumber = serialNumber;
serial.SerialNumberTypeId = tagNodeId;
serial.TrackerId = tracker.Id;
gatewayEntities.AddToSerialNumbers(serial);
gatewayEntities.SaveChanges();
}
