internal bool DoesCustomerExist(int personID)
{
bool doesCustomerExist = false;
//instantiate DAO
BaseDataAccess <Dto.Person> personDAO =
new BaseDataAccess <Dto.Person>(_databaseSmoObjectsAndSettings);
//instantiate dto
Dto.Person personDTO = new Dto.Person();
Bo.Person personToReturn = new Bo.Person(_databaseSmoObjectsAndSettings);
//set the property, in this case we are going to use this as the search criteria
personDTO.PersonID = personID;
//we know that the criteria that we set is the primary key of the database table, so
//choose that as the search permutation
List <Dto.Person> listOfPersons =
personDAO.Get(personDTO, GetPermutations.ByPrimaryKey);
if (listOfPersons.Count > 0)
{
doesCustomerExist = true;
}
return(doesCustomerExist);
}
internal Person GetExistingCustomer(int personId, ref List <Address> addresses, ref List <Contact> contacts)
{
//instantiate DAO
BaseDataAccess <Dto.Person> personDAO =
new BaseDataAccess <Dto.Person>(_databaseSmoObjectsAndSettings);
//instantiate dto
Dto.Person personDTO = new Dto.Person();
Bo.Person personToReturn = new Bo.Person(_databaseSmoObjectsAndSettings);
//set the property, in this case we are going to use this as the search criteria
personDTO.PersonID = personId;
//we know that the criteria that we set is the primary key of the database table, so
//choose that as the search permutation
List <Dto.Person> listOfPersons =
personDAO.Get(personDTO, GetPermutations.ByPrimaryKey);
if (listOfPersons != null)
{
//there should only be one
if (listOfPersons.Count == 1)
{
personToReturn.PersonID = personId;
personToReturn.GetByPrimaryKey();
addresses = GetExistingAddresses(personId);
contacts = GetExistingContacts(personId);
return(personToReturn);
}
else
{
throw new ApplicationException(MORE_THAN_ONE_PERSON_RECORD_RETURNED_ERROR_MESSAGE);
}
}
else
{
//if there is no person then there cannot be dependent address or contact records
return(personToReturn);
}
}