//returns the book which we want to add author, if book already has an author it returns empty object
public BooksDetailsInput GetBookInfo(int bookId)
{
BooksInfo bookInfo = _regRepository.BooksDetails.Where(x => x.Id == bookId).FirstOrDefault();
BooksDetailsInput getBookInfo = new BooksDetailsInput();
if (bookInfo.AuthorId == null)
{
getBookInfo.BookName = bookInfo.BookName;
getBookInfo.Id = bookInfo.Id;
getBookInfo.WrittenTime = bookInfo.WrittenTime;
}
return(getBookInfo);
}
//method to print all books on ShowBooks page, it returns the list of books
public List <BooksDetailsInput> PrintBooks()
{
List <BooksDetailsInput> booksList = new List <BooksDetailsInput>();
var sortedBooks = _regRepository.BooksDetails.OrderByDescending(x => x.DateTime);
foreach (var item in sortedBooks)
{
BooksDetailsInput book = new BooksDetailsInput();
book.AuthorId = item.AuthorId;
book.BookName = item.BookName;
book.WrittenTime = item.WrittenTime;
book.Id = item.Id;
booksList.Add(book);
}
return(booksList);
}
public IActionResult AddAuthor(int bookId)
{
BooksDetailsInput book = _booksDetails.GetBookInfo(bookId);
return(View(book));
}
