/// <summary>
/// Transfers the employee entity's property values to the DTO.
/// Strongly consider Jimmy Bogard's AutoMapper (http://automapper.codeplex.com/)
/// for doing this kind of work in a more automated fashion.
/// </summary>
public static EmployeeDto Create(Employee employee)
{
if (employee == null)
{
return null;
}
return new EmployeeDto { Id = employee.Id, FirstName = employee.FirstName, LastName = employee.LastName };
}
public ActionResult CreateOrUpdate(Employee employee)
{
this.employeeTasks.CreateOrUpdate(employee);
if (employee.IsValid())
{
this.TempData[ControllerEnums.GlobalViewDataProperty.PageMessage.ToString()] =
"The employee was successfully updated.";
return this.RedirectToAction("Index");
}
var viewModel = new EmployeeFormViewModel
{
AvailableTerritories = this.territoryTasks.GetTerritories(), Employee = employee
};
return View(viewModel);
}
public void CreateOrUpdate(Employee employee)
{
var employeeToUpdate = employee.Clone();
employee.Territories.Clear();
foreach (var territory in employeeToUpdate.Territories)
{
employee.Territories.Add(territory);
}
if (employee.IsValid())
{
this.employeeRepository.DbContext.BeginTransaction();
this.employeeRepository.SaveOrUpdate(employee);
this.employeeRepository.DbContext.CommitChanges();
}
else
{
this.employeeRepository.DbContext.RollbackTransaction();
}
}
public void RiaCreateOrUpdate(Employee employee, string availableTerritories)
{
employee.Territories.Clear();
foreach (var territory in availableTerritories.Split(','))
{
// Depending on how you're accepting user input, better to use NHSearch
var hydratedTerritory =
this.territoryRepository.GetAll().Where(x => x.Description.Trim() == territory.Trim()).FirstOrDefault();
if (hydratedTerritory != null)
{
employee.Territories.Add(hydratedTerritory);
}
}
// Currently crashes on duplicates, Territories probably should be a hash set and not a list
if (employee.IsValid())
{
this.employeeRepository.DbContext.BeginTransaction();
this.employeeRepository.SaveOrUpdate(employee);
this.employeeRepository.DbContext.CommitChanges();
}
else
{
this.employeeRepository.DbContext.RollbackTransaction();
}
}