public Person SavePerson(string firstName, string lastName, DateTime dateOfBirth, List <string> interestsValues, byte[] picture,
string addr1, string addr2, string city, string state, string postalCode)
{
if (interestsValues == null)
{
interestsValues = new List <string>();
}
// get all the interests that already exist in the repository
var interestsInRepo = _interestRepository.GetByValues(interestsValues).ToList();
// get just the interst values
var interestValuesInRepo = interestsInRepo.Select(i => i.Value).ToList();
// get all the interests provided that are NOT already in the repository
var interestValuesNotInRepo =
interestsValues.Where(interestValue => interestValuesInRepo.All(interestValueInRepo => interestValueInRepo != interestValue));
// construct the person's actual list of Interest objects
var personsInterests = new List <Interest>();
personsInterests.AddRange(interestsInRepo);
foreach (var interestValue in interestValuesNotInRepo)
{
var interest = _interestRepository.Add(Interest.Create(interestValue));
personsInterests.Add(interest);
}
var person = Person.CreatePerson(firstName, lastName, dateOfBirth, personsInterests, picture, addr1, addr2, city, state,
postalCode);
if (person != null)
{
_personRepository.Add(person);
_personRepository.Save();
}
return(person);
}