protected async Task <ISaveResult <TChangeSet> > saveChangesAsync(TPrincipal principal, ITransactionProvider transactionProvider, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
if (!Enabled)
{
return(new SaveResult <TChangeSet, TPrincipal>(await context.SaveAndAcceptChangesAsync(cancellationToken: cancellationToken)));
}
var result = new SaveResult <TChangeSet, TPrincipal>();
// We want to split saving and logging into two steps, so that when we
// generate the log objects the database has already assigned IDs to new
// objects. Then we can log about them meaningfully. So we wrap it in a
// transaction so that even though there are two saves, the change is still
// atomic.
cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
await transactionProvider.InTransactionAsync(async() =>
{
var logger = new ChangeLogger <TChangeSet, TPrincipal>(context, factory, filter, serializer);
var oven = (IOven <TChangeSet, TPrincipal>)null;
// First we detect all the changes, but we do not save or accept the changes
// (i.e. we keep our record of them).
cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
context.DetectChanges();
// Then we save and accept the changes, which invokes the standard EntityFramework
// DbContext.SaveChanges(), including any custom user logic the end-user has defined.
// Eventually, DbContext.InternalContext.ObjectContext.SaveChanges() will be invoked
// and then the delegate below is called back to prepare the log objects/changes.
cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
result.AffectedObjectCount = await context.SaveAndAcceptChangesAsync(cancellationToken: cancellationToken, onSavingChanges:
(sender, args) =>
{
// This is invoked just moments before EntityFramework accepts the original changes.
// Now is our best oppertunity to create the log objects, which will not yet be attached
// to the context. They are unattached so that the context change tracker won't noticed
// them when accepting the original changes.
cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
oven = logger.Log(context.ObjectStateManager);
// NOTE: This is the last chance to cancel the save. After this, the original changes
// will have been accepted and it will be too late to stop now (see comment below)
cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
}
);
// NOTE: From this point in, we stop honoring the cancellation token.
// Why? because if we did, you would end up persisted object changes without any associated logging.
// In the interest of data integrity, we either persist the object changes + logging, or nothing at all.
// If the oven is not set here, then DbContext.SaveChanges() did not call our delegate back
// when accepting the original changes. Without the oven, we cannot bake the logged changes.
if (oven == null)
{
throw new ChangesNotDetectedException();
}
// Finally, we attach the previously prepared log objects to the context (and save/accept them)
if (oven.HasChangeSet)
{
// First do any deferred log value calculations.
// (see PropertyChange.Bake for more information)
// Then detect all the log changes that were previously deferred
result.ChangeSet = oven.Bake(DateTime.Now, principal);
context.AddChangeSet(result.ChangeSet);
context.DetectChanges();
// Then we save and accept the changes that result from creating the log objects
// NOTE: We do not use SaveAndAcceptChanges() here because we are not interested in going
// through DbContext.SaveChanges() and invoking end-users custom logic.
await context.SaveChangesAsync(SaveOptions.AcceptAllChangesAfterSave);
}
});
return(result);
}