// Add new Employee
public EmployeeBase EmployeeAdd(EmployeeAdd newItem)
{
// Attempt to add the new item
// Notice how we map the incoming data to the design model object
var addedItem = ds.Employees.Add(mapper.Map <EmployeeAdd, Employee>(newItem));
ds.SaveChanges();
// If successful, return the added item, mapped to a view model object
return((addedItem == null) ? null : mapper.Map <Employee, EmployeeBase>(addedItem));
}
public EmployeeBase EmployeeAdd(EmployeeAdd newItem)
{
// Ensure that we can continue
if (newItem == null)
{
return(null);
}
else
{
// Add the new object
Employee addedItem = mapper.Map <Employee>(newItem);
ds.Employees.Add(addedItem);
ds.SaveChanges();
// Return the object
return(mapper.Map <EmployeeBase>(addedItem));
}
}
// POST: api/Employee
public IHttpActionResult Post([FromBody] EmployeeAdd newItem)
{
// Ensure that the URI is clean (and does not have an id parameter)
if (Request.GetRouteData().Values["id"] != null)
{
return(BadRequest("Invalid request URI"));
}
// Ensure that a "newItem" is in the entity body
if (newItem == null)
{
return(BadRequest("Must send an entity body with the request"));
}
// Ensure that we can use the incoming data
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Attempt to add the new object
var addedItem = m.EmployeeAdd(newItem);
// Notice the ApiController convenience methods
if (addedItem == null)
{
// HTTP 400
return(BadRequest("Cannot add the object"));
}
else
{
// HTTP 201 with the new object in the entity body
// Notice how to create the URI for the Location header
var uri = Url.Link("DefaultApi", new { id = addedItem.EmployeeId });
return(Created <EmployeeBase>(uri, addedItem));
}
}
else
{
// HTTP 400
return(BadRequest(ModelState));
}
}
public ActionResult Create(EmployeeAdd newItem)
{
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Uh oh, problem with the data, show the form again, with the data
return(View(newItem));
}
// Process the input
var addedItem = m.EmployeeAdd(newItem);
if (addedItem == null)
{
// Uh oh, some problem adding, show the empty form again
return(View(newItem));
}
else
{
return(RedirectToAction("details", new { id = addedItem.EmployeeId }));
}
}
