public static void AddBook(string authorName, string title, string webSite, string ISBN, string price) { BookStoreEntities context = new BookStoreEntities(); Book newBook = new Book(); newBook.Authors.Add(CreateOrLoadUser(context, authorName)); newBook.Title = title; newBook.WebSite = webSite; newBook.ISBN = ISBN; if (authorName == null || title == null) { throw new ArgumentNullException("AuthorName and BookTitle has not to be null"); } context.Books.Add(newBook); context.SaveChanges(); }
private static Author CreateOrLoadUser( BookStoreEntities context, string authorName) { Author existingAuthor = context.Authors.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == authorName); if (existingAuthor != null) { return existingAuthor; } Author newAuthor = new Author(); newAuthor.Name = authorName; context.Authors.Add(newAuthor); context.SaveChanges(); return newAuthor; }