// A utility function that facilitates the call to the helper to retrieve Users from the database.
 private IEnumerable <ApplicationUser> getUsers()
 {
     return(helper.doGetAndGetFromResponse <IEnumerable <ApplicationUser> >("InvoicesData/GetUsers"));
 }
 // A utility function that facilitates the call to the helper to retrieve a Product from the database.
 private ProductDto getProductDto(int productId)
 {
     return(productsHelper.doGetAndGetFromResponse <ProductDto>(productsHelper.getUrl("Get", productId)));
 }
 // A utility function that facilitates the call to the helper to retrieve a list of ProductXInvoices from the database.
 private IEnumerable <ProductXInvoiceDto> getProductXInvoices(int invoiceId)
 {
     return(xInvoiceHelper.doGetAndGetFromResponse <IEnumerable <ProductXInvoiceDto> >(xInvoiceHelper.getUrl("Get", 0) + "s/" + invoiceId));
 }