public ActionResult Create(NewLegislationView legislation)
{
legislation.OriginatingChamber = 1; // House of Commons by default, hard-coded. Change if Senate included.
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
LegislationManager billManager = new LegislationManager();
int savedLegislation = billManager.Save(legislation);
if (savedLegislation == 0)
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Parliament is not in session.");
}
else
{
return RedirectToAction("Create", "Provision", new { bill = savedLegislation });
}
}
return View(legislation);
}
public int Save(NewLegislationView legislation)
{
var currentSession = db.CommonsSessions.Where(p => p.Ending > DateTime.Now);
if (currentSession.Any())
{
Legislation newLegislation = new Legislation();
// Simple transfers
newLegislation.ShortTile = legislation.ShortTile;
newLegislation.LongTitle = legislation.LongTitle;
newLegislation.BillType = legislation.BillType;
newLegislation.OriginatingChamber = legislation.OriginatingChamber;
newLegislation.Preamble = legislation.Preamble;
// More complicated properties
this.NumberBill(newLegislation); // Provides bill number
newLegislation.Parliament = currentSession.First();
newLegislation.Sponsor = db.Members.Single(m => m.Username == HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name);
// Initialize its stage
newLegislation.Stage = new Stage
{
Reading = 0,
LastMovement = DateTime.Now
};
// Initialize new list of provisions
newLegislation.Provisions = new Collection<Provision>();
// And save
db.Legislations.Add(newLegislation);
db.SaveChanges();
// Check for Short titles
this.IncludeShortTitle(newLegislation);
// return the saved legislation
return newLegislation.LegislationID;
}
else
{
return 0;
}
}