CSC439: Visual Programming

Models

Fall 2018

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Models
 Entity model
 View model
 DTO (Data Transfer Objects)

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Entity Model
 An entity model is typically used to define a table in a
database
 public class Product
{
//Auto-Implemented Properties
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Category { get; set; }
public int Status { get; set; }
} Id name Category Status
1 Potato 1 0
2 Tomato 1 1
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View Model
 A view model is used to transport data from the controller to
the view
 View model typically contains other data than the entity
model, although some properties are the same
 The view model needs some properties from the entity model,
but could also need other information from another database
table
 A view model is never used to directly update the database
 To update the database the data from the view model is added
to an entity model, which then in turn updates the
database table

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Example
//Model
public class Product
{
//Auto-Implemented Properties
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Category { get; set; }
public int Status { get; set; }
}
//ViewModel
public class ProductDetailsViewModel
{
//Auto-Implemented Properties
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Category { get; set; }
public string Availablility { get; set; }
}

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Example
//Controller
public class ProductController : Controller
{
private readonly DataContext _context;
public ProductController(DataContext dataContext)
{
_context = dataContext;
}
public ActionResult Details(int id)
{
var m = _context.Product.FirstOrDefault();
//Object Initializer using Property
ProductDetailsViewModel vm = new ProductDetailsViewModel
{
Name = m.Name,
Category = m.Category,
Availablility = m.Status==0?"Not Available":"Available"
};
return View(vm);
}
}

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Data Annotation
 Data annotations are attributes you add to properties in a
model, to enforce rules about them
 You can specify that a field is required or must have a
maximum number of characters.
 You can specify one annotation per code line, or multiple
annotations as a comma-separated list inside a set of square
brackets.
 [Required]
[MaxLength(80)]
 Or
[Required, MaxLength(80)]

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Example
namespace MvcMusicStore.Models
{
public class Album
{
public int AlbumId { get; set; }
public int ArtistId { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "An Album Title is required")]
[StringLength(160)]
public string Title { get; set; }
[StringLength(1024)]
public string AlbumArtUrl { get; set; }
}
}

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Entity Framework
 Entity Framework is an object-relational mapper (O/RM)
 (O/RM) is a programming technique for converting data
between incompatible type systems
in relational databases and object-oriented
programming languages
 It enables .NET developers to work with a database using
.NET objects
 It eliminates the need for most of the data-access code
that developers usually need to write

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Working with Entity Framework and Db
 Creating Database in the server
 Install nuget package (NuGet is a free and open-source package
manager designed for the Microsoft development platform)
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.App (2.1.1)
 Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore (2.1.4)
 Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer (2.1.4)
 Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools (2.1.4)
 Add database server name to AppSettings.json
"ConnectionStrings": {
"DefaultConnection": "Data Source=FACULTY-PC;Initial
Catalog=DemoForCsc439db;User ID=test; Password=aa"
},
 Create Entity Models inside Models folder

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Working with Entity Framework and Db
 Add a data context class that inherits from the DbContext class.This
class will be the context that you use to interact with the database.
//base class constructor call
public dataContext(DbContextOptions<dataContext> options)
: base(options)
{
}
 For all the tables in the database, the table’s entity class must be added as a
DbSet property in the context class

public DbSet<ViewRecordProject.Models.Students> Students { get;

set; }
 Configure startup class by importing
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore and add service AddDbContext
inside ConfigureServices method
services.AddDbContext<dataContext>(options =>
options.UseSqlServer(Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")
));

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Working with Entity Framework and Db
 Write controller code to handle interaction between model and
view
public IActionResult List()
{
var test = _context.Students;
var model = new List<Students>(); //Generics
foreach (var i in test)
{
var s = new Students();
s.Id = i.Id;
s.Name = i.Name;
model.Add(s);
}
return View(model);
}

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Working with Entity Framework and
Migration
 Install nuget package
 Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore (2.1.4)
 Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools (2.1.4)
 Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design
 Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
 Add database server name to AppSettings.json
"ConnectionStrings": {
"DefaultConnection": "Server=Name;Database=dbname;Trusted_Connection=True;"
},
 Add a data context class that inherits from the DbContext class.This class
will be the context that you use to interact with the database.
//base class constructor call
public dataContext(DbContextOptions<dataContext> options)
: base(options)
{
}
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Working with Entity Framework and
Migration
 For all the tables in the database, the table’s entity class must
be added as a DbSet property in the context class
public DbSet<ViewRecordProject.Models.Students>
Students { get; set; }
 Configure startup class by importing
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore and add service
AddDbContext inside ConfigureServices method
services.AddDbContext<dataContext>(options =>
options.UseSqlServer(Configuration.GetConnectionString("
DefaultConnection")));
 Run Migration Codes
add-migration Initial
Update-database
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