Create

The create of a new row in the database uses CrudServices's CreateAndSave method. The RazorAppPage application contains two examples of the use of the CreateAndSave method:

• Pages/Home/Create - creates a DDD-styled Book entity by calling a static method.
• Pages/Authors/Create - creates a standard-styled Author entity using the AutoMapper Save mapping.

Notes

1. GenericServices has any constructors or static methods it will try to find one that fits. Otherwise it tries to use AutoMapper.
2. If there are ctor/static methods in the entity it will try to match the DTOs name, (minus a set of possible DTO endings) with a ctor/static method. If there is a match it will set this as the default one to use.
3. You can state exactly what type/name of method/ctor/AutoMapper you want to use, by providing a second parameter to the command, e.g. _service.CreateAndSave(Data, "ctor"). This is useful if there are multiple methods that will match the DTO non-read-only properties. The options for the second parameter are:
   • ctor - any constructor
   • ctor(n) - a constructor with n parameters, e.g. "ctor(4)"
   • staticMethodName - use a specific named static method, e.g. "CreateBook"
   • staticMethodName(n) - use a specific named static method with n parameters, e.g. "CreateBook(5)"
   • AutoMapper - use AutoMapper's save mapping to copy the DTO into the entity
4. GenericServices only looks for static methods that return IStatusGeneric<TEntity> for a create. The difference between using a static method over a constructor is that the static method can return a status, with errors or a success message.