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using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace Models;

public record OrderPlace
{
    public Address BillingAddress { get; set; } = new();
    public Address ShippingAddress { get; set; } = new();
}

public class Address
{
    [Required] public string Name { get; set; } = default!;
    public string? AddressLine1 { get; set; }
    public string? AddressLine2 { get; set; }
    public string? City { get; set; }
    [Required] public string PostCode { get; set; } = default!;
}

@inherits Editor<Models.Address>

<div>
    <label>Name</label>
    <InputText @bind-Value="Value.Name"/>
</div>
<div>
    <label>Address 1</label>
    <InputText @bind-Value="Value.AddressLine1"/>
</div>
<div>
    <label>Address 2</label>
    <InputText @bind-Value="Value.AddressLine2"/>
</div>
<div>
    <label>City</label>
    <InputText @bind-Value="Value.City"/>
</div>
<div>
    <label>Post Code</label>
    <InputText @bind-Value="Value.PostCode"/>
</div>

@page "/checkout"

@using Models
@if (!_submitted && PlaceModel != null)
{
    <EditForm Model="PlaceModel" method="post" OnValidSubmit="SubmitOrder" FormName="checkout">
        <DataAnnotationsValidator/>

        <h4>Bill To:</h4>
        <AddressEntry @bind-Value="PlaceModel.BillingAddress"/>

        <h4>Ship To:</h4>
        <AddressEntry @bind-Value="PlaceModel.ShippingAddress"/>

        <button type="submit">Submit</button>
        <ValidationSummary/>
    </EditForm>
}

@if (_submitted && PlaceModel != null)
{
    <div>
        <h2>Order Summary</h2>

        <h3>Shipping To:</h3>
        <dl>
            <dt>Name</dt>
            <dd>@PlaceModel.BillingAddress.Name</dd>
            <dt>Address 1</dt>
            <dd>@PlaceModel.BillingAddress.AddressLine1</dd>
            <dt>Address 2</dt>
            <dd>@PlaceModel.BillingAddress.AddressLine2</dd>
            <dt>City</dt>
            <dd>@PlaceModel.BillingAddress.City</dd>
            <dt>Post Code</dt>
            <dd>@PlaceModel.BillingAddress.PostCode</dd>
        </dl>
    </div>
}

@code {
    bool _submitted;

    [SupplyParameterFromForm]
    public OrderPlace? PlaceModel { get; set; }

    protected override void OnInitialized()
    {
        PlaceModel ??= GetOrderPlace();
    }

    private void SubmitOrder()
    {
        _submitted = true;
    }

    private static OrderPlace GetOrderPlace() =>
        new()
        {
            BillingAddress = new Address
                             {
                                 PostCode = "12345",
                                 Name = "Test 1",
                             },
            ShippingAddress = new Address
                              {
                                  PostCode = "67890",
                                  Name = "Test 2",
                              },
        };

}

<form method="post">
   <input type="hidden" name="_handler" value="checkout" />
   <input type="hidden" name="__RequestVerificationToken" value="CfDxxx" />
.
.
.
   <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

<EditForm Model="PlaceModel" method="post" OnValidSubmit="SubmitOrder" FormName="checkout">

[SupplyParameterFromForm]
public OrderPlace? PlaceModel { get; set; }

@page "/checkout"

<FormMappingScope Name="store-checkout">
    <CheckoutForm />
</FormMappingScope>

<form method="post">
   <input type="hidden" name="_handler" value="[store-checkout]checkout" />
   <input type="hidden" name="__RequestVerificationToken" value="CfDxxxxx" />
.
.
.
   <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

<form method="post" @onsubmit="SaveData" @formname="MyFormName">
    <AntiforgeryToken />

    <InputText @bind-Value="Name" />

    <button>Submit</button>
</form>

@page "/"

<form method="GET">
    <input type="text" name="q"/>
    <button type="submit">Search</button>
</form>


@code {
    [SupplyParameterFromQuery(Name="q")]
    public string SearchTerm { get; set; }
    
    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
    {
       // do something with the search term
    }
}

<button class="nav-link border-0" @onclick="BeginSignOut">Log out</button>

<EditForm Context="ctx" FormName="LogoutForm" method="post" Model="@Foo" OnValidSubmit="BeginSignOut">
     <button type="submit" class="nav-link border-0">Log out</button>
</EditForm>

@code{
    [SupplyParameterFromForm(Name = "LogoutForm")]
    public string? Foo {  get; set; }

    protected override void OnInitialized() => Foo = "";

    async Task BeginSignOut()
    {
        // TODO: SignOutAsync();
        // TODO: NavigateTo("/authentication/logout");
    }
}

<EditForm Model="PlaceModel" method="post" OnValidSubmit="SubmitOrder" FormName="checkout" Enhance>

> dotnet --version
3.0.100-preview-010184

> dotnet --list-sdks

> dotnet new globaljson --sdk-version 2.2.100
> type global.json

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk"> 
 
  <PropertyGroup> 
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType> 
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework> 
    <LangVersion>8.0</LangVersion> 
    <NullableContextOptions>enable</NullableContextOptions> 
  </PropertyGroup> 
 
</Project>

SELECT DEPARTMENTNAME, GENDER, COUNT(1) AS COUNT FROM DBO.DIMEMPLOYEE GROUP BY DEPARTMENTNAME,GENDER ORDER BY DEPARTMENTNAME,GENDER

  <connectionStrings>
    <clear />
    <add name="DefaultConnection" connectionString="Data Source=.\sqlexpress;Initial Catalog=DecisionDb;Integrated Security = true;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>

  <connectionStrings>
    <clear />
    <add name="DefaultConnection" connectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=DecisionDb;Integrated Security = true;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>

 Database.SetInitializer<ApplicationDbContext>(null);

 //. . .
Sql("EXEC sp_configure filestream_access_level, 2");
Sql("RECONFIGURE", true);

Sql("alter database DecisionDb Add FileGroup FileGroupApplicant contains FileStream", true);
Sql("alter database DecisionDb add file ( name = 'ApplicantDocuements'  ,  filename = 'C:\\FileStream\\ApplicantDocuements') to filegroup FileGroupApplicant", true);
//. . .

 PM> Update-Database -Verbose -ConnectionStringName "DefaultConnection" -StartUpProjectName "Decision.Web"

 The Entity Framework provider type 'System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework'
registered in the application config file for the ADO.NET provider with invariant name 'System.Data.SqlClient' could not be loaded.

 PM> Update-Package -Reinstall "EntityFramework" -ProjectName "Decision.DataLayer"

dotnet add package Blazored.TextEditor

libman install quill --provider unpkg --destination wwwroot/lib/quill

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>BlazorServer.App</title>
    <base href="~/" />
    <link href="lib/quill/dist/quill.snow.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="lib/quill/dist/quill.bubble.css" rel="stylesheet" />

 <script src="lib/quill/dist/quill.min.js"></script>
<script src="_content/Blazored.TextEditor/quill-blot-formatter.min.js"></script>
<script src="_content/Blazored.TextEditor/Blazored-BlazorQuill.js"></script>
<script src="_framework/blazor.server.js"></script>
</body>

@using Blazored.TextEditor

<div class="form-group">
    <label>Details</label>
    @*<InputTextArea @bind-Value="HotelRoomModel.Details" class="form-control"></InputTextArea>*@
    <BlazoredTextEditor @ref="@QuillHtml">
        <ToolbarContent>
            <select class="ql-header">
                <option selected=""></option>
                <option value="1"></option>
                <option value="2"></option>
                <option value="3"></option>
                <option value="4"></option>
                <option value="5"></option>
            </select>
            <span class="ql-formats">
                <button class="ql-bold"></button>
                <button class="ql-italic"></button>
                <button class="ql-underline"></button>
                <button class="ql-strike"></button>
            </span>
            <span class="ql-formats">
                <select class="ql-color"></select>
                <select class="ql-background"></select>
            </span>
            <span class="ql-formats">
                <button class="ql-list" value="ordered"></button>
                <button class="ql-list" value="bullet"></button>
            </span>
            <span class="ql-formats">
                <button class="ql-link"></button>
            </span>
        </ToolbarContent>
        <EditorContent>
        </EditorContent>
    </BlazoredTextEditor>
</div>

<BlazoredTextEditor @ref="@QuillHtml">

@code
{
   private BlazoredTextEditor QuillHtml;

<div class="form-group pb-4" style="height:250px;">
    <label>Details</label>
    <BlazoredTextEditor @ref="@QuillHtml" Placeholder="Please enter the room's detail">

    private async Task SetHTMLAsync()
    {
        if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(HotelRoomModel.Details))
        {
            await QuillHtml.LoadHTMLContent(HotelRoomModel.Details);
        }
    }

    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
    {
        if (Id.HasValue)
        {
            // Update Mode
            Title = "Update";
            HotelRoomModel = await HotelRoomService.GetHotelRoomAsync(Id.Value);
            await SetHTMLAsync();
        }

        // ... 
    }

    private async Task HandleHotelRoomUpsert()
    {
       // ...

       // Create Mode
       HotelRoomModel.Details = await QuillHtml.GetHTML();

       // ...
    }

protected override async Task OnAfterRenderAsync(bool firstRender)
{
   await SetHTMLAsync();
}

    private async Task SetHTMLAsync()
    {
        if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(HotelRoomModel.Details))
        {
            await QuillHtml.LoadHTMLContent(HotelRoomModel.Details);
            StateHasChanged();
        }
    }

    protected override async Task OnAfterRenderAsync(bool firstRender)
    {
        if (!firstRender)
        {
            return;
        }

        while (true)
        {
            try
            {
                await SetHTMLAsync();
                break;
            }
            catch
            {
                await Task.Delay(100); // Quill needs some time to load
            }
        }
    }

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;

namespace BlazorServer.Entities
{
    public class HotelRoomImage
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }

        public string RoomImageUrl { get; set; }

        [ForeignKey("RoomId")]
        public virtual HotelRoom HotelRoom { get; set; }
        public int RoomId { get; set; }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.Entities
{
    public class HotelRoom
    {
        // ...
        public virtual ICollection<HotelRoomImage> HotelRoomImages { get; set; }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.DataAccess
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<HotelRoomImage> HotelRoomImages { get; set; }

        // ...
    }
}

dotnet tool update --global dotnet-ef --version 5.0.3
dotnet build
dotnet ef migrations --startup-project ../BlazorServer.App/ add Init --context ApplicationDbContext
dotnet ef --startup-project ../BlazorServer.App/ database update --context ApplicationDbContext

namespace BlazorServer.Models
{
    public class HotelRoomImageDTO
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }

        public int RoomId { get; set; }

        public string RoomImageUrl { get; set; }
    }
}

using AutoMapper;
using BlazorServer.Entities;

namespace BlazorServer.Models.Mappings
{
    public class MappingProfile : Profile
    {
        public MappingProfile()
        {
            // ...
            CreateMap<HotelRoomImageDTO, HotelRoomImage>().ReverseMap(); // two-way mapping
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public interface IHotelRoomImageService
    {
        Task<int> CreateHotelRoomImageAsync(HotelRoomImageDTO imageDTO);

        Task<int> DeleteHotelRoomImageByImageIdAsync(int imageId);

        Task<int> DeleteHotelRoomImageByRoomIdAsync(int roomId);

        Task<List<HotelRoomImageDTO>> GetHotelRoomImagesAsync(int roomId);
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class HotelRoomImageService : IHotelRoomImageService
    {
        private readonly ApplicationDbContext _dbContext;
        private readonly IMapper _mapper;
        private readonly IConfigurationProvider _mapperConfiguration;

        public HotelRoomImageService(ApplicationDbContext dbContext, IMapper mapper)
        {
            _dbContext = dbContext ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dbContext));
            _mapper = mapper ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(mapper));
            _mapperConfiguration = mapper.ConfigurationProvider;
        }

        public async Task<int> CreateHotelRoomImageAsync(HotelRoomImageDTO imageDTO)
        {
            var image = _mapper.Map<HotelRoomImage>(imageDTO);
            await _dbContext.HotelRoomImages.AddAsync(image);
            return await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
        }

        public async Task<int> DeleteHotelRoomImageByImageIdAsync(int imageId)
        {
            var image = await _dbContext.HotelRoomImages.FindAsync(imageId);
            _dbContext.HotelRoomImages.Remove(image);
            return await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
        }

        public async Task<int> DeleteHotelRoomImageByRoomIdAsync(int roomId)
        {
            var imageList = await _dbContext.HotelRoomImages.Where(x => x.RoomId == roomId).ToListAsync();
            _dbContext.HotelRoomImages.RemoveRange(imageList);
            return await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
        }

        public Task<List<HotelRoomImageDTO>> GetHotelRoomImagesAsync(int roomId)
        {
            return _dbContext.HotelRoomImages
                            .Where(x => x.RoomId == roomId)
                            .ProjectTo<HotelRoomImageDTO>(_mapperConfiguration)
                            .ToListAsync();
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.App
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddScoped<IHotelRoomImageService, HotelRoomImageService>();
            // ...

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Forms;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public interface IFileUploadService
    {
        void DeleteFile(string fileName, string webRootPath, string uploadFolder);
        Task<string> UploadFileAsync(IBrowserFile inputFile, string webRootPath, string uploadFolder);
    }
}

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Forms;
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{
    public class FileUploadService : IFileUploadService
    {
        private const int MaxBufferSize = 0x10000;

        public void DeleteFile(string fileName, string webRootPath, string uploadFolder)
        {
            var path = Path.Combine(webRootPath, uploadFolder, fileName);
            if (File.Exists(path))
            {
                File.Delete(path);
            }
        }

        public async Task<string> UploadFileAsync(IBrowserFile inputFile, string webRootPath, string uploadFolder)
        {
            createUploadDir(webRootPath, uploadFolder);
            var (fileName, imageFilePath) = getOutputFileInfo(inputFile, webRootPath, uploadFolder);

            using (var outputFileStream = new FileStream(
                        imageFilePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write,
                        FileShare.None, MaxBufferSize, useAsync: true))
            {
                using var inputStream = inputFile.OpenReadStream();
                await inputStream.CopyToAsync(outputFileStream);
            }

            return $"{uploadFolder}/{fileName}";
        }

        private static (string FileName, string FilePath) getOutputFileInfo(
                    IBrowserFile inputFile, string webRootPath, string uploadFolder)
        {
            var fileName = Path.GetFileName(inputFile.Name);
            var imageFilePath = Path.Combine(webRootPath, uploadFolder, fileName);
            if (File.Exists(imageFilePath))
            {
                var fileNameWithoutExtension = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileName);
                var fileExtension = Path.GetExtension(fileName);
                fileName = $"{fileNameWithoutExtension}-{Guid.NewGuid()}{fileExtension}";
                imageFilePath = Path.Combine(webRootPath, uploadFolder, fileName);
            }
            return (fileName, imageFilePath);
        }

        private static void createUploadDir(string webRootPath, string uploadFolder)
        {
            var folderDirectory = Path.Combine(webRootPath, uploadFolder);
            if (!Directory.Exists(folderDirectory))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(folderDirectory);
            }
        }
    }
}

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web" Version="5.0.3" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

namespace BlazorServer.App
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddScoped<IFileUploadService, FileUploadService>();
            // ...