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Building WPF Applications with Self-Tracking Entity Generator - Project Setup

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This article describes the project setup of building a WPF sample application with Self-Tracking Entity Generator for WPF/Silverlight.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using SchoolSample.EntityModel;
using System.Data;

namespace SchoolSample.Wcf.Service
{
    public class SchoolService : ISchoolService
    {
        public List<Student> GetStudents(string includeOption)
        {
            using (var context = new SchoolEntities())
            {
                switch (includeOption)
                {
                    case "None":
                        return context.People.OfType<Student>()
                            .ToList();
                    case "Enrollments.Course":
                        var studentList = new List<Student>();
                        foreach (var student in context.People.OfType<Student>())
                        {
                            var currentStudent = student;
                            using (var innerContext = new SchoolEntities())
                            {
                                studentList.Add(
                                    innerContext.People.OfType<Student>()
                                        .Include("Enrollments.Course")
                                        .Single(n => n.PersonId == currentStudent.PersonId));
                            }
                        }
                        return studentList;
                    default:
                        throw new NotImplementedException();
                }
            }
        }

        public Student GetStudentById(int studentId)
        {
            using (var context = new SchoolEntities())
            {
                return context.People.OfType<Student>()
                    .Include("Enrollments.Course")
                    .FirstOrDefault(n => n.PersonId == studentId);
            }
        }

        public List<Instructor> GetInstructors(string includeOption)
        {
            using (var context = new SchoolEntities())
            {
                switch (includeOption)
                {
                    case "None":
                        return context.People.OfType<Instructor>()
                            .ToList();
                    case "Courses":
                        return context.People.OfType<Instructor>()
                            .Include("Courses")
                            .ToList();
                    default:
                        throw new NotImplementedException();
                }
            }
        }

        public Instructor GetInstructorById(int instructorId)
        {
            using (var context = new SchoolEntities())
            {
                return context.People.OfType<Instructor>()
                    .Include("Courses")
                    .FirstOrDefault(n => n.PersonId == instructorId);
            }
        }

        public List<Course> GetCourses()
        {
            using (var context = new SchoolEntities())
            {
                var courseList = new List<Course>();
                foreach (var course in context.Courses)
                {
                    var currentCourse = course;
                    using (var innerContext = new SchoolEntities())
                    {
                        courseList.Add(
                            innerContext.Courses
                            .Include("Enrollments.Student")
                            .Single(n => n.CourseId == currentCourse.CourseId));
                    }
                }
                return courseList;
            }
        }

        public Course GetCourseById(int courseId)
        {
            using (var context = new SchoolEntities())
            {
                return context.Courses
                    .Include("Enrollments.Student")
                    .FirstOrDefault(n => n.CourseId == courseId);
            }
        }

        public List<object> UpdateInstructor(Instructor item)
        {
            var returnList = new List<object>();
            try
            {
                using (var context = new SchoolEntities())
                {
                    switch (item.ChangeTracker.State)
                    {
                        case ObjectState.Added:
                            // server side validation
                            item.ValidateObjectGraph();
                            // save changes
                            context.People.ApplyChanges(item);
                            context.SaveChanges();
                            break;
                            case ObjectState.Deleted:
                            // verify whether there is any course assigned to this instructor
                            var courseExists = context.Courses.Any(n => n.InstructorId == item.PersonId);
                            if (courseExists)
                            {
                                returnList.Add("Cannot delete, there still exists course assigned to this instructor.");
                                returnList.Add(item.PersonId);
                                return returnList;
                            }
                            // save changes
                            context.People.ApplyChanges(item);
                            context.SaveChanges();
                            break;
                        default:
                            // server side validation
                            item.ValidateObjectGraph();
                            // save changes
                            context.People.ApplyChanges(item);
                            context.SaveChanges();
                            break;
                    }
                }
                returnList.Add(string.Empty);
                returnList.Add(item.PersonId);
            }
            catch (OptimisticConcurrencyException)
            {
                var errorMessage = "Instructor " + item.PersonId + " was modified by another user. " +
                                   "Refresh that item before reapply your changes.";
                returnList.Add(errorMessage);
                returnList.Add(item.PersonId);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Exception exception = ex;
                while (exception.InnerException != null)
                {
                    exception = exception.InnerException;
                }
                var errorMessage = "Instructor " + item.PersonId + " has error: " + exception.Message;
                returnList.Add(errorMessage);
                returnList.Add(item.PersonId);
            }
            return returnList;
        }

        public List<object> UpdateStudent(Student item)
        {
            var returnList = new List<object>();
            try
            {
                using (var context = new SchoolEntities())
                {
                    switch (item.ChangeTracker.State)
                    {
                        case ObjectState.Added:
                            // server side validation
                            item.ValidateObjectGraph();
                            // save changes
                            context.People.ApplyChanges(item);
                            context.SaveChanges();
                            break;
                        case ObjectState.Deleted:
                            // verify whether there is any course enrollment for this student
                            var courseExists = context.Enrollments.Any(n => n.StudentId == item.PersonId);
                            if (courseExists)
                            {
                                returnList.Add("Cannot delete, there still exists course enrollment for this student.");
                                returnList.Add(item.PersonId);
                                return returnList;
                            }
                            // save changes
                            context.People.ApplyChanges(item);
                            context.SaveChanges();
                            break;
                        default:
                            // server side validation
                            item.ValidateObjectGraph();
                            // save changes
                            context.People.ApplyChanges(item);
                            context.SaveChanges();
                            break;
                    }
                }
                returnList.Add(string.Empty);
                returnList.Add(item.PersonId);
            }
            catch (OptimisticConcurrencyException)
            {
                var errorMessage = "Student " + item.PersonId + " was modified by another user. " +
                                   "Refresh that item before reapply your changes.";
                returnList.Add(errorMessage);
                returnList.Add(item.PersonId);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Exception exception = ex;
                while (exception.InnerException != null)
                {
                    exception = exception.InnerException;
                }
                var errorMessage = "Student " + item.PersonId + " has error: " + exception.Message;
                returnList.Add(errorMessage);
                returnList.Add(item.PersonId);
            }
            return returnList;
        }

        public List<object> UpdateCourse(Course item)
        {
            var returnList = new List<object>();
            try
            {
                using (var context = new SchoolEntities())
                {
                    switch (item.ChangeTracker.State)
                    {
                        case ObjectState.Added:
                            // server side validation
                            item.ValidateObjectGraph();
                            // save changes
                            context.Courses.ApplyChanges(item);
                            context.SaveChanges();
                            break;
                        case ObjectState.Deleted:
                            // save changes
                            context.Courses.ApplyChanges(item);
                            context.SaveChanges();
                            break;
                        default:
                            // server side validation
                            item.ValidateObjectGraph();
                            // save changes
                            context.Courses.ApplyChanges(item);
                            context.SaveChanges();
                            break;
                    }
                }
                returnList.Add(string.Empty);
                returnList.Add(item.CourseId);
            }
            catch (OptimisticConcurrencyException)
            {
                var errorMessage = "Course " + item.CourseId + " was modified by another user. " +
                                   "Refresh that item before reapply your changes.";
                returnList.Add(errorMessage);
                returnList.Add(item.CourseId);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Exception exception = ex;
                while (exception.InnerException != null)
                {
                    exception = exception.InnerException;
                }
                var errorMessage = "Course " + item.CourseId + " has error: " + exception.Message;
                returnList.Add(errorMessage);
                returnList.Add(item.CourseId);
            }
            return returnList;
        }
    }
}

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Weidong has been an information system professional since 1990. He has a Master's degree in Computer Science, and is currently a MCSD .NET

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