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// Create an API controller for customer management
[ApiController]
[Route("api/[controller]")]
public class CustomersController : ControllerBase
{
private readonly ICustomerService _customerService;
private readonly ILogger<CustomersController> _logger;
public CustomersController(ICustomerService customerService, ILogger<CustomersController> logger)
{
_customerService = customerService;
_logger = logger;
}
[HttpGet]
public async Task<ActionResult<IEnumerable<CustomerDto>>> GetAll(CancellationToken ct)
{
var customers = await _customerService.GetAllAsync(ct);
return Ok(customers);
}
[HttpPost]
public async Task<ActionResult<CustomerDto>> Create([FromBody] CreateCustomerRequest request, CancellationToken ct)
{
var customer = await _customerService.CreateAsync(request, ct);
return CreatedAtAction(nameof(GetById), new { id = customer.Id }, customer);
}
[HttpGet("{id:guid}")]
public async Task<ActionResult<CustomerDto>> GetById(Guid id, CancellationToken ct)
{
var customer = await _customerService.GetByIdAsync(id, ct);
return customer is null ? NotFound() : Ok(customer);
}
}// Create a generic repository pattern
public class Repository<T> : IRepository<T> where T : class, IEntity
{
private readonly DbContext _context;
private readonly DbSet<T> _dbSet;
public Repository(DbContext context)
{
_context = context;
_dbSet = context.Set<T>();
}
public async Task<T?> GetByIdAsync(Guid id, CancellationToken ct = default)
=> await _dbSet.FindAsync(new object[] { id }, ct);
public async Task<IEnumerable<T>> GetAllAsync(CancellationToken ct = default)
=> await _dbSet.ToListAsync(ct);
public async Task<T> AddAsync(T entity, CancellationToken ct = default)
{
await _dbSet.AddAsync(entity, ct);
await _context.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
return entity;
}
public async Task<IEnumerable<T>> FindAsync(Expression<Func<T, bool>> predicate, CancellationToken ct = default)
=> await _dbSet.Where(predicate).ToListAsync(ct);
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