Question

I am building an applicaiton using asp.net mvc3. I added two layers to this project, repository and service layer. some of my code, I am not sure which layer I should put them in.

on my register page, to create an account, I only ask user to enter their email and password, its using UserRegisterViewModel. before I add it to the database, my user table need more info.

I need to create an User entity from the UserRegisterViewModel:

user.ip= "1.1.1.1";
user.createddate="11/11/1911";
....

so above code, where should I put them? webui, repoistory or service layer.

Answer 1

I would add the ‘CreatedDate’ in the constructor of your ‘User’ entity, and add the IP address in the controller that receives the ViewModel object.

I case you didn’t know: you can map ViewModels to Entities using AutoMapper.