private Message getMessageFromForm(MessageForm messageForm, User sender) {
Message message = new Message();
User receiver = userDao.findByEmailLike(messageForm.getReceiver());
if (receiver == null)
throw new InvalidUserException("The user you want to send a message does not exist");
message.setSender(sender);
message.setReceiver(receiver);
message.setMessageSubject(messageForm.getMessageSubject());
message.setMessageText(messageForm.getMessageText());
return message;
}
public MessageForm sendTutorShipOffer(MessageForm messageForm, User sender) {
Message offerMessage = getMessageFromForm(messageForm, sender);
tutorShipService.addOfferedTutorShip(offerMessage);
offerMessage.setMessageSubject("Tutorship Offer");
offerMessage = send(offerMessage);
messageForm.setId(offerMessage.getId());
return messageForm;
}
/**
* Sends the message by saving it to the database.
*
* @param messageForm a valid messageForm, not null
* @param User the sender of the message, not null
* @throws InvalidUserException if the receiver doesn't exist/couldn't be found by the string
* receiver given in the messageForm
*/
@Transactional
public MessageForm sendMessageFromForm(MessageForm messageForm, User sender)
throws InvalidUserException {
assert (messageForm != null);
assert (sender != null);
Message message = send(getMessageFromForm(messageForm, sender));
messageForm.setId(message.getId());
return messageForm;
}