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+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using AyaNova.Models;
+using AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers;
+using AyaNova.Biz;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+
+namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
+{
+    [ApiController]
+    [ApiVersion("8.0")]
+    [Route("api/v{version:apiVersion}/name")]
+    [Produces("application/json")]
+    [Authorize]
+    public class NameController : ControllerBase
+    {
+        private readonly AyContext ct;
+        private readonly ILogger<NameController> log;
+        private readonly ApiServerState serverState;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// ctor
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="dbcontext"></param>
+        /// <param name="logger"></param>
+        /// <param name="apiServerState"></param>  
+        public NameController(AyContext dbcontext, ILogger<NameController> logger, ApiServerState apiServerState)
+        {
+            ct = dbcontext;
+            log = logger;
+            serverState = apiServerState;
+        }
+
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get Name of business object
+        /// not all business objects have names some may return '-' or simply the type name
+        /// if that is the case
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="ayType">AyaType</param>
+        /// <param name="id">Non zero id, if zero returns type name</param>
+        /// <returns>Name</returns>
+        [HttpGet("{ayType}/{id}")]
+        public ActionResult GetName([FromRoute] AyaType ayType, [FromRoute] long id)
+        {
+            if (!serverState.IsOpen)
+                return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
+            if (!Authorized.HasSelectRole(HttpContext.Items, ayType))
+                return StatusCode(403, new ApiNotAuthorizedResponse());
+            if (!ModelState.IsValid)
+                return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(ModelState));
+            if (id == 0)
+                return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(ayType.ToString()));
+            using (var command = ct.Database.GetDbConnection().CreateCommand())
+            {
+                ct.Database.OpenConnection();
+                return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(BizObjectNameFetcherDirect.Name(ayType, id, command)));
+            }
+        }
+
+
+
+        //------------
+
+
+    }//eoc
+}//eons
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