Class DataItemProvider

Namespace

Dynamicweb.Deployment

Assembly

Dynamicweb.Core.dll

Represents a provider of data items. This is the base class that all data item providers must inherit from.

public abstract class DataItemProvider : ConfigurableAddIn

Inheritance

object

ConfigurableAddIn

DataItemProvider

Derived

SettingsDataItemProvider

AreaDataItemProvider

ContentDataItemProvider

GridRowDataItemProvider

PageDataItemProvider

ParagraphDataItemProvider

FilesDataItemProvider

SchemaDataItemProvider

SqlDataItemProvider

FieldDataItemProvider

FormDataItemProvider

FormsForEditorsDataItemProvider

OptionDataItemProvider

Inherited Members

ConfigurableAddIn.UpdateFromPost(NameValueCollection)

ConfigurableAddIn.GetIdSuitableString(string)

ConfigurableAddIn.LoadParametersFromXml(string)

ConfigurableAddIn.GetParametersToXml()

ConfigurableAddIn.GetParametersToXml(bool)

ConfigurableAddIn.SetValue(string, object)

ConfigurableAddIn.GetInstanceFromParameterXml<T>(string)

ConfigurableAddIn.RenderAdditionalContent(TextWriter)

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Examples

using Dynamicweb.Extensibility.AddIns;

namespace Dynamicweb.Deployment.Examples
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This is an example of how to implement a custom data item provider. 
    /// Data item providers inherit from <see cref="ConfigurableAddIn"/> which means that you can add additional parameters for use when reading or writing data items.
    /// </summary>
    public class CustomDataItemProvider : DataItemProvider
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets my property.
        /// </summary>
        [AddInParameter("MyProperty")]
        public string MyProperty { get; set; }

        public override DataItemReader CreateReader()
        {
            return new CustomDataItemReader(this);
        }

        public override DataItemWriter CreateWriter()
        {
            return new CustomDataItemWriter(this);
        }
    }
}

Properties

DataItemType

Gets the type of the data item.

public DataItemType DataItemType { get; }

Property Value

DataItemType

The type of the data item.

Methods

CreateInstance(DataItemType)

Creates an instance of a data item provider for a specific data item type.

public static DataItemProvider CreateInstance(DataItemType itemType)

Parameters

itemType DataItemType

The data item type.

Returns

DataItemProvider

CreateReader()

Creates the data item reader.

public abstract DataItemReader CreateReader()

Returns

DataItemReader

An instance of DataItemReader.

CreateWriter()

Creates the data item writer.

public abstract DataItemWriter CreateWriter()

Returns

DataItemWriter

An instance of DataItemWriter.

GetDataProviderTypes()

Gets the data provider types.

public static IEnumerable<Type> GetDataProviderTypes()

Returns

IEnumerable<Type>

GetParametersToDictionary()

Gets the parameters as a dictionary.

public IDictionary<string, string> GetParametersToDictionary()

Returns

IDictionary<string, string>

A dictionary of parameter keys and values

LoadParametersFromDictionary(IDictionary<string, string>)

Loads the parameters from dictionary.

public void LoadParametersFromDictionary(IDictionary<string, string> parameters)

Parameters

parameters IDictionary<string, string>

The parameters.

See Also

ConfigurableAddIn