/// <summary>
/// Sets an individual item in the dataItem property using the respective value found in item T.
/// If the individual property being processed is another Sitefinity dynamic content object, it will
/// instead create a relationship between the dataItem and property in question.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">A subclass of SitefinityContent.</typeparam>
/// <param name="item">The item being adapted into the dataItem object.</param>
/// <param name="metadataAttribute">The SitefinityMetadataAttribute found on item T.</param>
/// <param name="dataItem">The DynamicContent data item being adapted from item T.</param>
/// <param name="property">The property on item T being adapted.</param>
/// <param name="providerName">The provider name used when retrieving the DynamicModuleManager.</param>
private static void SetPropertyInDataItem <T>(
T item,
SitefinityMetadataAttribute metadataAttribute,
ref DynamicContent dataItem,
PropertyInfo property,
string providerName
) where T : SitefinityContent
{
var sitefinityContentSubclass = property.PropertyType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(SitefinityContent));
var contentSubclass = property.PropertyType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Content));
if (!sitefinityContentSubclass && !contentSubclass)
{
dataItem.SetValue(property.Name, item.GetType().GetProperty(property.Name)?.GetValue(item));
}
else if (sitefinityContentSubclass)
{
dataItem = SetPropertyInDataItemAsRelationship(
item,
metadataAttribute,
property,
dataItem,
providerName
);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Adapts item T into a DynamicContent item containing fields/values found in item T. This will also create
/// any relational data found in the item.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">A subclass of SitefinityContent.</typeparam>
/// <param name="item">The item being adapted into a DynamicContent data item.</param>
/// <param name="properties">The property info of item T.</param>
/// <param name="providerName">The provider name used when retrieving the DynamicModuleManager.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static DynamicContent SetDataItemProperties <T>(this T item, PropertyInfo[] properties, string providerName) where T : SitefinityContent
{
SitefinityMetadataAttribute metadataAttribute = (SitefinityMetadataAttribute)item.GetType().GetCustomAttribute(typeof(SitefinityMetadataAttribute));
if (metadataAttribute == null)
{
throw new Exception($"Could not cast attribute to {nameof(SitefinityMetadataAttribute)}");
}
var dynamicContentType = metadataAttribute.DynamicContentType;
if (dynamicContentType == null)
{
return(null);
}
var resolvedDynamicContentType = TypeResolutionService.ResolveType(dynamicContentType);
var dynamicModuleManager = DynamicModuleManager.GetManager(providerName);
var dataItem = dynamicModuleManager.CreateDataItem(resolvedDynamicContentType);
properties.ToList().ForEach(property => SetPropertyInDataItem(
item,
metadataAttribute,
ref dataItem,
property,
providerName
));
return(dataItem);
}
/// <summary>
/// Sets an individual item in the dataItem property using the respective value found in item T.
/// If the individual property being processed is another Sitefinity dynamic content object, it will
/// instead create a relationship between the dataItem and property in question.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">A subclass of SitefinityContent.</typeparam>
/// <param name="item">The item being adapted into the dataItem object.</param>
/// <param name="metadataAttribute">The SitefinityMetadataAttribute found on item T.</param>
/// <param name="dataItem">The DynamicContent data item being adapted from item T.</param>
/// <param name="property">The property on item T being adapted.</param>
/// <param name="providerName">The provider name used when retrieving the DynamicModuleManager.</param>
private static void SetPropertyInDataItem <T>(
T item,
SitefinityMetadataAttribute metadataAttribute,
ref DynamicContent dataItem,
PropertyInfo property,
string providerName
) where T : SitefinityContent
{
var sitefinityContentSubclass = property.PropertyType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(SitefinityContent));
var contentSubclass = property.PropertyType.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Content));
// Enums must be adapted to a string value since Sitefinity stores them as a string
if (property.PropertyType.IsEnum)
{
dataItem.SetValue(property.Name, item.GetType().GetProperty(property.Name)?.GetValue(item)?.ToString());
return;
}
if (property.GetMethod.ReturnType.Namespace == "System.Collections.Generic")
{
// need to ignore types that are lists... not trying to map the entire object
return;
}
if (!sitefinityContentSubclass && !contentSubclass)
{
dataItem.SetValue(property.Name, item.GetType().GetProperty(property.Name)?.GetValue(item));
return;
}
if (sitefinityContentSubclass)
{
dataItem = SetPropertyInDataItemAsRelationship(
item,
metadataAttribute,
property,
dataItem,
providerName
);
return;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Sets relational data in the DynamicContent data item using the property value found in item T.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">A subclass of SitefinityContent.</typeparam>
/// <param name="item">The item being adapted into the dataItem object.</param>
/// <param name="metadataAttribute">The SitefinityMetadataAttribute found on item T.</param>
/// <param name="property">The property on item T being adapted.</param>
/// <param name="dataItem">The DynamicContent data item being adapted from item T.</param>
/// <param name="providerName">The provider name used when retrieving the DynamicModuleManager.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static DynamicContent SetPropertyInDataItemAsRelationship <T>(
T item,
SitefinityMetadataAttribute metadataAttribute,
PropertyInfo property,
DynamicContent dataItem,
string providerName
) where T : SitefinityContent
{
var parentDynamicContentType = metadataAttribute.ParentDynamicContentType;
var sitefinityContentItem = (SitefinityContent)item.GetType().GetProperty(property.Name)?.GetValue(item);
SitefinityMetadataAttribute sitefinityType = (SitefinityMetadataAttribute)sitefinityContentItem?.GetType()
.GetCustomAttribute(typeof(SitefinityMetadataAttribute));
if (sitefinityType == null)
{
return(dataItem);
}
var relatedDynamicContentType = sitefinityType.DynamicContentType;
var contentItemType = TypeResolutionService.ResolveType(relatedDynamicContentType.ToString());
var dynamicModuleManager = DynamicModuleManager.GetManager(providerName);
var dynamicContentItem = dynamicModuleManager.GetDataItem(contentItemType, sitefinityContentItem.Id);
// If this property happens to be the Parent Relation, set the parent + SystemParentId. Otherwise, create the relation
if (parentDynamicContentType != null && relatedDynamicContentType.Equals(parentDynamicContentType))
{
dataItem.SetParent(dynamicContentItem);
dataItem.SystemParentId = dynamicContentItem.Id;
return(dataItem);
}
dataItem.CreateRelation(dynamicContentItem, property.Name);
return(dataItem);
}