/// <summary>
/// A method to deserialize the string value that has been saved in the content editor
/// to an object to be stored in the database.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="editorValue"></param>
/// <param name="currentValue">
/// The current value that has been persisted to the database for this editor. This value may be usesful for
/// how the value then get's deserialized again to be re-persisted. In most cases it will probably not be used.
/// </param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <remarks>
/// By default this will attempt to automatically convert the string value to the value type supplied by ValueType.
///
/// If overridden then the object returned must match the type supplied in the ValueType, otherwise persisting the
/// value to the DB will fail when it tries to validate the value type.
/// </remarks>
public virtual object ConvertEditorToDb(ContentPropertyData editorValue, object currentValue)
{
//if it's json but it's empty json, then return null
if (ValueType.InvariantEquals(PropertyEditorValueTypes.Json) && editorValue.Value != null && editorValue.Value.ToString().DetectIsEmptyJson())
{
return(null);
}
var result = TryConvertValueToCrlType(editorValue.Value);
if (result.Success == false)
{
LogHelper.Warn <PropertyValueEditor>("The value " + editorValue.Value + " cannot be converted to the type " + GetDatabaseType());
return(null);
}
return(result.Result);
}
/// <summary>
/// A method to deserialize the string value that has been saved in the content editor
/// to an object to be stored in the database.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="editorValue"></param>
/// <param name="currentValue">
/// The current value that has been persisted to the database for this editor. This value may be useful for
/// how the value then get's deserialized again to be re-persisted. In most cases it will probably not be used.
/// </param>
/// <param name="languageId"></param>
/// <param name="segment"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <remarks>
/// By default this will attempt to automatically convert the string value to the value type supplied by ValueType.
///
/// If overridden then the object returned must match the type supplied in the ValueType, otherwise persisting the
/// value to the DB will fail when it tries to validate the value type.
/// </remarks>
public virtual object FromEditor(ContentPropertyData editorValue, object currentValue)
{
//if it's json but it's empty json, then return null
if (ValueType.InvariantEquals(ValueTypes.Json) && editorValue.Value != null && editorValue.Value.ToString().DetectIsEmptyJson())
{
return(null);
}
var result = TryConvertValueToCrlType(editorValue.Value);
if (result.Success == false)
{
StaticApplicationLogging.Logger.LogWarning("The value {EditorValue} cannot be converted to the type {StorageTypeValue}", editorValue.Value, ValueTypes.ToStorageType(ValueType));
return(null);
}
return(result.Result);
}
