private void AddSiteColumnsToContentType(ShContentType configContentType)
{
Log.Debug("Attempting to add fields to content type " + configContentType.DisplayName);
Web web = ClientContext.Web;
ContentTypeCollection contentTypes = web.ContentTypes;
ClientContext.Load(contentTypes);
ClientContext.ExecuteQuery();
ContentType contentType = contentTypes.GetById(configContentType.ID);
FieldCollection webFields = web.Fields;
ClientContext.Load(contentType);
ClientContext.Load(webFields);
ClientContext.ExecuteQuery();
foreach (var fieldNameToRemove in configContentType.RemovedFields)
{
try
{
RemoveFieldFromContentType(webFields, fieldNameToRemove, contentType);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Log.ErrorFormat("Field {0} could not be removed from the content type {1} with error {2}",
fieldNameToRemove, configContentType.DisplayName, ex.Message);
}
}
foreach (var fieldName in configContentType.Fields)
{
// We don't want to add removed fields to the content type
if (configContentType.RemovedFields.Contains(fieldName)) continue;
try
{
AddOrUpdateFieldOfContentType(configContentType, webFields, fieldName, contentType);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Log.ErrorFormat("Field {0} could not be added to the content type {1} with error {2}", fieldName,
configContentType.DisplayName, ex.Message);
Log.Info("Field " + fieldName +
" does not exist. If this is a lookup field, run content type creation again after setting up site hierarchy");
}
}
}
private void AddOrUpdateFieldOfContentType(ShContentType configContentType, FieldCollection webFields,
string fieldName,
ContentType contentType)
{
// Need to load content type fields every iteration because fields are added to the collection
Field webField = webFields.GetByInternalNameOrTitle(fieldName);
FieldLinkCollection contentTypeFields = contentType.FieldLinks;
ClientContext.Load(contentTypeFields);
ClientContext.Load(webField);
ClientContext.ExecuteQuery();
var fieldLink = contentTypeFields.FirstOrDefault(existingFieldName => existingFieldName.Name == fieldName);
if (fieldLink == null)
{
var link = new FieldLinkCreationInformation {Field = webField};
fieldLink = contentType.FieldLinks.Add(link);
}
fieldLink.Required = configContentType.RequiredFields.Contains(fieldName);
fieldLink.Hidden = configContentType.HiddenFields.Contains(fieldName);
contentType.Update(true);
ClientContext.ExecuteQuery();
}
