/// <summary>
/// Prepares the request.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>
/// Returns false if the request was not successfully prepared
/// </returns>
public bool PrepareRequest()
{
// note - at that point the original legacy module did something do handle IIS custom 404 errors
// ie pages looking like /anything.aspx?404;/path/to/document - I guess the reason was to support
// "directory urls" without having to do wildcard mapping to ASP.NET on old IIS. This is a pain
// to maintain and probably not used anymore - removed as of 06/2012. @zpqrtbnk.
//
// to trigger Umbraco's not-found, one should configure IIS and/or ASP.NET custom 404 errors
// so that they point to a non-existing page eg /redirect-404.aspx
// TODO: SD: We need more information on this for when we release 4.10.0 as I'm not sure what this means.
// trigger the Preparing event - at that point anything can still be changed
// the idea is that it is possible to change the uri
//
_pcr.OnPreparing();
//find domain
FindDomain();
// if request has been flagged to redirect then return
// whoever called us is in charge of actually redirecting
if (_pcr.IsRedirect)
{
return(false);
}
// set the culture on the thread - once, so it's set when running document lookups
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = _pcr.Culture;
//find the published content if it's not assigned. This could be manually assigned with a custom route handler, or
// with something like EnsurePublishedContentRequestAttribute or UmbracoVirtualNodeRouteHandler. Those in turn call this method
// to setup the rest of the pipeline but we don't want to run the finders since there's one assigned.
if (_pcr.PublishedContent == null)
{
// find the document & template
FindPublishedContentAndTemplate();
}
// handle wildcard domains
HandleWildcardDomains();
// set the culture on the thread -- again, 'cos it might have changed due to a finder or wildcard domain
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = _pcr.Culture;
// trigger the Prepared event - at that point it is still possible to change about anything
// even though the request might be flagged for redirection - we'll redirect _after_ the event
//
// also, OnPrepared() will make the PublishedContentRequest readonly, so nothing can change
//
_pcr.OnPrepared();
// we don't take care of anything so if the content has changed, it's up to the user
// to find out the appropriate template
//complete the PCR and assign the remaining values
return(ConfigureRequest());
}