private string GetAssociationMetaData(EntryContentBase currentContent)
{
// not good, find a better way than do this twice
IEnumerable <EPiServer.Commerce.Catalog.Linking.Association> assoc = currentContent.GetAssociations();
StringBuilder strB = new StringBuilder();
if (assoc.Count() >= 1)
{
// Fix code and formatting, but it works
EPiServer.Commerce.Catalog.Linking.Association a = assoc.FirstOrDefault(); // get the only one .. so far for test
strB.Append("GroupName: " + a.Group.Name);
strB.Append(" - ");
strB.Append("GroupDescription: " + a.Group.Description); // doesn't show - investigate
strB.Append(" - ");
strB.Append("GroupSort: " + a.Group.SortOrder);
strB.Append(" - ");
strB.Append("TypeId: " + a.Type.Id); // where the filter could be applied
strB.Append(" - ");
strB.Append("TypeDescr: " + a.Type.Description);
// there is more to get out
ContentReference theRef = a.Target;
strB.Append("...in TrousersController");
}
else
{
strB.Append("Nothing");
}
return(strB.ToString());
}
// ToDo: clean up here ... have an Aggergation for this part ... could use as demo
private IEnumerable <ContentReference> GetAssociatedEntries(EntryContentBase currentContent)
{
// using linksRep is gone
IAssociationRepository _linksRep = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance <IAssociationRepository>();
IEnumerable <EPiServer.Commerce.Catalog.Linking.Association> linksRepAssoc =
_linksRep.GetAssociations(currentContent.ContentLink).Where(l => l.Group.Name == "CrossSell");
// would like to be able to filter when calling, instead of .Where()
// would like to get the metadata out ... like type and group... and probaly treat them differently
IEnumerable <EPiServer.Commerce.Catalog.Linking.Association> assoc = currentContent.GetAssociations();
List <ContentReference> refs = new List <ContentReference>();
foreach (EPiServer.Commerce.Catalog.Linking.Association item in assoc)
{
refs.Add(item.Target);
}
return(refs);
}
private Dictionary <string, ContentReference> GetAggregatedAssocciations(EntryContentBase currentContent)
{
// should return a chunk for each Assicciation
IEnumerable <EPiServer.Commerce.Catalog.Linking.Association> assoc = currentContent.GetAssociations();
Dictionary <string, ContentReference> localStuff = new Dictionary <string, ContentReference>();
if (assoc.Count() > 0)
{
foreach (var item in assoc)
{
localStuff.Add(GetAssociationMetaDataSingle(item), GetAssociatedEntry(item)); // need to refactor the returntypes and the
//localStuff.Add("Nothing", ContentReference.SelfReference); // just to some back... for now
}
}
else
{
localStuff.Add("Nothing", ContentReference.SelfReference); // just to some back... for now
}
return(localStuff);
// may need theese (supporting classes)
//AssociationModel otherModel = new AssociationModel();
//List<AssociationModel> otherModels = new List<AssociationModel>();
}
