public static string GetFormattedBreadCrumb(this BranchGroup category,
IBranchService branchService,
string separator = ">>")
{
if (category == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("category");
string result = string.Empty;
//used to prevent circular references
var alreadyProcessedBranchGroupIds = new List<int>() { };
while (category != null && //not null
!category.Deleted && //not deleted
!alreadyProcessedBranchGroupIds.Contains(category.Id)) //prevent circular references
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(result))
{
result = category.Name;
}
else
{
result = string.Format("{0} {1} {2}", category.Name, separator, result);
}
alreadyProcessedBranchGroupIds.Add(category.Id);
category = branchService.GetBranchGroupById(category.ParentGroupId);
}
return result;
}
public static IList<BranchGroup> GetBranchGroupBreadCrumb(this BranchGroup branchGroup,
IBranchService branchService,
bool showHidden = false)
{
if (branchGroup == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("branchGroup");
var result = new List<BranchGroup>();
//used to prevent circular references
var alreadyProcessedBranchGroupIds = new List<int>() { };
while (branchGroup != null && //not null
!branchGroup.Deleted && //not deleted
!alreadyProcessedBranchGroupIds.Contains(branchGroup.Id)) //prevent circular references
{
result.Add(branchGroup);
alreadyProcessedBranchGroupIds.Add(branchGroup.Id);
branchGroup = branchService.GetBranchGroupById(branchGroup.ParentGroupId);
}
result.Reverse();
return result;
}