public override void ToJSON(JObject ParentObject)
{
//! the data should be stored this way in the DB and not transformed into it, but we can't do this in Magnolia because of design mode and field type shenanigans
/*
* data is coming from the server in two dictionaries: a mapping of value to string, and an array of held permissions
* Options: {
* 'nt_1_Create': 'Role',
* 'nt_1_tab_1_View': 'Role, Role',
* ...
* }
* Values: [
* 'nt_1_Create',
* 'nt_1_tab_5_Create',
* ...
* ]
*
* We need it in the format: Options: [
* { name: 'Role',
* Create: true,
* Edit: true,
* Delete: true,
* View: true,
* Children: [
* { name: 'Role Tab',
* Create: true,
* Edit: true,
* Delete: true,
* View: true,
* leaf: true
* }]
* },
* ...
* ]
*
*/
ParentObject[_ValueSubField.ToXmlNodeName(true)] = Value.ToString();
JObject OptionsArray = new JObject();
ParentObject["options"] = OptionsArray;
//first build the skeleton of the object we want to return
foreach (CswNbtMetaDataNodeType NT in _CswNbtResources.MetaData.getNodeTypes())
{
JObject NewNT = new JObject();
NewNT["itemname"] = NT.NodeTypeName;
NewNT["create"] = false;
NewNT["edit"] = false;
NewNT["view"] = false;
NewNT["delete"] = false;
NewNT["itemid"] = NT.NodeTypeId;
JArray Children = new JArray();
foreach (CswNbtMetaDataNodeTypeTab Tab in NT.getNodeTypeTabs())
{
JObject NewTab = new JObject();
NewTab["itemname"] = Tab.TabName + " Tab";
NewTab["create"] = false;
NewTab["edit"] = false;
NewTab["view"] = false;
NewTab["delete"] = false;
NewTab["itemid"] = Tab.TabId;
NewTab["leaf"] = true;
Children.Add(NewTab);
}
NewNT["children"] = Children;
OptionsArray[NT.NodeTypeId.ToString()] = NewNT;
}
//now iterate the values we've stored and assign them to the correct permissions in the skeleton:
foreach (string Permission in Value)
{
string[] PermissionComponents = Permission.Split('_');
bool IsTab = PermissionComponents.Length == 5;
string Nodetype = PermissionComponents[1];
string PermissionCategory = PermissionComponents[PermissionComponents.Length - 1].ToLower();
//our permissions data needs a good cleaning... there are invalid nodetypes in the Values dictionary
if (ParentObject["options"][Nodetype] != null)
{
if (false == IsTab)
{
//if we're not dealing with a tab, we can just set the proper permission
ParentObject["options"][Nodetype][PermissionCategory] = true;
}
else
{
string TabId = PermissionComponents[3];
//for tabs we have no choice but to iterate to find the correct tab, because of client-side restrictions
foreach (JObject Tab in ParentObject["options"][Nodetype]["children"])
{
if (Tab["itemid"].ToString() == TabId.ToString())
{
Tab[PermissionCategory] = true;
}
} //for each tab in the returned JObject
} //else -- if the permission is a tab
} //if this nodetype exists
} //for each permission stored in the database
} // ToJSON()