/// <summary>
/// Find a type that will be the controller for the given content item.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="item">A content item which needs a controller.</param>
/// <returns>The type of the controller that will control the content item or null if there is none</returns>
public Type FindControllerFor(ContentItem item)
{
Type itemType = item.GetType();
while (itemType.BaseType != typeof(Object)) {
// The convention is that controllers will be named [ContentItemTypeName]Controller
string controllerName = itemType.Name + "Controller";
var matchingContollerType = assemblies
.SelectMany(t=>t.GetTypes())
.Where(t=>t.Name==controllerName && typeof(IController).IsAssignableFrom(t)).SingleOrDefault();
// TODO: Consider a new algorithm that searches for types that derive from ContentController<>, matching on the generic type parameter
if ( matchingContollerType != null ) {
return matchingContollerType;
}
itemType = itemType.BaseType;
}
return null;
}
public static void SetContentItem(this RouteValueDictionary dict, ContentItem item)
{
dict["content-item"] = item;
}
/// <summary>
/// Find the standard name of a controller for the given content item.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="item">A content item which needs a controller.</param>
/// <returns>The name of the controller that will control the content item or null if there is none</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// Note that this name will be the MVC standard name in the sense that the actual type name will be have Controller on the end.
/// For example if the name is Page, the actual class will be PageController.
/// </remarks>
public string FindControllerNameFor(ContentItem item)
{
Type controllerType = FindControllerFor(item);
return GetControllerName(controllerType);
}