public static void Register()
{
_extensionLoader = new ExtensionLoader();
var viewProvider = new EmbeddedViewFileProvider();
var contentProvider = new EmbeddedFileProvider();
var provider = new AggregateVirtualPathProvider(viewProvider, contentProvider);
HostingEnvironment.RegisterVirtualPathProvider(provider);
var config = CoreConfiguration.Current.Extensibility;
if (config == null)
{
return;
}
// automatic extension discovery with '*.Extension.dll' convention
if (config.AutomaticExtensionDiscovery)
{
_extensionLoader.LoadExtensions();
foreach (var assembly in _extensionLoader.Assemblies)
{
viewProvider.Add(assembly);
contentProvider.Add(assembly);
}
}
else
{
// controlled extension discovery based on web.config (without conventions)
foreach (var ext in config.Extensions
.OfType <ExtensionElement>()
.Distinct(new ExtensionElementNameComparer()))
{
var assembly = _extensionLoader.TryLoadAssemblyByName(ext.Name);
if (assembly == null)
{
continue;
}
var mapping = new NamespaceMapping(assembly, ext.Namespace);
viewProvider.Add(mapping);
contentProvider.Add(mapping);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Register the content files used by the adminstration area.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="provider"><c>GriffinVirtualPathProvider.Current</c></param>
/// <param name="layoutVirtualPath">Typically <c>"~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml"</c></param>
public static void RegisterAdminFiles(this GriffinVirtualPathProvider provider, string layoutVirtualPath)
{
if (provider == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("provider");
}
if (layoutVirtualPath == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("layoutVirtualPath");
}
// you can assign a custom WebViewPage or a custom layout in EmbeddedViewFixer.
var fixer = new ExternalViewFixer()
{
LayoutPath = layoutVirtualPath
};
var griffinAssembly = typeof(MvcContrib.Areas.Griffin.GriffinAreaRegistration).Assembly;
// for view files
var embeddedViews = new EmbeddedViewFileProvider(VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/"), fixer);
embeddedViews.Add(new NamespaceMapping(griffinAssembly, "Griffin.MvcContrib"));
provider.Add(embeddedViews);
// Add support for loading content files:
var contentFilesProvider = new EmbeddedFileProvider(VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/"));
contentFilesProvider.Add(new NamespaceMapping(griffinAssembly, "Griffin.MvcContrib"));
provider.Add(contentFilesProvider);
}