public static IEnumerable <AdminSection> GetAdminSectionsForUser(User user)
{
List <AdminSection> list = new List <AdminSection>();
foreach (AdminSection adminSection in AdminSections)
{
// Get admin section pages in this section that are accessible by the specified user
List <AdminSectionPage> adminSectionPages = GetAdminSectionPages(adminSection, user);
// Only go ahead and add the section if the user can access pages inside it. Otherwise,
// there's no point in adding it (as the section will be empty to the user).
if (adminSectionPages.Count > 0)
{
// Get a copy of the admin section object
// This will only return the basic object without child pages, so we don't need to clear the child pages first.
// Getting some strange behaviour with the MemberwiseClone method. See comments in Clone method for more info.
AdminSection adminSectionClone = (AdminSection)adminSection.Clone();
// Add back in the pages accessible in this section to the specified user
adminSectionClone.AdminSectionPages.AddRange(adminSectionPages);
// Add the admin section to the list
list.Add(adminSectionClone);
}
}
return(list);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the list of admin section pages for the specified section, that are
/// accessible by the specified user
/// </summary>
private static List <AdminSectionPage> GetAdminSectionPages(AdminSection adminSection, User user)
{
return((from page in adminSection.AdminSectionPages
where SecurityManager.UserHasAccess(user, page)
select page).ToList());
}
