public override void PreRender(WidgetContext context)
{
context.Model = new Article
{
Title = "Introducing the widget view feature",
Content = "Do you like it?"
};
}
public virtual void PreRender(WidgetContext context)
{
}
private void AddWidgetControl(LocatedWidget locatedWidget, Zone zone)
{
var plugin = PluginManager.FindEnabledPlugin(locatedWidget.PluginName);
if (plugin == null) return;
var widget = plugin.FindWidget(locatedWidget.WidgetName);
if (widget == null) return;
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(locatedWidget.ViewName))
{
object model = null;
if (widget.WidgetControllerType != null)
{
var context = new WidgetContext
{
Page = locatedWidget.Page,
LocatedWidget = locatedWidget
};
var controller = (IWidgetController)Activator.CreateInstance(widget.WidgetControllerType);
controller.PreRender(context);
model = context.Model;
}
// render
var view = widget.Views.Find(v => v.Name == locatedWidget.ViewName);
var viewPath = Server.MapPath(UrlUtil.Combine(view.VirtualPath, "Default" + view.Extension));
var viewContent = File.ReadAllText(viewPath, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);
var modelType = model == null ? null : model.GetType();
var html = Engine.Razor.RunCompile(viewContent, widget.Plugin.Name + "." + widget.Name + "." + view.Name, modelType, model, null);
var control = new LiteralControl(html);
Controls.Add(control);
}
else
{
var control = WidgetControlLoader.Load(widget, Page, IsInDesignMode);
Controls.Add(control);
var widgetControl = control as WidgetControlBase;
if (widgetControl == null)
{
// Check if the widget control is using output cache
var cachingControl = control as PartialCachingControl;
if (cachingControl != null)
{
widgetControl = cachingControl.CachedControl as WidgetControlBase;
}
}
if (widgetControl != null)
{
widgetControl.LocatedWidget = locatedWidget;
widgetControl.Widget = widget;
widgetControl.IsInDesignMode = IsInDesignMode;
widgetControl.WidgetAttributes.AddRange(locatedWidget.Attributes);
}
}
}
