public static SelfServiceCategory GetFromContent(IPublishedContent content, SelfServiceCategory parent = null) {
return content == null ? null : new SelfServiceCategory(content, parent);
}
protected SelfServiceCategory(IPublishedContent content, SelfServiceCategory parent = null) {
Content = content;
Parent = parent;
}
private void AppendCategory(List<int> categoryIds, SelfServiceCategory category) {
categoryIds.Add(category.Id);
foreach (SelfServiceCategory child in category.Children) {
AppendCategory(categoryIds, child);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Method used for parsing an instance if <code>IPublishedContent</code> into an instance of <code>SelfServiceCategory</code>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="content">The instance of <code>IPublishedContent</code> representing the category.</param>
/// <param name="parent">The parent category, or <code>null</code> if no parent category.</param>
/// <returns>Returns an instance of <code>SelfServiceCategory</code> representing the catrgory.</returns>
public SelfServiceCategory ParseCategory(IPublishedContent content, SelfServiceCategory parent) {
// If "content" is NULL, we don't bother doing any further parsing
if (content == null) return null;
// Iterate through the added plugins
foreach (SelfServicePluginBase plugin in Context.Plugins) {
// Let the plugin parse the category (NULL means the plugin didn't handle or parse the category)
SelfServiceCategory category = plugin.ParseCategory(content, parent);
if (category != null) return category;
}
// Fallback if no plugins did handle or parse the category
return SelfServiceCategory.GetFromContent(content, parent);
}
/// <summary>
/// Parses the specified <code>content</code> into an instance of <code>SelfServiceCategory</code>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="content">An instance of <code>IPublishedContent</code> representing the category.</param>
/// <param name="parent">The parent category.</param>
/// <returns>Returns an instance of <code>SelfServiceCategory</code>.</returns>
public virtual SelfServiceCategory ParseCategory(IPublishedContent content, SelfServiceCategory parent) {
return null;
}