/// <summary>
/// Configure the module catalogs.
/// Extracts all navigation settings for all modules.
/// </summary>
protected override void ConfigureModuleCatalog()
{
// Dynamic Modules are copied to a directory as part of a post-build step.
// These modules are not referenced in the startup project and are discovered
// by examining the assemblies in a directory. The module projects have the
// following post-build step in order to copy themselves into that directory:
//
// xcopy "$(TargetDir)$(TargetFileName)" "$(TargetDir)modules\" /y
//
// WARNING! Do not forget to explicitly compile the solution before each running
// so the modules are copied into the modules folder.
var directoryCatalog = (DirectoryModuleCatalog)ModuleCatalog;
directoryCatalog.Initialize();
_navigationLinkService = new NavigationLinkService();
var typeFilter = new TypeFilter(InterfaceFilter);
// First - add executing module naviagtion
_navigationLinkService.NavigationLinkGroups.Add(new NavigationLinksGroup());
foreach (var module in directoryCatalog.Items)
{
var moduleInfo = (ModuleInfo)module;
var assembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(moduleInfo.Ref);
foreach (Type t in assembly.GetTypes())
{
var navigationInterfaces = t.FindInterfaces(typeFilter, typeof(INavigationLinksGroup).ToString());
if (navigationInterfaces.Length > 0)
{
// Get all links (menus) for a module
var navigationLinksGroup = (INavigationLinksGroup)assembly.CreateInstance(t.FullName);
_navigationLinkService.NavigationLinkGroups.Add(navigationLinksGroup);
}
}
}
// Use this to add local module if available
// var moduleCatalog = (ModuleCatalog)ModuleCatalog;
// moduleCatalog.AddModule(typeof(Local Module ));
}
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ShellViewModel"/> class.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="navigationLinkService">The navigation service.</param>
public ShellViewModel(INavigationLinkService navigationLinkService)
{
MenuLinkGroups = navigationLinkService.LinkGroupCollection;
ContentSourceUrl = navigationLinkService.StartSoureUrl;
}
public NavigationLinkController(INavigationLinkService NavigationLinkService)
{
_NavigationLinkService = NavigationLinkService;
}