Class CustomDataSourceAdvanced

Base DataSource class for providing data from external sources. This is the advanced base class which is more complex. You will usually want to use the CustomDataSourceLight.

Inheritance
System.Object
ToSic.Lib.Services.ServiceBase
ToSic.Lib.Services.ServiceBase<DataSourceBase.MyServices>
DataSourceBase
CustomDataSourceAdvanced
CustomDataSourceLight
Csv
DataTable
Sql
Pages
Roles
Users
DnnUserProfile
Inherited Members
Namespace: ToSic.Eav.DataSource
Assembly: ToSic.Eav.DataSources.dll
Syntax
[PublicApi]
public abstract class CustomDataSourceAdvanced : DataSourceBase, IDataSource, IDataSourceSource, IAppIdentity, IZoneIdentity, IAppIdentityLight, ICacheInfo, ICacheKey, ICacheExpiring, ITimestamped, ICanPurgeListCache, IHasLog, IDataSourceTarget, IDataTarget, IDataSourceShared, IAppIdentitySync, IDataSourceLinkable
Remarks

This has changed a lot in v15 (breaking change). Read about it in the docs.

Constructors

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CustomDataSourceAdvanced(CustomDataSourceAdvanced.MyServices, String)

Initializes an DataSource which will usually provide/generate external data.

Declaration
protected CustomDataSourceAdvanced(CustomDataSourceAdvanced.MyServices services, string logName = null)
Parameters
Type Name Description
CustomDataSourceAdvanced.MyServices services

Dependencies needed by this data source and/or the parent
System.String logName

The log name/identifier for insights logging. Optional, but makes debugging a bit easier when provided.
Remarks

set the cache creation date to the moment the object is constructed this is important, because the date should stay fixed throughout the lifetime of this object but renew when it is updates

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CustomDataSourceAdvanced(MyServicesBase<CustomDataSourceAdvanced.MyServices>, String)

Declaration
protected CustomDataSourceAdvanced(MyServicesBase<CustomDataSourceAdvanced.MyServices> services, string logName = null)
Parameters
Type Name Description
MyServicesBase<CustomDataSourceAdvanced.MyServices> services
System.String logName

Properties

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CacheTimestamp

System time-stamp of when the data in this cached thing was initialized or updated. Depending on the implementation, this may go up-stream and return an up-stream value.

Declaration
public override long CacheTimestamp { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int64

A timestamp as a long number
Overrides
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DataFactory

Declaration
[PublicApi]
protected IDataFactory DataFactory { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
IDataFactory

Implements