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Interface ITypedApi

Namespace
ToSic.Sxc.Code
Assembly
ToSic.Sxc.Code.dll

This API describes objects with a TypedApi.

[WorkInProgressApi("Still WIP v20")]
public interface ITypedApi

Remarks

This is usually only relevant when using the ITypedApiService which will get you a standalone object with this API.

Properties

AllResources

Stack of all Resources in the System, merging Resources of View, App, Site, Global etc. Will retrieve values by priority, with View-Resources being top priority and Preset-Resources being the lowest.

Tip

If you know that Resources come from the App, you should prefer App.Resources instead. That is faster and helps people reading your code figure out where to change a value.

ITypedStack AllResources { get; }

Property Value

ITypedStack

AllSettings

Stack of all Settings in the System, merging Settings of View, App, Site, Global etc. Will retrieve values by priority, with View-Settings being top priority and Preset-Settings being the lowest.

Tip

If you know that Settings come from the App, you should prefer App.Settings instead. That is faster and helps people reading your code figure out where to change a value.

ITypedStack AllSettings { get; }

Property Value

ITypedStack

App

The current App object (with strictly typed Settings/Resources). Use it to access App properties such as Path or any data in the App.

IAppTyped App { get; }

Property Value

IAppTyped

Kit 

ServiceKit16 Kit { get; }

Property Value

ServiceKit16

Link helper object to create the correct links

ILinkService Link { get; }

Property Value

ILinkService

A ILinkService object.

MyContext

This Context tells you about the environment, such as

  • the current User
  • the Page
  • the View
  • the Site

It's supposed to replace direct access to Dnn or Oqtane object in Razor and WebAPI code, allowing hybrid code that works everywhere.

ICmsContext MyContext { get; }

Property Value

ICmsContext

Remarks

New in v11.11

MyData

All the data which the current Template received, based on the View configuration. There are a few common scenarios:

  1. If it's a simple view, then this will just contain streams with the main Item(s) and Header
  2. If the view expects no data, it will just contain a Default stream containing no items
  3. If the view has a Query behind it, then MyData will have all the streams provided by the Query
IDataSource MyData { get; }

Property Value

IDataSource

MyHeader

The Header-Item belonging to this Template/Module. This data is edited by the user directly on this specific module. In some cases it can also be a pre-set item configured in the View to be used if the user has not added any data himself.

ITypedItem MyHeader { get; }

Property Value

ITypedItem

MyItem

The main Item belonging to this Template/Module. This data is edited by the user directly on this specific module. In some cases it can also be a pre-set item configured in the View to be used if the user has not added any data himself.

If this view can have a list of items (more than one) then this contains the first item. To get all the items, see MyItems

ITypedItem MyItem { get; }

Property Value

ITypedItem

MyItems

List of all Items belonging to this Template/Module. This data is edited by the user directly on this specific module. In some cases it can also be a pre-set item configured in the View to be used if the user has not added any data himself.

If this view is configured to only have one item, then this list will only contain one item. Otherwise, it will have as many items as the editor added.

IEnumerable<ITypedItem> MyItems { get; }

Property Value

IEnumerable<ITypedItem>

MyPage

Information about the current Page (called Tab in DNN). It's especially useful to get current URL Parameters.

ICmsPage MyPage { get; }

Property Value

ICmsPage

MyUser

Information about the current user. It's especially useful to see if the user has any kind of Admin privileges.

ICmsUser MyUser { get; }

Property Value

ICmsUser

MyView

View-information such as the view Name, Identity or Edition.

ICmsView MyView { get; }

Property Value

ICmsView

Remarks

New in v12.02

UniqueKey

A unique, random key for the current module. It's recommended for giving DOM elements a unique id for scripts to then access them.

It's generated for every content-block, and more reliable than Module.Id since that sometimes results in duplicate keys, if the many blocks are used inside each other.

It's generated using a GUID and converted/shortened. In the current version it's 8 characters long, so it has 10^14 combinations, making collisions extremely unlikely. (currently 8 characters)

Tip

To get a unique key which is based on additional objects such as Entities, use the UniqueKeyWith(params object[]) method.

string UniqueKey { get; }

Property Value

string

Remarks

If you get a fresh IKeyService it will also create a new UniqueKey. So your code should usually use the built-in property UniqueKey which comes from the shared ServiceKit Key.

Methods

AsEntity(ICanBeEntity)

Unwraps a dynamic entity or ITypedItem back into the underlying IEntity

IEntity AsEntity(ICanBeEntity thing)

Parameters

thing ICanBeEntity

Returns

IEntity

A normal IEntity

AsItem(object, NoParamOrder, bool?, bool?)

Convert something to a ITypedItem. This works for all kinds of IEntitys, IDynamicEntitys as well as Lists/Enumerables of those.

Will always return a single item. If a list is provided, it will return the first item in the list. If null was provided, it will return null.

ITypedItem? AsItem(object data, NoParamOrder noParamOrder = default, bool? propsRequired = null, bool? mock = null)

Parameters

data object

An original object which can be converted to a TypedItem, such as a IEntity .

noParamOrder NoParamOrder

see Convention: Named Parameters

propsRequired bool?

make the resulting object strict, default true

mock bool?

Specify that the data is fake/mock data, which should pretend to be an Item. Default is false

Returns

ITypedItem

Remarks

New in v16.02

AsItems(object, NoParamOrder, bool?)

Convert an object containing a list of Entities or similar to a list of ITypedItems.

IEnumerable<ITypedItem> AsItems(object list, NoParamOrder noParamOrder = default, bool? propsRequired = null)

Parameters

list object

The original list which is usually a list of IEntity objects.

noParamOrder NoParamOrder

see Convention: Named Parameters

propsRequired bool?

make the resulting object strict, default true

Returns

IEnumerable<ITypedItem>

Remarks

New in v16.01

AsList<T>(object, NoParamOrder, bool)

Convert a list of Entities or TypedItems into a strongly typed list. Typically, the type will be from your AppCode.Data.

IEnumerable<T> AsList<T>(object source, NoParamOrder protector = default, bool nullIfNull = false) where T : class, ICanWrapData

Parameters

source object

the source object - a List/Enumerable of IEntity or ITypedItem

protector NoParamOrder

see Convention: Named Parameters

nullIfNull bool

if true will return null when source is null - otherwise a wrapper item with empty-contents

Returns

IEnumerable<T>

Type Parameters

T

the target type

Remarks

Release in v17.05

AsStack(params object[])

Create a typed object which will provide all the properties of the things wrapped inside it. The priority is first-object first, so if multiple items have the property, the first in the list will be returned.

ITypedStack AsStack(params object[] items)

Parameters

items object[]

objects to stack together

Returns

ITypedStack

AsStack<T>(params object[])

Create a custom-typed object which will provide all the properties of the things wrapped inside it. The priority is first-object first, so if multiple items have the property, the first in the list will be returned.

T AsStack<T>(params object[] items) where T : class, ICanWrapData, new()

Parameters

items object[]

objects to stack together

Returns

T

Item of the custom type

Type Parameters

T

Remarks

New in 17.07

AsTyped(object, NoParamOrder, bool?)

Creates a typed object to read the original passed into this function. This is usually used to process objects which the compiler can't know, such as anonymous objects returned from helper code etc.

If you have an array of such objects, use AsTypedList(object, NoParamOrder, bool?).

ITyped AsTyped(object data, NoParamOrder noParamOrder = default, bool? propsRequired = null)

Parameters

data object
noParamOrder NoParamOrder

see Convention: Named Parameters

propsRequired bool?

make the resulting object strict, default true

Returns

ITyped

AsTypedList(object, NoParamOrder, bool?)

Create a list

IEnumerable<ITyped> AsTypedList(object list, NoParamOrder noParamOrder = default, bool? propsRequired = null)

Parameters

list object

List/Enumerable object containing a bunch of items to make typed

noParamOrder NoParamOrder

see Convention: Named Parameters

propsRequired bool?

make the resulting object strict, default true

Returns

IEnumerable<ITyped>

As<T>(object, NoParamOrder, bool)

Convert an Entity or TypedItem into a strongly typed object. Typically, the type will be from your AppCode.Data.

T As<T>(object source, NoParamOrder protector = default, bool mock = false) where T : class, ICanWrapData

Parameters

source object

the source object - an IEntity or ITypedItem

protector NoParamOrder

see Convention: Named Parameters

mock bool

if true will return a fake when source is null - otherwise a wrapper item with empty-contents

Returns

T

Type Parameters

T

the target type

Remarks

Released v17.05

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