Class Factory

This is a factory to create CmsBlocks, Apps etc. and related objects from DNN.

Warning

This API is obsolete and will be removed in a future release. You should migrate your code to use real services instead, like:

Inheritance

System.Object

Factory

Namespace: ToSic.Sxc.Dnn

Assembly: ToSic.Sxc.Dnn.Core.dll

Syntax

[PublicApi]
[Obsolete("This is obsolete in V13 but will continue to work for now, we plan to remove in v15 or 16. Use the IDynamicCodeService or the IRenderService instead.")]
public static class Factory

Methods

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App(Int32, PortalSettings, Boolean, Boolean, ILog)

Get a full app-object for accessing data of the app from outside

Declaration

[Obsolete("This is obsolete in V13 but will continue to work for now, we plan to remove in v15 or 16. Use the IDynamicCodeService or the IRenderService instead.")]
public static IApp App(int appId, PortalSettings ownerPortalSettings, bool unusedButKeepForApiStability = false, bool showDrafts = false, ILog parentLog = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	appId	The AppID of the app you need
DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings	ownerPortalSettings	The owner portal - this is important when retrieving Apps from another portal.
System.Boolean	unusedButKeepForApiStability	Tells the App that you'll be using page-publishing. So changes will me auto-drafted for a future release as the whole page together.
System.Boolean	showDrafts	Show draft items - usually false for visitors, true for editors/admins.
ILog	parentLog	optional logger to attach to

Returns

Type	Description
IApp	An initialized App object which you can use to access App.Data

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App(Int32, Boolean, Boolean, ILog)

Get a full app-object for accessing data of the app from outside

Declaration

[Obsolete("This is obsolete in V13 but will continue to work for now, we plan to remove in v15 or 16. Use the IDynamicCodeService or the IRenderService instead.")]
public static IApp App(int appId, bool unusedButKeepForApiStability = false, bool showDrafts = false, ILog parentLog = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	appId	The AppID of the app you need
System.Boolean	unusedButKeepForApiStability	Tells the App that you'll be using page-publishing. So changes will me auto-drafted for a future release as the whole page together.
System.Boolean	showDrafts	Show draft items - usually false for visitors, true for editors/admins.
ILog	parentLog	optional logger to attach to

Returns

Type	Description
IApp	An initialized App object which you can use to access App.Data

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App(Int32, Int32, Boolean, Boolean, ILog)

Get a full app-object for accessing data of the app from outside

Declaration

[Obsolete("This is obsolete in V13 but will continue to work for now, we plan to remove in v15 or 16. Use the IDynamicCodeService or the IRenderService instead.")]
public static IApp App(int zoneId, int appId, bool unusedButKeepForApiStability = false, bool showDrafts = false, ILog parentLog = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	zoneId	The zone the app is in.
System.Int32	appId	The AppID of the app you need
System.Boolean	unusedButKeepForApiStability	Tells the App that you'll be using page-publishing. So changes will me auto-drafted for a future release as the whole page together.
System.Boolean	showDrafts	Show draft items - usually false for visitors, true for editors/admins.
ILog	parentLog	optional logger to attach to

Returns

Type	Description
IApp	An initialized App object which you can use to access App.Data

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CmsBlock(ModuleInfo)

Get a Root CMS Block if you have the ModuleInfo object

Declaration

[Obsolete("This is obsolete in V13 but will continue to work for now, we plan to remove in v15 or 16. Use the IDynamicCodeService or the IRenderService instead.")]
public static IBlockBuilder CmsBlock(ModuleInfo moduleInfo)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.ModuleInfo	moduleInfo	A DNN ModuleInfo object

Returns

Type	Description
ToSic.Sxc.Blocks.IBlockBuilder	An initialized CMS Block, ready to use/render

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CmsBlock(Int32, Int32)

Get a Root CMS Block if you know the TabId and the ModId

Declaration

[Obsolete("This is obsolete in V13 but will continue to work for now, we plan to remove in v15 or 16. Use the IDynamicCodeService or the IRenderService instead.")]
public static IBlockBuilder CmsBlock(int pageId, int modId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	pageId	The DNN tab id (page id)
System.Int32	modId	The DNN Module id

Returns

Type	Description
ToSic.Sxc.Blocks.IBlockBuilder	An initialized CMS Block, ready to use/render

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CmsBlock(Int32, Int32, ILog)

Get a Root CMS Block if you know the TabId and the ModId

Declaration

[Obsolete("This is obsolete in V13 but will continue to work for now, we plan to remove in v15 or 16. Use the IDynamicCodeService or the IRenderService instead.")]
public static IBlockBuilder CmsBlock(int pageId, int modId, ILog parentLog)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	pageId	The DNN tab id (page id)
System.Int32	modId	The DNN Module id
ILog	parentLog	The parent log, optional

Returns

Type	Description
ToSic.Sxc.Blocks.IBlockBuilder	An initialized CMS Block, ready to use/render

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CmsBlock(IModule, ILog)

Get a Root CMS Block if you have the ModuleInfo object.

Declaration

[Obsolete("This is obsolete in V13 but will continue to work for now, we plan to remove in v15 or 16. Use the IDynamicCodeService or the IRenderService instead.")]
public static IBlockBuilder CmsBlock(IModule module, ILog parentLog = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ToSic.Sxc.Context.IModule	module
ILog	parentLog	optional logger to attach to

Returns

Type	Description
ToSic.Sxc.Blocks.IBlockBuilder	An initialized CMS Block, ready to use/render

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DynamicCode(IBlockBuilder)

Retrieve a helper object which provides commands like AsDynamic, AsEntity etc.

Declaration

[Obsolete("This is obsolete in V13 but will continue to work for now, we plan to remove in v15 or 16. Use the IDynamicCodeService or the IRenderService instead.")]
public static IDnnDynamicCode DynamicCode(IBlockBuilder blockBuilder)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ToSic.Sxc.Blocks.IBlockBuilder	blockBuilder	CMS Block for which the helper is targeted.

Returns

Type	Description
IDnnDynamicCode	A Code Helper based on IDnnDynamicCode