CreateSource<T>() Command

If you need to use a DataSource object in your code use CreateSource<T>()

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Simple Example

@inherits Custom.Hybrid.Razor12
@{
  // A source which can filter by Content-Type (EntityType)
  var allAuthors = CreateSource<ToSic.Eav.DataSources.EntityTypeFilter>();
  allAuthors.TypeName = "Authors";

  // access the data and automatically apply the filter/config
  var authors = allAuthors["Default"]; 
}

Example Chaining DataSources

@inherits Custom.Hybrid.Razor12
@{
  // A source which can filter by Content-Type (EntityType)
  var allAuthors = CreateSource<ToSic.Eav.DataSources.EntityTypeFilter>();
  allAuthors.TypeName = "Authors";

  // Sort by Fullname descending
  var sortedAuthorsDesc = CreateSource<ValueSort>(allAuthors);
  sortedAuthorsDesc.Attributes = "FullName";
  sortedAuthorsDesc.Directions = "desc";

  // access the data and automatically apply the filter/config
  var authors = sortedAuthorsDesc["Default"]; 
}

Read more about this in Data Sources (IDataSource)

Note

The type T mentioned above must be an IDataSource. The built in ones are usually in these namespaces:

You can also create and compile your own DataSources, and then deploy the DLL to use in your code.

Tip

In most cases you will prefer to use VisualQuery to work with data, but sometimes this approach is neecssary.

We suggest you check out some apps - almost all use this.

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