Class PageDataCollection

A collection of PageData objects.

Inheritance

System.Object

PageDataCollection

Implements

System.Collections.Generic.IList<PageData>

System.Collections.Generic.ICollection<PageData>

System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<PageData>

System.Collections.IEnumerable

System.Collections.IList

System.Collections.ICollection

Namespace: EPiServer.Core

Assembly: EPiServer.dll

Version: 12.0.3

Syntax

public class PageDataCollection : Object, IList<PageData>, ICollection<PageData>, IEnumerable<PageData>, IEnumerable, IList, ICollection

Remarks

Control authors might need to fill this kind of collection from code. Mostly you'll work on collections retrieved by a GetChildren(...) call or from a Web control.

The GetChildren(...) method defined on the IPageSource interface returns a PageDataCollection. The IPageSource interface is implemented by many classes like PageBase (and descendants), DataFactory, PageControlBase (which most Web controls inherit from) and more.

PageDataCollection is often used together with other EPiServer classes, see the following HowTo articles which demonstrate some ways in which it can be used: Search for pages created recently and Search for pages based on page type property.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates the usage of PageDataCollection.

            // must be called from inside a class that implements IPageSource, 
// like SimplePage or TemplatePage.
PageDataCollection oPages;
oPages = this.GetChildren(EPiServer.Core.PageReference.StartPage);
Response.Write("Number of pages below startpage: " + oPages.Count);

Constructors

PageDataCollection()

Initializes a new instance of the PageDataCollection class that is empty and has the default initial capacity.

Declaration

public PageDataCollection()

PageDataCollection(IEnumerable<PageData>)

Initializes a new instance of the PageDataCollection class that contains elements copied from the specified collection and has sufficient capacity to accomodate the number of elements copied.

Declaration

public PageDataCollection(IEnumerable<PageData> collection)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<PageData>	collection	The page collection whose elements are copied to the new list.

PageDataCollection(Int32)

Initializes a new instance of the PageDataCollection class that is empty and has the specified initial capacity.

Declaration

public PageDataCollection(int capacity)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	capacity	The number of elements that the collection can initally store.

Properties

Count

Number of pages in collection

Declaration

public int Count { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32	Returns the number of pages in the collection.

IsFixedSize

Gets a value indicating whether the PageDataCollection has a fixed size.

Declaration

public bool IsFixedSize { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Always false for PageDataCollection.

IsReadOnly

Gets a value indicating whether the ICollection is read-only (defalut value is false).

Declaration

public bool IsReadOnly { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

IsSynchronized

Gets a value indicating whether access is synchronized (thread-safe).

Declaration

public bool IsSynchronized { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Item[Int32]

Access PageData objects using index

Declaration

public PageData this[int index] { get; set; }

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	index

Property Value

Type	Description
PageData

SyncRoot

Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the internal collection.

Declaration

public object SyncRoot { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Object

Methods

Add(PageData)

Add new page to collection

Declaration

public void Add(PageData page)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PageData	page	Page to add

Add(PageDataCollection)

Add a range of pages from another PageDataCollection.

Declaration

public void Add(PageDataCollection pages)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PageDataCollection	pages	The collection whos elements should be added to the end of the current instance.

Add(IEnumerable<PageData>)

Add a range of pages from another collection.

Declaration

public void Add(IEnumerable<PageData> pages)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<PageData>	pages	The collection whos elements should be added to the end of the current instance.

Add(Object)

Adds an item, which must be of type PageData, to the PageDataCollection.

Declaration

public int Add(object value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	value	The System.Object to add to the PageDataCollection.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Int32	The position into which the new element was inserted.

Clear()

Remove all items in list

Declaration

public void Clear()

Contains(PageData)

Determines whether an PageData is in the Collection.

Declaration

public bool Contains(PageData item)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PageData	item	The PageData to locate in the List. The value can be a null reference.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Contains(Object)

Determines whether the PageDataCollection contains a specific value.

Declaration

public bool Contains(object value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	value	The System.Object to locate in the PageDataCollection.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if the System.Object is found in the PageDataCollection; otherwise, false.

Copy()

Make a deep copy of collection

Declaration

public PageDataCollection Copy()

Returns

Type	Description
PageDataCollection	Copied collection

CopyTo(PageData[], Int32)

Copies the elements to an PageData Array, starting at a particular Array index.

Declaration

public void CopyTo(PageData[] array, int index)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PageData[]	array	The one-dimensional PageData Array that is the destination of the elements copied.
System.Int32	index	The zero-based index in array at which copying begins.

Exists(PageReference)

Check if page with reference exists in collection

Declaration

public bool Exists(PageReference page)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PageReference	page	The reference to find

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns false when reference not found

Exists(PageReference, String)

Check if page with reference exists in collection

Declaration

public bool Exists(PageReference page, string languageBranch)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PageReference	page	The reference to find
System.String	languageBranch	The language branch to search for

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns false when reference not found

Find(PageReference)

Find page reference in collection

Declaration

public int Find(PageReference page)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PageReference	page	The reference to find

Returns

Type	Description
System.Int32	Returns -1 when reference not found

Find(PageReference, String)

Find page reference in collection with a specific language branch

Declaration

public int Find(PageReference page, string languageBranch)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PageReference	page	The reference to find
System.String	languageBranch	The language branch to search for

Returns

Type	Description
System.Int32	Returns -1 when reference not found

GetEnumerator()

Returns enumerator for this collection

Declaration

public IEnumerator<PageData> GetEnumerator()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerator<PageData>

IndexOf(PageData)

Determines the index of a specific item in the PageDataCollection.

Declaration

public int IndexOf(PageData item)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PageData	item	The PageData item to locate in the PageDataCollection.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Int32	The index of `item` if found in the list; otherwise, -1.

IndexOf(Object)

Determines the index of a specific item in the PageDataCollection.

Declaration

public int IndexOf(object value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	value	The System.Object to locate in the PageDataCollection.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Int32	The index of `value` if found in the list; otherwise, -1.

Insert(Int32, PageData)

Insert new page at given position

Declaration

public void Insert(int index, PageData page)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	index	Index to insert page
PageData	page	Page to insert

Insert(Int32, Object)

Inserts an item, which must be of type PageData, in the PageDataCollection at the specified index.

Declaration

public void Insert(int index, object value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	index	The zero-based index at which `value` should be inserted.
System.Object	value	The PageData instance to insert into the PageDataCollection.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	`index` is not a valid index in the PageDataCollection.

Remove(PageData)

Removes the first occurrence of a specific page from the PageDataCollection.

Declaration

public bool Remove(PageData page)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PageData	page	The page to remove from the PageDataCollection.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if page was successfully removed from the PageDataCollection; otherwise, false. This method also returns false if page is not found in the collection.

Remove(Object)

Removes the first occurrence of a specific object from the PageDataCollection.

Declaration

public void Remove(object value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	value	The System.Object to remove from the PageDataCollection.

RemoveAt(Int32)

Remove page from collection

Declaration

public void RemoveAt(int index)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	index	Remove at index

RemoveRange(Int32, Int32)

Remove multiple pages from collection

Declaration

public void RemoveRange(int index, int count)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	index	Start removing at index
System.Int32	count	Number of pages to remove

ShallowCopy()

Make a shallow copy of collection

Declaration

public PageDataCollection ShallowCopy()

Returns

Type	Description
PageDataCollection	Copied collection

Sort(IComparer<PageData>)

Sorts all the elements in the collection

Declaration

public void Sort(IComparer<PageData> comparer)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IComparer<PageData>	comparer

Implements

System.Collections.Generic.IList<>

System.Collections.Generic.ICollection<>

System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<>

System.Collections.IEnumerable

System.Collections.IList

System.Collections.ICollection

Extension Methods

IdentityObjectExtensions.GetIdentity(Object)

IdentityObjectExtensions.SetIdentity(Object, Identity)

PropertyBagObjectsExtensions.ToPropertyBag(Object)

PropertyBagObjectsExtensions.ToPropertyBag(Object, IEnumerable<String>)

RuntimeModelExtensions.GetOriginalType(Object)