Class IContentExtensions

Extends IContent with some convenient methods.

Inheritance

System.Object

IContentExtensions

Inherited Members

System.Object.ToString()

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: EPiServer.Core

Assembly: EPiServer.dll

Version: 9.12.2

Syntax

public static class IContentExtensions

Methods

GetForceCurrentVersionSaveAction(IContent)

Get SaveAction required to patch content without changing either status or creating a new version. Also bypasses validation.

Declaration

public static SaveAction GetForceCurrentVersionSaveAction(this IContent content)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IContent	content	The content

Returns

Type	Description
SaveAction	The SaveAction

GetPropertyName<TContent>(TContent, Expression<Func<TContent, Object>>)

Gets the property name from the expression.

Declaration

public static string GetPropertyName<TContent>(this TContent content, Expression<Func<TContent, object>> expression)
    where TContent : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TContent	content	The content containing the property definition.
System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<System.Func<TContent, System.Object>>	expression	The expression to get the property name. The expression needs to be a member expression or a unary expression.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	Name of the property

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TContent	The content type.

GetTargetFrame(IContent)

Get the target frame for PageData to be used in links to pages

Declaration

public static string GetTargetFrame(this IContent content)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IContent	content

Returns

Type	Description
System.String

QueryAccess(IContent)

Return the access level that the current user has to the content

Declaration

public static AccessLevel QueryAccess(this IContent content)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IContent	content	The content.

Returns

Type	Description
AccessLevel	An AccessLevel

Remarks

Note that this method also checks the published status of the page to determine the actual access that the user has. I e if the page is not published the user will not see it unless he has "more" access than Read.

QueryDistinctAccess(IContent, AccessLevel)

Check for a distinct required access level. This is preferred to use over QueryAccess for performance reasons.

Declaration

public static bool QueryDistinctAccess(this IContent content, AccessLevel requestedLevel)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IContent	content	The content.
AccessLevel	requestedLevel	The requested level.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if at least the requested access is held by the current user

Remarks

This method is optimized for speed, by checking preconditions before calling expensive methods.