Class ContentLoader

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice.

Inheritance

System.Object

ContentLoader

Implements

IContentLoader

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.Internal

Assembly: EPiServer.dll

Version: 11.20.7

Syntax

public abstract class ContentLoader : IContentLoader

Constructors

ContentLoader()

Declaration

protected ContentLoader()

Methods

Get<T>(ContentReference)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the content item represented by the provided reference.

Declaration

public abstract T Get<T>(ContentReference contentLink)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	The link to the content.

Returns

Type	Description
T	The requested content item, as the specified type.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of content to get.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
TypeMismatchException	Is thrown if actual type is not assignable to T.
ContentNotFoundException	Is thrown if there is no IContent instance with `contentLink` as id.

Get<T>(ContentReference, LoaderOptions)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the content item represented by the provided reference given by the provided context.

Declaration

public abstract T Get<T>(ContentReference contentLink, LoaderOptions loaderOptions)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	The link to the content.
LoaderOptions	loaderOptions	The settings that specifies how the content should be loaded, e.g. the language to get the content in.

Returns

Type	Description
T	The requested content, as the specified type, in the specified language.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of content to get.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
TypeMismatchException	Is thrown if actual type is not assignable to T.
ContentNotFoundException	Is thrown if there is no IContent instance with `contentLink` as id.

Get<T>(ContentReference, CultureInfo)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the specific language of content item represented by the provided reference.

Declaration

public abstract T Get<T>(ContentReference contentLink, CultureInfo language)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	The link to the content.
System.Globalization.CultureInfo	language	The langauge

Returns

Type	Description
T	The requested content item, as the specified type.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of content to get.

Remarks

If the contentLink is a specific version (that is where WorkID is set) the language is ignored and that specific version is returned.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
TypeMismatchException	Is thrown if actual type is not assignable to T.
ContentNotFoundException	Is thrown if there is no IContent instance with `contentLink` as id.

Get<T>(Guid)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the content item represented by the provided GUID.

Declaration

public abstract T Get<T>(Guid contentGuid)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Guid	contentGuid	The content identifier.

Returns

Type	Description
T	The requested content item, as the specified type.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of content to get.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
TypeMismatchException	Is thrown if actual type is not assignable to T.
ContentNotFoundException	Is thrown if there is no IContent instance with `contentGuid` as id.

Get<T>(Guid, LoaderOptions)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the content item represented by the provided GUID given by the provided context.

Declaration

public abstract T Get<T>(Guid contentGuid, LoaderOptions loaderOptions)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Guid	contentGuid	The content identifier.
LoaderOptions	loaderOptions	The settings that specifies how the content should be loaded, e.g. the language to get the content in.

Returns

Type	Description
T	The requested content item, as the specified type.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of content to get.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
TypeMismatchException	Is thrown if actual type is not assignable to T.
ContentNotFoundException	Is thrown if there is no IContent instance with `contentGuid` as id.

Get<T>(Guid, CultureInfo)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the specific language of content item represented by the provided reference.

Declaration

public abstract T Get<T>(Guid contentGuid, CultureInfo language)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Guid	contentGuid	The content identifier.
System.Globalization.CultureInfo	language	The language.

Returns

Type	Description
T	The requested content item, as the specified type.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of content to get.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
TypeMismatchException	Is thrown if actual type is not assignable to T.
ContentNotFoundException	Is thrown if there is no IContent instance with `contentGuid` as id.

GetAncestors(ContentReference)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Retrieves all content items located above the specified content.

Declaration

public abstract IEnumerable<IContent> GetAncestors(ContentReference contentLink)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	The reference to the item whose ancestors you want to retrieve.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<IContent>	A list of all items located above the specified reference.

GetBySegment(ContentReference, String, LoaderOptions)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the child IContentData instance that has a RouteSegment that matches urlSegment.

Declaration

public abstract IContent GetBySegment(ContentReference parentLink, string urlSegment, LoaderOptions settings)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	parentLink	The parent link.
System.String	urlSegment	The URL segment.
LoaderOptions	settings	The settings to use.

Returns

Type	Description
IContent	The content instance that matches `urlSegment` or null if no match.

Remarks

It is the passed in settings that is responsible to handle fallback and replacement settings for language.

GetBySegment(ContentReference, String, CultureInfo)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the child IContentData instance that has a RouteSegment that matches urlSegment.

Declaration

public abstract IContent GetBySegment(ContentReference parentLink, string urlSegment, CultureInfo language)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	parentLink	The parent link.
System.String	urlSegment	The URL segment.
System.Globalization.CultureInfo	language	The language

Returns

Type	Description
IContent	The content instance that matches `urlSegment` or null if no match.

Remarks

It is the passed in language that is responsible to handle fallback and replacement settings for language.

GetChildren<T>(ContentReference)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the children of the content item represented by the provided reference.

Declaration

public abstract IEnumerable<T> GetChildren<T>(ContentReference contentLink)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	A reference to the parent whose children should be returned.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T>	The children of the specifed parent, as the specified type.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of children to get.

GetChildren<T>(ContentReference, LoaderOptions)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the children of the content item represented by the provided reference given by the provided settings.

Declaration

public abstract IEnumerable<T> GetChildren<T>(ContentReference contentLink, LoaderOptions loaderOptions)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	A reference to the parent whose children should be returned.
LoaderOptions	loaderOptions	The settings that specifies how the content should be loaded, e.g. the language to get the content in.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T>	The children of the specifed parent, as the specified type.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of children to get.

GetChildren<T>(ContentReference, LoaderOptions, Int32, Int32)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the children of the content item represented by the provided reference given by the provided context.

Declaration

public abstract IEnumerable<T> GetChildren<T>(ContentReference contentLink, LoaderOptions loaderOptions, int startIndex, int maxRows)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	A reference to the parent whose children should be returned.
LoaderOptions	loaderOptions	The settings that specifies how the content should be loaded, e.g. the language to get the content in.
System.Int32	startIndex	The index of the first child to return.
System.Int32	maxRows	The max number of children to return.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T>	The children of the specifed parent, as the specified type.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of children to get.

Remarks

This is the overload of GetChildren that supports paging.

GetChildren<T>(ContentReference, CultureInfo)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the children of the content item represented by the provided reference given the language.

Declaration

public abstract IEnumerable<T> GetChildren<T>(ContentReference contentLink, CultureInfo language)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	A reference to the parent whose children should be returned.
System.Globalization.CultureInfo	language	The language.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T>	The children of the specifed parent, as the specified type.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of children to get.

GetChildren<T>(ContentReference, CultureInfo, Int32, Int32)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the children of the content item represented by the provided reference given the language.

Declaration

public abstract IEnumerable<T> GetChildren<T>(ContentReference contentLink, CultureInfo language, int startIndex, int maxRows)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	A reference to the parent whose children should be returned.
System.Globalization.CultureInfo	language	The language.
System.Int32	startIndex	The index of the first child to return.
System.Int32	maxRows	The max number of children to return.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T>	The children of the specifed parent, as the specified type.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of children to get.

Remarks

This is the overload of GetChildren that supports paging.

GetDescendents(ContentReference)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets references to the descendents of the specified content.

Declaration

public abstract IEnumerable<ContentReference> GetDescendents(ContentReference contentLink)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	A reference to the parent whose descendents should be returned.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<ContentReference>	A list of references to all the descendent of specified content.

GetItems(IEnumerable<ContentReference>, LoaderOptions)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets all content items that is represented by the provided references given by the provided context.

Declaration

public abstract IEnumerable<IContent> GetItems(IEnumerable<ContentReference> contentLinks, LoaderOptions loaderOptions)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<ContentReference>	contentLinks	A list of references to content that should be fetched.
LoaderOptions	loaderOptions	The settings that specifies how the content should be loaded, e.g. the language to get the content in.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<IContent>	A list of content for the specifed references.

Remarks

For references that specifies a specific version (that is where WorkID is set) the language on context is ignored and that specific version is returned.

If contentLinks contain duplicate entries only one IContent instance is returned for the duplicate entries.

GetItems(IEnumerable<ContentReference>, CultureInfo)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets all content items that is represented by the provided references given the language.

Declaration

public abstract IEnumerable<IContent> GetItems(IEnumerable<ContentReference> contentLinks, CultureInfo language)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<ContentReference>	contentLinks	A list of references to content that should be fetched.
System.Globalization.CultureInfo	language	The language.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<IContent>	A list of content for the specifed references.

Remarks

For references that specifies a specific version (that is where WorkID is set) the language is ignored and that specific version is returned.

If contentLinks contain duplicate entries only one IContent instance is returned for the duplicate entries.

TryGet<T>(ContentReference, out T)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the content item represented by the provided reference.

Declaration

public abstract bool TryGet<T>(ContentReference contentLink, out T content)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	The link to the content.
T	content	The content with given id or null if content not found or if type is not assignable to T.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if content is found or false if content is not found or if found content is of a type not assignable to T.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of content to get.

TryGet<T>(ContentReference, LoaderOptions, out T)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the content item represented by the provided reference.

Declaration

public abstract bool TryGet<T>(ContentReference contentLink, LoaderOptions loaderOptions, out T content)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	The link to the content.
LoaderOptions	loaderOptions	The settings that specifies how the content should be loaded, e.g. the language to get the content in.
T	content	The content with given id or null if content not found or if type is not assignable to T.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if content is found or false if content is not found or if found content is of a type not assignable to T.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of content to get.

TryGet<T>(ContentReference, CultureInfo, out T)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the content item represented by the provided reference given the language.

Declaration

public abstract bool TryGet<T>(ContentReference contentLink, CultureInfo language, out T content)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	The link to the content.
System.Globalization.CultureInfo	language	The language.
T	content	The content with given id or null if content not found or if type is not assignable to T.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if content is found or false if content is not found or if found content is of a type not assignable to T.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of content to get.

Remarks

If the contentLink is a specific version (that is where WorkID is set) the language is ignored and that specific version is returned.

TryGet<T>(Guid, out T)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the content item represented by the provided reference.

Declaration

public abstract bool TryGet<T>(Guid contentGuid, out T content)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Guid	contentGuid	The unique identifier for the content.
T	content	The content with given id or null if content not found or if type is not assignable to T.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if content is found or false if content is not found or if found content is of a type not assignable to T.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of content to get.

TryGet<T>(Guid, LoaderOptions, out T)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the content item represented by the provided reference.

Declaration

public abstract bool TryGet<T>(Guid contentGuid, LoaderOptions loaderOptions, out T content)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Guid	contentGuid	The unique identifier for the content.
LoaderOptions	loaderOptions	The settings that specifies how the content should be loaded, e.g. the language to get the content in.
T	content	The content with given id or null if content not found or if type is not assignable to T.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if content is found or false if content is not found or if found content is of a type not assignable to T.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of content to get.

TryGet<T>(Guid, CultureInfo, out T)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Gets the content item represented by the provided reference given the language.

Declaration

public abstract bool TryGet<T>(Guid contentGuid, CultureInfo language, out T content)
    where T : IContentData

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Guid	contentGuid	The guid to the content.
System.Globalization.CultureInfo	language	The language.
T	content	The content with given id or null if content not found or if type is not assignable to T.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if content is found or false if content is not found or if found content is of a type not assignable to T.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of content to get.

Implements

IContentLoader

Extension Methods

IdentityObjectExtensions.GetIdentity(Object)

IdentityObjectExtensions.SetIdentity(Object, Identity)

PropertyBagObjectsExtensions.ToPropertyBag(Object)

PropertyBagObjectsExtensions.ToPropertyBag(Object, IEnumerable<String>)

RuntimeModelExtensions.GetOriginalType(Object)