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Interface IEntityResolver

Defines a service that can resolve an EntityReference to the unique identity of the referenced IEntity and vice versa.

Namespace: EPiServer.Data.Entity
Assembly: EPiServer.Data.dll
Version: 11.20.7
Syntax
public interface IEntityResolver
Examples

Load an IEntity by unique id

        public IEntity GetEntityByGuid(Guid guid)
{
    IEntityResolver resolver = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<IEntityResolver>();
    EntityReference reference = resolver.GetEntityReference(guid);

if(reference!=EntityReference.Empty)
{
    IEntityProvider provider = EntityProviderHandler.Instance.GetEntityProvider(reference.Type);
    return provider.GetEntityInstance(reference.Type,reference.ID);
}
return null;



}

Methods

GetEntityReference(Guid)

Gets an EntityReference to the IEntity with the specified unique identity.

Declaration
EntityReference GetEntityReference(Guid uniqueId)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Guid uniqueId

The unique identity of the entity.
Returns
Type Description
EntityReference

The EntityReference that referes to the IEntity with the given unique identity, or Empty if not found.

GetEntityUniqueID(EntityReference)

Gets the unique identity of the IEntity that is referenced by the specified EntityReference.

Declaration
Guid GetEntityUniqueID(EntityReference entityReference)
Parameters
Type Name Description
EntityReference entityReference

A reference to the entity.
Returns
Type Description
System.Guid

The unique identity of the IEntity that the given EntityReference refers to, or System.Guid.Empty if not found.

Extension Methods