Class PermanentLinkUtility

Utility functions for the permanent link functionality

Inheritance

System.Object

PermanentLinkUtility

Inherited Members

System.Object.ToString()

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

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

System.Object.GetHashCode()

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System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: EPiServer.Web

Assembly: EPiServer.dll

Version: 11.20.7

Syntax

public static class PermanentLinkUtility

Methods

ChangeGuid(String, Guid)

Changes the Guid in a permanent link Url

Declaration

public static string ChangeGuid(string url, Guid guid)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	url	The URL.
System.Guid	guid	The GUID.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String

FindContentReference(Guid)

Tries to find a content reference given a Guid.

Declaration

public static ContentReference FindContentReference(Guid guid)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Guid	guid	The GUID.

Returns

Type	Description
ContentReference

FindContentReference(Guid, IPermanentLinkMapper)

Tries to find a content reference given a Guid.

Declaration

public static ContentReference FindContentReference(Guid guid, IPermanentLinkMapper permanentLinkMapper)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Guid	guid	The GUID.
IPermanentLinkMapper	permanentLinkMapper	The permanent link mapper.

Returns

Type	Description
ContentReference	Reference to content, or null if not found

FindGuid(ContentReference)

Tries to find a GUID given a page reference

Declaration

public static Guid FindGuid(ContentReference contentLink)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	The page reference.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Guid	A valid link map, or null if not found

FindGuid(ContentReference, IPermanentLinkMapper)

Tries to find a GUID given a page reference

Declaration

public static Guid FindGuid(ContentReference contentLink, IPermanentLinkMapper permanentLinkMapper)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentReference	contentLink	The page reference.
IPermanentLinkMapper	permanentLinkMapper	The permanent link mapper.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Guid	A valid link map, or null if not found

GetContent(String)

Gets the content from the given href value.

Declaration

[Obsolete("This method only supports classic/mapped url's which are no longer used since 8.0 - use PermanentLinkUtility.GetGuid(url) to get the unique ID from an URL")]
public static IContent GetContent(string hrefValue)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	hrefValue	The href value.

Returns

Type	Description
IContent

GetContentReference(UrlBuilder)

Gets the content reference for the mappedUrl.

Declaration

[Obsolete("This method only supports classic/mapped url's which are no longer used since 8.0 - use PermanentLinkUtility.GetGuid(url) to get the unique ID from an URL")]
public static ContentReference GetContentReference(UrlBuilder mappedUrl)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
UrlBuilder	mappedUrl	The mapped URL.

Returns

Type	Description
ContentReference	ContentReference for the content. ContentReference.EmptyReference if it was not mapped to a content

GetGuid(Url)

Gets the GUID part from a permanent link

Declaration

public static Guid GetGuid(Url url)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Url	url	The URL.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Guid	The Guid from the link or Guid.Empty if it was no proper permanent link

GetGuid(Url, out String)

Gets the GUID part from a permanent link

Declaration

public static Guid GetGuid(Url url, out string extension)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Url	url	The URL.
System.String	extension	The extension.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Guid	The Guid from the link or Guid.Empty if it was no proper permanent link

GetGuid(UrlBuilder, out String)

Gets the GUID from a permanent link.

Declaration

public static Guid GetGuid(UrlBuilder url, out string extension)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
UrlBuilder	url	The permanent link, must be an absolute Uri, a root-relative Uri or an app-relative Uri
System.String	extension	The extension from the permanent link

Returns

Type	Description
System.Guid

Remarks

The only method to produce a corrent permanent link is via the method GetPermanentLinkUrl()

GetGuid(String)

Gets the GUID from an permanent link that may be expressed as virtualPath, a root-relative Url, an app-relative Url or as an absolulte Url.

Declaration

public static Guid GetGuid(string virtualPathOrUrl)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	virtualPathOrUrl	The virtual path or URL.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Guid

GetGuid(String, out String)

Gets the GUID part from a permanent link

Declaration

public static Guid GetGuid(string virtualPathOrUrl, out string extension)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	virtualPathOrUrl	The virtual path or URL.
System.String	extension	The extension.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Guid	The Guid from the link or Guid.Empty if it was no proper permanent link

GetPermanentLinkUrl(Guid, String)

Gets a permanent link URL representation by building it. No lookup is performed.

Declaration

public static Uri GetPermanentLinkUrl(Guid guid, string extension)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Guid	guid	The GUID.
System.String	extension	The extension.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Uri	The permanent link Url representing this Guid and extension

Remarks

The instances returned should be treated as opaque units. Do not parse or interpret the contents.

GetPermanentLinkVirtualPath(Guid, String)

Gets a permanent link virtual path representation by building it. No lookup is performed.

Declaration

public static string GetPermanentLinkVirtualPath(Guid guid, string extension)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Guid	guid	The GUID.
System.String	extension	The extension.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	The permanent link virtual path representing this Guid and extension

Remarks

The instances returned should be treated as opaque units. Do not parse or interpret the contents.

IsMappableUrl(UrlBuilder)

Determines whether the specified URL is a mappable URL.

Declaration

[Obsolete("This method only supports classic/mapped url's which are no longer used since 8.0 - use PermanentLinkUtility.GetGuid(url) to get the unique ID from an URL")]
public static bool IsMappableUrl(UrlBuilder url)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
UrlBuilder	url	The URL.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	`true` if the specified URL is a mappable URL; otherwise, `false`.

Remarks

The concept "mappable URL" is a URL that directly references an ASPX-page and is part of the local site.

TryParseGuid(String, out Guid)

Tries to get the get Guid from a string.

Declaration

[Obsolete("Use System.Guid.TryParse instead.")]
public static bool TryParseGuid(string g, out Guid guid)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	g	The Guid string.
System.Guid	guid	The Guid, or Guid.Empty if it was not possible to get a Guid.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if a valid guid was detected.