Interface IHierarchicalPageDataSource

Defines the contract for how hierarchical loading of pages is performed in the PageTreeData and the PageDataSource controls.

Namespace: EPiServer.Web.WebControls
Assembly: EPiServer.dll
Version: 8.11.0
Syntax
public interface IHierarchicalPageDataSource

Properties

AccessLevel

Gets the page access level for datasource.

Declaration
AccessLevel AccessLevel { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
AccessLevel

The page access level.

EvaluateHasChildren

Gets a value indicating if the HasChildren property should be determined for the associated PageHierarchyData instance. In some tree rendering situations it can cost a lot, performance wise, to perform this evaluation in which case this property can be implemeneted to return false.

Declaration
bool EvaluateHasChildren { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

Methods

GetFilteredChildren(PageReference)

Returns a filtered PageDataCollection that represents the child pages of the provided PageReference.

Declaration
PageDataCollection GetFilteredChildren(PageReference pageLink)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PageReference pageLink

Represents the node for which children are to be loaded.

Returns
Type Description
PageDataCollection

A PageDataCollection of the filtered children.

HierarchicalSelect(String)

Performs a selection based on a specified path. A blank path denotes the root of the page hierarchy.

Declaration
PageHierarchicalEnumerable HierarchicalSelect(string viewPath)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String viewPath

The path to load.

Returns
Type Description
PageHierarchicalEnumerable

A PageHierarchicalEnumerable that can enumerate the loaded pages.

Remarks

If the provided path is an empty string it denotes the root of the page hierarchy. All other paths represent a Page ID.

IsRoot(PageData)

Calculates whether a PageData object corresponds to the hierarchical root.

Declaration
bool IsRoot(PageData page)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PageData page

The PageData instance to compare.

Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean

true if page is the same as the hierarchical root, otherwise false.

Extension Methods