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Class PageTemplateContainer

Used for template context on a page level.

Inheritance
System.Object
PageTemplateContainer
CalendarEventTemplateContainer
Implements
System.Web.UI.INamingContainer
Namespace: EPiServer.Web.WebControls
Assembly: EPiServer.Cms.AspNet.dll
Version: 11.20.7
Syntax
public class PageTemplateContainer : Control, INamingContainer, IPageSource, IContentSource

Constructors

PageTemplateContainer(PageData)

Initializes a new instance of the PageTemplateContainer class.

Declaration
public PageTemplateContainer(PageData page)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PageData page

The page.

PageTemplateContainer(PageData, Int32, Boolean)

Initializes a new instance of the PageTemplateContainer class specifying an indent and whether the provided page has children to render.

Declaration
public PageTemplateContainer(PageData page, int indent, bool hasChildren)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PageData page

Page to host
System.Int32 indent

The indent.
System.Boolean hasChildren

if set to true [has children].

PageTemplateContainer(PageData, Int32, Boolean, IPageSource)

Initializes a new instance of the PageTemplateContainer class specifying an indent and whether the provided page has children to render.

Declaration
public PageTemplateContainer(PageData page, int indent, bool hasChildren, IPageSource pageSource)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PageData page

The page.
System.Int32 indent

The indent.
System.Boolean hasChildren

Specifies whether 'page' has children or not.
IPageSource pageSource

The page source.

Properties

CurrentContent

Gets the currently loaded IContent.

Declaration
public IContent CurrentContent { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
IContent

Returns information about the currently loaded content, or a content in a collection when used inside a control.

CurrentPage

Page that is being hosted by template

Declaration
public PageData CurrentPage { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
PageData

DataItem

To support same syntax as System.Web.UI.WebControls.Repeater and others the current page is also available through DataItem

Declaration
public object DataItem { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Object

HasChildren

If the rendered/current page has any visible children in this context.

Declaration
public bool HasChildren { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean
Remarks

This value will only be valid for a control that evaluate a tree structure such as PageTree.

Indent

Gets the current indent.

Declaration
public int Indent { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

The current indent.

PreviewText

Text representation of page.

Declaration
public string PreviewText { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

Returns a String with preview of the page.
Remarks

The preview text is determined by the following:

Methods

Get<T>(ContentReference)

Retrieves a IContent object with information about a content, based on the ContentReference parameter.

Declaration
public T Get<T>(ContentReference contentLink)
    where T : IContentData
Parameters
Type Name Description
ContentReference contentLink

Reference to the content being retrieved
Returns
Type Description
T

IContent object requested
Type Parameters
Name Description
T

GetChildren<T>(ContentReference)

Retrieve a IContent listing

Declaration
public IEnumerable<T> GetChildren<T>(ContentReference contentLink)
    where T : IContentData
Parameters
Type Name Description
ContentReference contentLink

Reference to parent content
Returns
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T>

Returns a collection of IContent directly below the content referenced by the ContentReference parameter.
Type Parameters
Name Description
T

InstantiateWithFallback(ITemplate[])

Instantiates the template container in the first non null ITemplate references passed in the templateChain

Declaration
public bool InstantiateWithFallback(params ITemplate[] templateChain)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Web.UI.ITemplate[] templateChain

A chain of ITemplate objects
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean

Explicit Interface Implementations

IPageSource.GetChildren(PageReference)

Declaration
PageDataCollection IPageSource.GetChildren(PageReference pageLink)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PageReference pageLink
Returns
Type Description
PageDataCollection

IPageSource.GetPage(PageReference)

Declaration
PageData IPageSource.GetPage(PageReference pageLink)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PageReference pageLink
Returns
Type Description
PageData

Implements

System.Web.UI.INamingContainer

Extension Methods