Class Relation

Abstract base class for relations describing catalog structure.

Inheritance

System.Object

Relation

EntryRelation

NodeRelation

Implements

EPiServer.Data.Entity.IReadOnly<Relation>

EPiServer.Data.Entity.IReadOnly

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.Commerce.Catalog.Linking

Assembly: EPiServer.Business.Commerce.dll

Version: 11.8.3

Syntax

public abstract class Relation : IReadOnly<Relation>, IReadOnly

Constructors

Relation()

Declaration

protected Relation()

Properties

AllowedChildTypes

Gets the types allowed for Child.

Declaration

protected abstract CatalogContentType[] AllowedChildTypes { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
CatalogContentType[]

AllowedParentTypes

Gets the types allowed for Parent.

Declaration

protected abstract CatalogContentType[] AllowedParentTypes { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
CatalogContentType[]

Child

The child catalog content in the parent-child relation.

Declaration

public ContentReference Child { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
EPiServer.Core.ContentReference	The EPiServer.Core.ContentReference of the catalog content (CatalogContentBase) that is the child in the relation.

IsReadOnly

Indicates whether the current object instance is read-only.

Declaration

public bool IsReadOnly { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Parent

The parent catalog content in the parent-child relation.

Declaration

public ContentReference Parent { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
EPiServer.Core.ContentReference	The EPiServer.Core.ContentReference of the catalog content (CatalogContentBase) that is the parent in the relation.

SortOrder

Gets the sort order.

Declaration

public int SortOrder { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32	The sort order used when sorting all child objects of the same type with the same parent.

Source

Gets or sets the source of the relation (the item that has the relation). For NodeRelation this is the categorized item (entry or subcategory). For ProductVariation, PackageEntry and Parent this is the product/bundle/package itself.

Declaration

[Obsolete("This property is no longer used, use Parent/Child instead. Will remain at least until May 2018.")]
public ContentReference Source { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
EPiServer.Core.ContentReference

Remarks

Using Child and Source is recommended over using Target and BundleEntry as the parent-child analogy of relations is less abstract and in most cases easier to understand than source-target.

SourceAccessor

Backing implementation for Source

Declaration

protected abstract ContentReference SourceAccessor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
EPiServer.Core.ContentReference

Target

Gets or sets the target of the relation (the item we're relating to). For NodeRelation this is the category (parent). For ProductVariation this is the variant. For BundleEntry and PackageEntry this is the entry included in the bundle/package.

Declaration

[Obsolete("This property is no longer used, use Parent/Child instead. Will remain at least until May 2018.")]
public ContentReference Target { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
EPiServer.Core.ContentReference

Remarks

Using Parent and Child is recommended over using Source and Target as the parent-child analogy of relations is less abstract and in most cases easier to understand than source-target.

TargetAccessor

Backing implementation for Target

Declaration

protected abstract ContentReference TargetAccessor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
EPiServer.Core.ContentReference

Methods

CreateWritableClone()

Creates a writable copy of the current object.

Declaration

public Relation CreateWritableClone()

Returns

Type	Description
Relation	A writable copy of the current object.

Remarks

The cloning is a deep-copy.

CreateWritableClone<T>()

Creates a writable copy of the current object.

Declaration

public T CreateWritableClone<T>()
    where T : Relation

Returns

Type	Description
T	A writable copy of the current object.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type to clone to.

Remarks

The cloning is a deep-copy.

CreateWritableCloneImplementation()

Implements the deep clone. Override to add any operations not handled by the base implementation (which includes a shallow copy by MemberwiseClone).

Declaration

protected virtual Relation CreateWritableCloneImplementation()

Returns

Type	Description
Relation	A cloned instance in read-write mode.

MakeReadOnly()

Changes the object instance into a read-only object.

Declaration

public void MakeReadOnly()

Remarks

After calling this method, any attempt to change the object instance or any contained object will generate a System.NotSupportedException. I.e. the semantics is "deep read-only".

Note! After setting an object to read-only it is not possible to revert back to read-write mode. You will have to call the CreateWritableClone method to get a copy that can be modified.

ThrowIfReadOnly()

Calls EPiServer.Data.Validator.ValidateNotReadOnly(EPiServer.Data.Entity.IReadOnly) which throws an exception if the item is in read-only mode. Subtypes should call this before accepting any modification to the object.

Declaration

protected void ThrowIfReadOnly()

ValidateType(ReferenceConverter, ContentReference, String, CatalogContentType[])

Validates that a content reference points to a catalog content of one of the specified types.

Declaration

protected void ValidateType(ReferenceConverter referenceConverter, ContentReference contentLink, string propertyName, params CatalogContentType[] allowedTypes)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ReferenceConverter	referenceConverter	The reference converter.
EPiServer.Core.ContentReference	contentLink	The content link.
System.String	propertyName	Name of the property.
CatalogContentType[]	allowedTypes	The allowed types.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.InvalidOperationException	Thrown if the reference is not of any of the allowed types.

Implements

EPiServer.Data.Entity.IReadOnly<>

EPiServer.Data.Entity.IReadOnly