MetaFieldBuilder class (Commerce 8) | Optimizely Developer Commun

Introduction

To make it quicker and easier to create meta fields based on system meta types, Business Foundation has a MetaFieldBuilder class, with which you can create meta fields based on existing system meta types.

The following methods are available in the MetaFieldBuilder class:

CreateGuid
CreateDateTime
CreateDate
CreateInteger
CreateFloat
CreateCurrency
CreateCheckBoxBoolean
CreateDropDownBoolean
CreateText CreateEmail
CreateUrl CreateLongText
CreateHtml
CreateFile
CreateImage
CreateReference
CreateReferencedField
CreateBackReference
CreateCardField
CreateEnumField
CreateAggregation
CreateIntegerPercent
CreateFloatPercent
CreateDecimalPercent
CreateDecimal
CreateDuration

When using the MetaFieldBuilder, the Edit scope will automatically be opened.

Creating a meta field with MetaFieldBuilder

Example: Using the MetaFieldBuilder to create a meta field

using (MetaFieldBuilder builder = new MetaFieldBuilder(metaClass))
            {
            builder.CreateDateTime(CreatedFieldName, CreatedFriendlyName, false, true);
            builder.CreateText(CreatorFieldNameText, CreatorFriendlyName, false, 50, false);
            builder.CreateGuid(CreatorFieldNameGuid, CreatorFriendlyName, false);
            builder.CreateInteger(CreatorFieldNameInteger, CreatorFriendlyName, false, -1);
            builder.SaveChanges();
            }