MetaFieldBuilder class (Commerce 9) | Optimizely Developer Commun

The Business Foundation (BF) MetaFieldBuilder class lets you create meta-fields based on existing system meta-types.

The MetaFieldBuilder class has the following methods:

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 you use the MetaFieldBuilder, the Edit scope is automatically opened.

Creating a meta-field with MetaFieldBuilder

Example: Using the MetaFieldBuilder to create a meta-field.

C#

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();
            }