Alternate to EPDataFactory

Dinesh Yadav

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Hi,

I am using the below in episerver 6 R2 , to get page data

PageData page = Global.EPDataFactory.GetPage(new PageReference(ErrorPageID));

What class i can use in Episerver 7 , as EPDataFactory is no more available

#208053

Oct 11, 2019 13:45

Daniel Ovaska

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var contentrepo = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<IContentRepository>();
var content = contentrepo .Get<IContent>(contentReference);

using dependecy injection for getting IContentRepository preferred :)

#208054

Edited, Oct 11, 2019 13:57

Dinesh Yadav - Oct 11, 2019 14:34

Thanks Daniel , is the below a collection ?
var content = contentrepo .Get

Daniel Ovaska

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Nope. Not that one. It will return a single content item. If you want a list of items below the node you can use .GetChildren() instead.

If you already know you have a page (not an image or block etc) you can instead use

var page= contentrepo .Get<PageData>(contentReference);

After that it's pretty similar to Episerver 6. You can check propeties etc.

#208063

Edited, Oct 11, 2019 15:34

Quan Mai

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DataFactory can still be used in CMS 11.13.x (latest version). Based on the name EPDataFactory it sounds like it is a custom wrapper in your code, or a 3rd party library.

But yes, using IContentRepository in a constructor injection way as Daniel suggested is the best way to move forward.

#208094

Oct 14, 2019 7:49

Dinesh Yadav - Oct 14, 2019 11:14

Hi Quan,
Thanks for the info , You may be write , the code is written way back for Episerver 4 and 5 and then moved to 6