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Class ContentTypeCompositionBase

Represents an abstract class for composition specific ContentType properties and methods

Inheritance

System.Object

BeingDirtyBase

EntityBase

TreeEntityBase

ContentTypeBase

Namespace: Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models

Assembly: Umbraco.Core.dll

Syntax

[DataContract(IsReference = true)]
public abstract class ContentTypeCompositionBase : ContentTypeBase, IContentTypeComposition, IContentTypeBase, IUmbracoEntity, ITreeEntity, IEntity, IDeepCloneable, IRememberBeingDirty, ICanBeDirty

Constructors

ContentTypeCompositionBase(IShortStringHelper, Int32)

Declaration

protected ContentTypeCompositionBase(IShortStringHelper shortStringHelper, int parentId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IShortStringHelper	shortStringHelper
System.Int32	parentId

ContentTypeCompositionBase(IShortStringHelper, IContentTypeComposition)

Declaration

protected ContentTypeCompositionBase(IShortStringHelper shortStringHelper, IContentTypeComposition parent)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IShortStringHelper	shortStringHelper
IContentTypeComposition	parent

ContentTypeCompositionBase(IShortStringHelper, IContentTypeComposition, String)

Declaration

protected ContentTypeCompositionBase(IShortStringHelper shortStringHelper, IContentTypeComposition parent, string alias)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IShortStringHelper	shortStringHelper
IContentTypeComposition	parent
System.String	alias

Properties

CompositionPropertyGroups

Gets the property groups for the entire composition.

Declaration

[IgnoreDataMember]
public IEnumerable<PropertyGroup> CompositionPropertyGroups { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IEnumerable<PropertyGroup>

CompositionPropertyTypes

Gets the property types for the entire composition.

Declaration

[IgnoreDataMember]
public IEnumerable<IPropertyType> CompositionPropertyTypes { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IEnumerable<IPropertyType>

ContentTypeComposition

Gets or sets the content types that compose this content type.

Declaration

[DataMember]
public IEnumerable<IContentTypeComposition> ContentTypeComposition { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IEnumerable<IContentTypeComposition>

RemovedContentTypes

Declaration

public IEnumerable<int> RemovedContentTypes { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IEnumerable<System.Int32>

Methods

AddContentType(IContentTypeComposition)

Adds a content type to the composition.

Declaration

public bool AddContentType(IContentTypeComposition contentType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IContentTypeComposition	contentType	The content type to add.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if the content type was added, otherwise false.

AddPropertyGroup(String, String)

Adds a property group with the specified name and alias.

Declaration

public override bool AddPropertyGroup(string alias, string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	alias	The alias.
System.String	name	Name of the group.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns true if a property group with specified alias was added; otherwise, false .

Remarks

This method will also check if a group already exists with the same alias.

AddPropertyType(IPropertyType, String, String)

Adds the property type to the specified property group (creates a new group if not found and a name is specified).

Declaration

public override bool AddPropertyType(IPropertyType propertyType, string propertyGroupAlias, string propertyGroupName = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IPropertyType	propertyType	The property type to add.
System.String	propertyGroupAlias	The alias of the property group to add the property type to.
System.String	propertyGroupName	The name of the property group to create when not found.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns true if the property type was added; otherwise, false.

CompositionAliases()

Gets a list of ContentType aliases from the current composition

Declaration

public IEnumerable<string> CompositionAliases()

Returns

Type	Description
IEnumerable<System.String>	An enumerable list of string aliases

Remarks

Does not contain the alias of the Current ContentType

CompositionIds()

Gets a list of ContentType Ids from the current composition

Declaration

public IEnumerable<int> CompositionIds()

Returns

Type	Description
IEnumerable<System.Int32>	An enumerable list of integer ids

Remarks

Does not contain the Id of the Current ContentType

ContentTypeCompositionExists(String)

Checks if a ContentType with the supplied alias exists in the list of composite ContentTypes

Declaration

public bool ContentTypeCompositionExists(string alias)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	alias	Alias of a ContentType

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if ContentType with alias exists, otherwise returns False

GetOriginalComposedPropertyTypes()

Gets the property types obtained via composition.

Declaration

public IEnumerable<IPropertyType> GetOriginalComposedPropertyTypes()

Returns

Type	Description
IEnumerable<IPropertyType>

Remarks

Gets them raw, ie with their original variation.

PerformDeepClone(Object)

Declaration

protected override void PerformDeepClone(object clone)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	clone

PropertyTypeExists(String)

Checks whether a PropertyType with a given alias already exists

Declaration

public override bool PropertyTypeExists(string alias)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	alias	Alias of the PropertyType

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns True if a PropertyType with the passed in alias exists, otherwise False

RemoveContentType(String)

Removes a content type with a specified alias from the composition.

Declaration

public bool RemoveContentType(string alias)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	alias	The alias of the content type to remove.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if the content type was removed, otherwise false.