CODEWITHSUNDEEP
tridiontridion-2011
SDL Developer
SDL Developer

Reputation: 612

Get type of metadata fields of a Metadata schema

I want to get the all fields along with type/datatype of the metadata fields of a Metadata schema.

I have written below sample code to achieve the functionality and I am able to get Name, Description etc but could not find any property with type/dataType. If anyone of you have any idea, please suggest...

var client = new SessionAwareCoreService2010Client();

client.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.UserName = "myUserName";
client.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.Password = "myPassword";
client.Open();

if (client.State == System.ServiceModel.CommunicationState.Opened)
{
    var schemaUri = "tcm:1-47-8";
    var fields= client.ReadSchemaFields(schemaUri, true, new ReadOptions());
    var fieldName =   fields.MetadataFields[0].Name;
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 436

Answers (2)

Peter Kjaer
Peter Kjaer

Reputation: 4316

To know the type of a field, you only need to examine the .NET type of the field. I typically use an "is" check, but you can also call GetType if you want.

For example:

var client = new SessionAwareCoreService2010Client();

client.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.UserName = "myUserName";
client.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.Password = "myPassword";
client.Open();

if (client.State == System.ServiceModel.CommunicationState.Opened)
{
    var schemaUri = "tcm:1-47-8";
    var fields= client.ReadSchemaFields(schemaUri, true, new ReadOptions());
    foreach (var field in fields.MetadataFields)
    {
        if (field is SingleLineTextFieldDefinitionData)
        {
            // Do something specifically for single-line text fields
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 6

Frank van Puffelen
Frank van Puffelen

Reputation: 598688

The ReadSchemaFields method exposes only the definition of the fields. So it is essentially a wrapper around the properties you enter while you define the field in a schema.

The Content and Metadata are exposed by ComponentData.Content and ComponentData.Metadata respectively. But those are exposed as XML strings, so you will have to do your own parsing of them.

If you (understandably) don't feel like that, have a look at this helper class: http://code.google.com/p/tridion-practice/wiki/ChangeContentOrMetadata

You might also want to read my answer to this question: Updating Components using the Core Service in SDL Tridion 2011

Upvotes: 2

Related Questions