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Lee Englestone
Lee Englestone

Reputation: 4667

EpiServer : How to Check Whether Page Exists?

Is there a way to gracefully check whether a page exists in EpiServer CMS 5 (given a pageId integer) without having to catch the PageNotFoundException thrown by

DataFactory.Instance.GetPage(pageReference)

(EpiServer will happily create a PageReference using a non existing pageId).

Surely I can check whether a page exists without throwing an exception or doing a massive loop?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2803

Answers (4)

Dariusz Woźniak
Dariusz Woźniak

Reputation: 10350

IContentLoader already has the TryGet method with a few overloads:

bool TryGet<T>(ContentReference contentLink, out T content) where T : IContentData;

bool TryGet<T>(ContentReference contentLink, CultureInfo language, out T content) where T : IContentData;

bool TryGet<T>(ContentReference contentLink, LoaderOptions settings, out T content) where T : IContentData;

bool TryGet<T>(Guid contentGuid, out T content) where T : IContentData;

bool TryGet<T>(Guid contentGuid, CultureInfo language, out T content) where T : IContentData;

bool TryGet<T>(Guid contentGuid, LoaderOptions loaderOptions, out T content) where T : IContentData;

Try to get with the page reference and check the Boolean result. Also, it makes sense to check whether the content is a proper reference - via ContentReference.IsNullOrEmpty.

Upvotes: 0

Johan Kronberg
Johan Kronberg

Reputation: 1086

I find it nice to do the catching in an extension method:

public static bool TryGetPage(this PageReference pageReference, out PageData pd)
{
    try
    {
        pd = DataFactory.Instance.GetPage(pageReference);
        return true;
    }
    catch (Exception)
    {
        pd = null;
        return false;
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Phil Peace
Phil Peace

Reputation: 753

There is a static method of PageReference which should help:

PageReference.IsNullOrEmpty(pageLink)

Upvotes: -3

Fredrik Haglund
Fredrik Haglund

Reputation: 2375

[EPiServer CMS 5 R2 SP2] No, not without bypassing the page cache and that is more expensive than catching the exception.

Upvotes: 6

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