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PaRsH
PaRsH

Reputation: 1320

Sitecore glassmapper how to fetch the datasource from the rendering

need an suggestion on Sitecore rendering where i want to use glassmodel to render the item.

I have a page and that has many renderings and each renderings has data source associated with it.

I know that below statement will give me the Current context, not the datasource item. 

var context = new SitecoreContext();
            Model = context.GetCurrentItem<HomePage>();

What is the best option to solve my query? I gave gone through this article. But i'm really not convinced with that method as i'm using IoC (Windsor Castle) and have to write Unit test cases for each method. I may have to mock these objects later. I'm looking for the approach where i will be using Interface not the class.

Appreciate your help.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4772

Answers (3)

Gatogordo
Gatogordo

Reputation: 2635

If your controller is derived from GlassController you can use GetDataSourceItem<I..>(). That will give you the datasource.

Please note: Glassmapper is now absolute. This class will be removed in Future Releases. CS0618 Warning.

Upvotes: 3

nologo
nologo

Reputation: 6298

If you using Glass Mapper 5, the documentation doesn't refer to using GlassController anymore. You can use IMvcContext like below:

using System.Web.Mvc;
using Glass.Mapper.Sc.Web.Mvc;

public class TitlesController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        IMvcContext mvcContext = new MvcContext();

        // will return the DatasourceItem if set, otherwise the page context is returned
        Titles model = mvcContext.GetRenderingItem<Titles>();

        Titles dsModel = mvcContext.GetDataSourceItem<Titles>();

        return View(model);
    }
}

Upvotes: 2

Dheeraj Palagiri
Dheeraj Palagiri

Reputation: 1879

Adding to Gatogorodo's answer

if you controller is derived from GlassController or if you are in GlassView you can use this.DatasourceItem to get the data source.

this.GetDataSourceItem<Model>() will get you the desired model which might be one of the base template for the item template.

Upvotes: 0

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