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Class ConfigurationEditor<TConfiguration>

Represents a data type configuration editor with a typed configuration.

Inheritance

System.Object

ConfigurationEditor

Namespace: Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors

Assembly: Umbraco.Core.dll

Syntax

public abstract class ConfigurationEditor<TConfiguration> : ConfigurationEditor, IConfigurationEditor where TConfiguration : new()

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TConfiguration

Constructors

ConfigurationEditor()

Initializes a new instance of the ConfigurationEditor<TConfiguration> class.

Declaration

protected ConfigurationEditor()

Properties

DefaultConfiguration

Gets the default configuration.

Declaration

public override IDictionary<string, object> DefaultConfiguration { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<System.String, System.Object>

Remarks

For basic configuration editors, this will be a dictionary of key/values. For advanced editors which inherit from ConfigurationEditor<TConfiguration>, this will be the dictionary equivalent of an actual configuration object (ie an instance of TConfiguration, obtained via ToConfigurationEditor(Object).

DefaultConfigurationObject

Gets the default configuration object.

Declaration

public override object DefaultConfigurationObject { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Object

Remarks

For basic configuration editors, this will be DefaultConfiguration, ie a dictionary of key/values. For advanced editors which inherit from ConfigurationEditor<TConfiguration>, this will be an actual configuration object (ie an instance of TConfiguration.

Methods

FromConfigurationEditor(IDictionary<String, Object>, TConfiguration)

Converts the configuration posted by the editor.

Declaration

public virtual TConfiguration FromConfigurationEditor(IDictionary<string, object> editorValues, TConfiguration configuration)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<System.String, System.Object>	editorValues	The configuration object posted by the editor.
TConfiguration	configuration	The current configuration object.

Returns

Type	Description
TConfiguration

FromConfigurationEditor(IDictionary<String, Object>, Object)

Converts the values posted by the configuration editor into the actual configuration object.

Declaration

public sealed override object FromConfigurationEditor(IDictionary<string, object> editorValues, object configuration)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<System.String, System.Object>	editorValues	The values posted by the configuration editor.
System.Object	configuration	The current configuration object.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Object

FromDatabase(String)

Converts the serialized database value into the actual configuration object.

Declaration

public override object FromDatabase(string configuration)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	configuration

Returns

Type	Description
System.Object

Remarks

Converting the configuration object to the serialized database value is achieved by simply serializing the configuration. See ToDatabase(Object).

IsConfiguration(Object)

Determines whether a configuration object is of the type expected by the configuration editor.

Declaration

public override bool IsConfiguration(object obj)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	obj

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

ToConfigurationEditor(TConfiguration)

Converts configuration values to values for the editor.

Declaration

public virtual Dictionary<string, object> ToConfigurationEditor(TConfiguration configuration)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TConfiguration	configuration	The configuration.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<System.String, System.Object>

ToConfigurationEditor(Object)

Converts the configuration object to values for the configuration editor.

Declaration

public sealed override IDictionary<string, object> ToConfigurationEditor(object configuration)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	configuration	The configuration.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<System.String, System.Object>