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Class DynamicBlockFactory

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Factory to create DynamicBlocks which makes it possible to add a block property to a content instance that is not part of the ContentType.

Inheritance
System.Object
DynamicBlockFactory
Inherited Members
System.Object.ToString()
System.Object.Equals(System.Object)
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Namespace: EPiServer.Construction.Internal
Assembly: EPiServer.dll
Version: 11.20.7
Syntax
[ServiceConfiguration]
public class DynamicBlockFactory

Constructors

DynamicBlockFactory(IPropertyDataFactory, IContentTypeRepository, IPropertyDefinitionTypeRepository, IContentDataBuilder, IContentDataFactory<BlockData>)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Initializes a new instance of the DynamicBlockFactory class.

Declaration
public DynamicBlockFactory(IPropertyDataFactory propertyDataFactory, IContentTypeRepository contentTypeRepository, IPropertyDefinitionTypeRepository propertyDefinitionTypeRepository, IContentDataBuilder contentDataBuilder, IContentDataFactory<BlockData> blockDataFactory)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IPropertyDataFactory propertyDataFactory

The property data factory.
IContentTypeRepository contentTypeRepository

The block type repository.
IPropertyDefinitionTypeRepository propertyDefinitionTypeRepository

The property definition type repository.
IContentDataBuilder contentDataBuilder

The content data builder.
IContentDataFactory<BlockData> blockDataFactory

The block data factory.

Methods

CreateDynamicBlock(BlockPropertyDefinitionType, String)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Creates a dynamic block using a specific definition.

Declaration
public virtual IPropertyBlock CreateDynamicBlock(BlockPropertyDefinitionType blockPropertyDefinitionType, string dynamicBlockName)
Parameters
Type Name Description
BlockPropertyDefinitionType blockPropertyDefinitionType

Type of the block property definition.
System.String dynamicBlockName

Name of the dynamic block.
Returns
Type Description
IPropertyBlock

The dynamic block created.
Remarks

A dynamic block is a block property that is not defined on any PageType.

Exceptions
Type Condition
System.ArgumentException

Thrown if the dynamicBlockName contains any reserved text.

CreateDynamicBlock<T>(String)

Unsupported INTERNAL API! Not covered by semantic versioning; might change without notice. Creates a typed dynamic block.

Declaration
public virtual IPropertyBlock<T> CreateDynamicBlock<T>(string dynamicBlockName)
    where T : BlockData
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String dynamicBlockName

Name of the dynamic block.
Returns
Type Description
IPropertyBlock<T>

The dynamic block created.
Type Parameters
Name Description
T

Type inheriting BlockData.
Remarks

A dynamic block is a block property that is not defined on any PageType.

The dynamicBlockName cannot contain either '.', ':' or 'D:'.

Exceptions
Type Condition
System.ArgumentException

Thrown if the dynamicBlockName contains any reserved text.

Extension Methods