Product variants
This topic describes how to work with product variants (also known as variations) in relation to the content model.
How it works
The EPiServer.Commerce.Catalog.Linking.ProductVariation class represents product variants and administers them using the EPiServer.Commerce.Catalog.Linking.ILinksRepository service.
The Target property of the ProductVariation contains the ContentReference of the variant. The class also has a SortOrder property, which describes the order of the variants, and a GroupName property for grouping variants. The Quantity property is not used for variants. EPiServer.Commerce.Catalog.Linking.EntryRelation contains default values that can be used: DefaultGroupName and DefaultQuantity.
A ProductVariation is uniquely defined by the ContentReference in its Target property together with its Source property (referencing the product that has the variant), i.e. the same variant can not be added more than once to a product.
Getting the variants for a product
By calling the GetRelationsBySource method of ILinksRepository with the ContentReference of a product and filtering for ProductVariation, you get the following variants:
public IEnumerable<ProductVariation> ListVariations(ContentReference referenceToProduct)
{
var linksRepository = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<ILinksRepository>();
var allRelations = linksRepository.GetRelationsBySource(referenceToProduct);
// Relations to Variations are of type ProductVariation
var variations = allRelations.OfType<ProductVariation>().ToList();
return variations;
}You get the following products by calling the GetRelationsByTarget method of ILinksRepository with the ContentReference of a variant, and filtering for ProductVariation:
public IEnumerable<ProductVariation> GetProductByVariant(ContentReference variation)
{
var linksRepository = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<ILinksRepository>();
var allRelations = linksRepository.GetRelationsByTarget(variation);
// Relations to Product is ProductVariation
return allRelations.OfType<ProductVariation>().ToList();
}Adding a variant to a product
Use the UpdateRelations method or UpdateRelation extension method of ILinksRepository to add new ProductVariation objects to a product. The new variant must have a Target ContentReference and a Source ContentReference
public void AddVariation(ContentReference referenceToProduct, ContentReference referenceToVariation)
{
var linksRepository = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<ILinksRepository>();
var newVariation = new ProductVariation
{
SortOrder = 100,
Source = referenceToProduct,
Target = referenceToVariation
};
linksRepository.UpdateRelation(newVariation);
}Removing variant from a product
By calling the RemoveRelations method or RemoveRelation extension method of ILinksRepository with a ProductVariation object matching an existing variant, that variant is removed from the product. You can either construct a matching object, or use GetRelationsBySource to get the existing Relations, filter out the object you want to remove, and pass it to RemoveRelation .
public void RemoveVariation(ContentReference referenceToProduct, ContentReference referenceToVariation)
{
var linksRepository = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<ILinksRepository>();
// Define a relation matching the one to remove, or use
// GetRelations to find the one you want to remove and pass that to
// RemoveRelation
var relationToRemove = new ProductVariation
{
// Source is required here to match the correct relation
Source = referenceToProduct,
Target = referenceToVariation
};
// Removes matching ProductVariation, or no action if no match exists
linksRepository.RemoveRelation(relationToRemove);
}Last updated: Oct 12, 2015
