Plugin that enables programmatic conversion between content types
IContentConverter
is defined in the Telligent.Evolution.Extensibility.ContentConversion.Version2
namespace of Telligent.Evolution.Platform.dll
Definition
interface IContentConverter : IPlugin { Guid SourceContentTypeId { get; } Guid TargetContentTypeId { get; } Guid Convert(Guid sourceContentId, Guid targetApplicationId, Guid targetApplicationTypeId, IDictionary options); PropertyGroup[] GetConversionOptions(Guid sourceContentId); bool Validate(Guid sourceContentId); }
Properties
Name | Type | Description | Default | Options |
---|---|---|---|---|
SourceContentTypeId | Guid | Content Type Id to convert from | ||
TargetContentTypeId | Guid | Content Type Id to convert to |
Methods
Guid Convert(Guid sourceContentId, Guid targetApplicationId, Guid targetApplicationTypeId, IDictionary options);
Implements conversion from SourceContentTypeId to TargetContentTypeId for a given piece of content. Content ID of newly converted content.
Parameters
Name | Type | Description | Required | Default | Options |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
sourceContentId | Guid | Source content to convert | Required | ||
targetApplicationId | Guid | Target application for resulting new content | Required | ||
targetApplicationTypeId | Guid | Target application type for resulting new content | Required | ||
options | IDictionary | Optional extra parameters | Required |
Return Type
Guid
PropertyGroup[] GetConversionOptions(Guid sourceContentId);
Configuration metadata
Parameters
Name | Type | Description | Required | Default | Options |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
sourceContentId | Guid | Source content being converted | Required |
Return Type
PropertyGroup[]
bool Validate(Guid sourceContentId);
Implements validation of when the converter should be available for a given source and target content type id pair. When false, the converter is not returned when listing available target content types, even if source's content type matches.
Parameters
Name | Type | Description | Required | Default | Options |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
sourceContentId | Guid | Implements validation of when the converter should be available for a given source and target content type id pair. When false, the converter is not returned when listing available target content types, even if source's content type matches. | Required |
Return Type
bool