IContentConverter (v3) Plugin Type

Plugin that enables programmatic conversion between content types

IContentConverter is defined in the Telligent.Evolution.Extensibility.ContentConversion.Version3 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, Guid targetApplicationId, Guid targetApplicationTypeId);
	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
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, Guid targetApplicationId, Guid targetApplicationTypeId);

Configuration metadata

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
sourceContentId	`Guid`	Source content being converted	Required
targetApplicationId	`Guid`	Target Application Id	Required
targetApplicationTypeId	`Guid`	Target Application Type Id	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

Extensions

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