INotificationType Plugin Type

The base interface allowing content, applications, and containers to interact with notifications. Each type has a sub interface that also defines how to get the item.

INotificationType is defined in the Telligent.Evolution.Extensibility.Content.Version1 namespace of Telligent.Evolution.Platform.dll

Definition

interface INotificationType : IPlugin
{
	bool IsCacheable { get;  }
	string NotificationTypeCategory { get;  }
	string NotificationTypeDescription { get;  }
	Guid NotificationTypeId { get;  }
	string NotificationTypeName { get;  }
	bool VaryCacheByUser { get;  }
	bool CanDeleteNotification(Guid notificationId, int userId);
	string GetMessage(Guid notificationId, string target);
	string GetTargetUrl(Guid notificationId);
	void SetController(INotificationController controller);
}

Properties

Name	Type	Description
IsCacheable	`bool`	A flag to allow caching of the output of GetMessage().
NotificationTypeCategory	`string`	The category to group the notification type into.
NotificationTypeDescription	`string`	A description of the notification type.
NotificationTypeId	`Guid`	A Guid uniquely identifying the notification type.
NotificationTypeName	`string`	A readable name for the type of notification created for this item. For example, blog posts use “Blog Post Notification”.
VaryCacheByUser	`bool`	A flag to cache on a per user basis, particularly useful for security reasons.

Methods

bool CanDeleteNotification(Guid notificationId, int userId);

Used to check whether a user can delete a notification.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
notificationId	`Guid`	Notification Id	Required
userId	`int`	User Id	Required

Return Type

bool

string GetMessage(Guid notificationId, string target);

Returns the view of the notification for a given target (Html, Text, ShortText).

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
notificationId	`Guid`	Notification Id	Required
target	`string`	Target	Required		Html, ShortText, Text

Return Type

string

string GetTargetUrl(Guid notificationId);

Returns a target URL related to the notification

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
notificationId	`Guid`	Notification Id	Required

Return Type

string

void SetController(INotificationController controller);

This method is called each time the plugin is loaded. The controller gives privileged access to the plugin not available via the API. Whenever content is created, updated, or deleted, the controller should be used to notify Telligent Evolution of the event so the notification service can perform any necessary updates.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default	Options
controller	`INotificationController`	Controller	Required

Extensions

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