Example: I have a countries catalog stored in another DB and I need to use it as a property in some ContentParts. I'm trying to make the connection without interfering much with Orchard wiring.
public class MoviePart : ContentPart<MoviePartRecord>
{
public IEnumerable<CountryRecord> Countries
{
get
{
return Record.Countries.Select(r => r.CountryRecord);
}
}
}
The relation between CountryRecords and MovieParts will be on the Orchard DB, but the CountryRecord data is in another DB. I only need Read access, but I don't get which and how to override the Handler to use the other source.
Do I need to create a ContentHandler and override all methods, and create another StorageFilter that uses the new repository with the external source? And how would I inject the new repo into the handler?
public class CountryPartHandler : ContentHandler
{
public CountryPartHandler(IRepository<CountryPartRecord> repository)
{
Filters.Add(StorageFilter.For(repository));
}
protected override void Loading(LoadContentContext context)
{
base.Loading(context);
}
}
Update:
In this Using External Data with Orchard (around 25th min) video, he seems to be doing what I need with this code:
public ProductPartHandler(IRepository<ProductPartRecord> repository, Work<IProductService> productServiceWork)
{
Filters.Add(StorageFilter.For(repository));
OnActivated<ProductPart>((context, part) => {
part.ProductField.Loader(() => productServiceWork.Value.GetProduct(part.Id));
});
}
But in my code it can't find the "Loader" function, even though I have all the references from the video too, so maybe ProductField is a custom type?
So that is a lazy field on the part, something like this:
public class MyPart : ContentPart {
internal readonly LazyField<CustomData> CustomDataField = new LazyField<CustomData>();
public CustomData CustomData {
get { return CustomDataField.Value; }
}
}
public class CustomData {
...
}
public class MyPartHandler : ContentPartHandler {
private ICustomService _customService;
public MyPartHandler(ICustomService customService){
_customService = customService;
OnActivated<MyPart>(Initialize);
}
private void Initialize(ActivatedContentContext context, MyPart part){
part.CustomDataField.Loader(() => {
return _customService.Get(part.ContentItem.Id);
});
}
}
I don't know how you are loading your external data, whether via rest, wcf etc., but the logic can just be thrown into the custom service