Glass Mapper V4 Language Element Fallback, how to make it work with Autofac?
I am using Glass Mapper v4 with Autofac and cannot figure out how to get it to work with the Fall Back Language module. There are examples of creating a class that implements IObjectConstructionTask
(see below)
public class FallbackCheckTask : IObjectConstructionTask
{
public void Execute(ObjectConstructionArgs args)
{
if (args.Result == null)
{
var scContext = args.AbstractTypeCreationContext as SitecoreTypeCreationContext;
// if the item itself is null, regardless of version, abort
if (scContext.Item == null)
{
args.AbortPipeline();
return;
}
// we could be trying to convert rendering parameters to a glass model, and if so, just return.
if (String.Compare(scContext.Item.Paths.FullPath, "[orphan]/renderingParameters", true) == 0)
{
return;
}
// the default glassmapper code would simply abort pipeline if the context items version count for the current langauge was 0
// but this does not take item fallback into account
// added here a check on the fallback extension method GetFallbackItem, recursively (for chained fallback)
// and then if that fallback item is null or it version count is 0 (and only then) would you go ahead and abort the pipeline
if (scContext.Item.Versions.Count == 0)
{
var fallBackItem = CheckRecursivelyForFallbackItem(scContext.Item);
if (fallBackItem == null)
args.AbortPipeline();
else if (fallBackItem.Versions.Count == 0)
args.AbortPipeline();
return;
}
}
}
// in the case of chained fallback, eg fr-CA -> en-CA -> en
// could be that the middle languages don't have versions either, but DO have a fallback item
// therefore, must check back further until either a version is found, or there are no more fallback items
private Item CheckRecursivelyForFallbackItem(Item thisItem)
{
var fallBackItem = thisItem.GetFallbackItem();
if (fallBackItem != null)
{
if (fallBackItem.Versions.Count == 0)
fallBackItem = CheckRecursivelyForFallbackItem(fallBackItem);
}
return fallBackItem;
}
}
Then you register (with Castle Windsor)
public static void CastleConfig(IWindsorContainer container){
var config = new Config();
container.Register(
Component.For<IObjectConstructionTask>().ImplementedBy<FallbackCheckTask>().LifestylePerWebRequest()
);
// config.EnableCaching = false;
container.Install(new SitecoreInstaller(config));
}
I am using Autofac and am not sure how to follow the same steps as above and assure that this is happening in the correct order. I register my types in the typical way (see below), but it doesn't seem to bind my class FallbackCheckTask
.
public static void Register()
{
var builder = new ContainerBuilder();
builder.RegisterControllers(typeof(MvcApplication).Assembly);
// register our types
builder.RegisterType<FallbackCheckTask>().As<IObjectConstructionTask>().InstancePerLifetimeScope();
// build and set the resolver
var container = builder.Build();
DependencyResolver.SetResolver(new AutofacDependencyResolver(container));
}
I also have an Item Item Backback and it works as expected if the glass is not involved in fetching the item values. I understand why Glass is not displaying data out of the box, I just can't get the fix to work. Any thoughts?
EDIT 2015-05-21 19:00
I edited GlassMapperScCustom.cs
as follows:
public static IDependencyResolver CreateResolver(){
var config = new Glass.Mapper.Sc.Config();
var resolver = new DependencyResolver(config);
resolver.ObjectConstructionFactory.Add(() => new FallbackCheckTask());
return resolver;
}
And now its calling the Execute
method FallbackCheckTask
only if there is a version of the element, if there is no version that doesn't call the method. Also, no matter what I do, if I enable this task, the elements of my query are always returned as NULL:
var test = SitecoreContext.QuerySingle<Item>("{7A6D933A-127B-4C08-B073-7C39F16EBD06}");
var test1 = SitecoreContext.Query<Item>("{7A6D933A-127B-4C08-B073-7C39F16EBD06}").ToList();
var test2 = SitecoreContext.GetCurrentItem<Item>();
var test3 = SitecoreContext.GetItem<Item>("{7A6D933A-127B-4C08-B073-7C39F16EBD06}");
So, to summarize, I'm a little better now than I was before, but when the task class is registered, the queries return as null for all elements regardless of whether they have a version or not. As previously mentioned, any help is appreciated.
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I know you mentioned what you are using VersionCountDisabler
, but does it look like this:
using(new VersionCountDisabler()){
var test = SitecoreContext.QuerySingle<Item>("{7A6D933A-127B-4C08-B073-7C39F16EBD06}");
var test1 = SitecoreContext.Query<Item>("{7A6D933A-127B-4C08-B073-7C39F16EBD06}").ToList();
var test2 = SitecoreContext.GetCurrentItem<Item>();
var test3 = SitecoreContext.GetItem<Item>("{7A6D933A-127B-4C08-B073-7C39F16EBD06}");
}
Or do you disable it in some other way?
I also notice that your fallback code doesn't seem to update the property scContent.Item
. I think you need to update it to the following:
public class FallbackCheckTask : IObjectConstructionTask
{
public void Execute(ObjectConstructionArgs args)
{
if (args.Result == null)
{
var scContext = args.AbstractTypeCreationContext as SitecoreTypeCreationContext;
// if the item itself is null, regardless of version, abort
if (scContext.Item == null)
{
args.AbortPipeline();
return;
}
// we could be trying to convert rendering parameters to a glass model, and if so, just return.
if (String.Compare(scContext.Item.Paths.FullPath, "[orphan]/renderingParameters", true) == 0)
{
return;
}
// the default glassmapper code would simply abort pipeline if the context items version count for the current langauge was 0
// but this does not take item fallback into account
// added here a check on the fallback extension method GetFallbackItem, recursively (for chained fallback)
// and then if that fallback item is null or it version count is 0 (and only then) would you go ahead and abort the pipeline
if (scContext.Item.Versions.Count == 0)
{
var fallBackItem = CheckRecursivelyForFallbackItem(scContext.Item);
if (fallBackItem == null)
args.AbortPipeline();
else if (fallBackItem.Versions.Count == 0)
args.AbortPipeline();
//don't just return but update the scContext.Item to the fallback item
scContext.Item = fallbackItem;
}
}
}
// in the case of chained fallback, eg fr-CA -> en-CA -> en
// could be that the middle languages don't have versions either, but DO have a fallback item
// therefore, must check back further until either a version is found, or there are no more fallback items
private Item CheckRecursivelyForFallbackItem(Item thisItem)
{
var fallBackItem = thisItem.GetFallbackItem();
if (fallBackItem != null)
{
if (fallBackItem.Versions.Count == 0)
fallBackItem = CheckRecursivelyForFallbackItem(fallBackItem);
}
return fallBackItem;
}
}
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