ClassHelper Class

Helper to provide general access to assemblies and classes.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  CMS.Base.CoreMethods
    CMS.Base.AbstractHelper
      CMS.Base.AbstractHelper<ClassHelper>
        CMS.Base.ClassHelper

Namespace: CMS.Base
Assembly: CMS.Base (in CMS.Base.dll) Version: 8.2.23

Syntax

public class ClassHelper : AbstractHelper<ClassHelper>

The ClassHelper type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
Public method	ClassHelper

Methods

	Name	Description
Public method Static member	ClassLoaded	Indicates if given class is loaded.
Protected method	ClassLoadedInternal	Indicates if given class is loaded.
Public method Static member	GetAssembly	Loads the given assembly.
Protected method	GetAssemblyInternal	Loads the given assembly.
Public method Static member	GetAssemblyNames	Gets list of assembly names by given restrictions.
Protected method	GetAssemblyNamesInternal	Gets list of assembly names by given restrictions. Returns assemblies that contains at least one class fullfilling restrictions.
Public method Static member	GetClass(String, String)	Gets the new object of given class.
Public method Static member	GetClass<ReturnType>(String, String)	Gets the new object of given class.
Public method Static member	GetClasses	Gets classes for given assembly name and filter settings
Protected method	GetClassesInternal	Gets classes for given assembly name and class restrictions settings.
Protected method	GetClassInternal	Gets the new object of given class.
Public method Static member	GetClassType	Gets the new object of given class.
Protected method	GetClassTypeInternal	Gets the type of given class.
Protected method	GetCustomClass	Attempts to get the custom class
Public method Static member	GetCustomClassNames	Gets the list of registered custom class names.
Protected method	GetCustomClassNamesInternal	Gets the list of registered custom class names.
Public method Static member	GetEmptyObject	Gets the empty object of the given type
Public method Static member	IsAllowed	Checks if given type is allowed based on base class name.
Public method Static member	IsCustomClass	Indicates if given assembly name represents custom class
Protected method	IsCustomClassInternal	Indicates if given assembly name represents custom class
Public method Static member	RegisterAliasFor<ObjectType>	Registers the class alias for backward compatibility
Public method Static member	RegisterCustomClass(String, String, IObjectFactory)	Registers the custom class under the given assembly name and class name. Overrides the default one
Public method Static member	RegisterCustomClass<ClassType>(String)	Registers the custom App_Code class under the class name. Overrides the default one
Public method Static member	RegisterCustomClass<ClassType>(String, String)	Registers the custom class under the given assembly name and class name. Overrides the default one
Public method	SetAsDefaultHelper	Sets this object as the default helper (Inherited from AbstractHelper<HelperType>.)

Extension Methods

	Name	Description
Public Extension Method	AsValue	Converts object to a query value which can be used as a query parameter (Defined by QueryExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	GetAPIString	Gets the string by the specified resource key (Defined by CoreExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	GetString	Gets the string by the specified resource key (Defined by CoreExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	ToBoolean	Returns the boolean representation of an object or default value if not. (Defined by CoreExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	ToDateTime	Returns the DateTime representation of an object or default value if not. (Defined by CoreExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	ToDouble	Returns the double representation of an object or default value if not. (Defined by CoreExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	ToGuid	Returns the Guid representation of an object or default value if not. (Defined by CoreExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	ToInteger	Returns the integer representation of an object or default value if not. (Defined by CoreExtensions.)
Public Extension Method	ToString	Returns the string representation of an object or default value if not. (Defined by CoreExtensions.)

Fields

	Name	Description
Public field Static member	ASSEMBLY_APPCODE	AppCode constant.
Public field Static member	OnGetCustomClass	Fires when the custom class is required.

Properties

	Name	Description
Public property Static member	DefaultAssembly	Gets or sets default assembly for loading classes. Default assembly is used when the assembly given by a parameter is not found.