ProviderHelper Class

Helper methods for info providers

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  CMS.DataEngine.ProviderHelper

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

Syntax

public class ProviderHelper

The ProviderHelper type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
Public method	ProviderHelper

Methods

	Name	Description
Public method Static member	ClearTables(Object, Boolean, IProviderDictionary[])	Clears the given tables.
Public method Static member	ClearTables(Object, Boolean, ProviderDictionaryCollection)	Clears the given tables.
Public method Static member	LoadHashTables	Returns true if the hashtables for specified object type should be loaded with the data. Reflects the AppSettings key "CMSLoadHashtables" + objectType.Replace(".", ""), e.g. CMSLoadHashtablesCMSUser.
Public method Static member	LoadTables(IProviderDictionary[])	Returns true if the given dictionaries should be loaded.
Public method Static member	LoadTables(ProviderDictionaryCollection)	Returns true if the given dictionary collection should be loaded.
Public method Static member	UseHashtable	Returns true if the hashtable for the specified object type should be used. Reflects the AppSettings key "CMSUseHashtable" + objectType.Replace(".", "") + tableName, e.g. CMSUseHashtableCMSUserID.
Public method Static member	UseHashtableWeakReferences	Returns true if the hashtable for the specified object type should use weak references. Reflects the AppSettings key "CMSUseHashtableWeakReferences" + objectType.Replace(".", ""), e.g. CMSUseHashtableWeakReferencesCMSUser.

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.)

Properties

	Name	Description
Public property Static member	LoadHashTablesSettings	Load hashtables.