EntityCollectionService

This service is used to manage entity collections. Both Static and Dynamic Collections are managed with the EntityCollectionService.

Instantiating

The EntityCollectionService is exposed through the MerchelloContext

var entityCollectionService = MerchelloContext.Current.Services.EntityCollectionService;

public class EntityCollectionService : MerchelloRepositoryService, 
	IEntityCollectionService, IService

Name	Description
EntityCollectionService()	Initializes a new instance of the EntityCollectionService class.
EntityCollectionService(ILogger)	Initializes a new instance of the EntityCollectionService class.
EntityCollectionService(IDatabaseUnitOfWorkProvider, RepositoryFactory, ILogger)	Initializes a new instance of the EntityCollectionService class.
EntityCollectionService(IDatabaseUnitOfWorkProvider, RepositoryFactory, ILogger, IEventMessagesFactory)	Initializes a new instance of the EntityCollectionService class.

Name	Description
ChildEntityCollectionCount	Returns the child collection count
CreateEntityCollection(EntityType, Guid, String, Boolean)	Creates an entity collection without saving it to the database
CreateEntityCollectionWithKey(EntityType, Guid, String, Boolean)	Creates an entity collection and saves it to the database
Delete(IEntityCollection, Boolean)	Deletes a single entity collection.
ExistsInCollection	Returns a value indicating whether or not an entity exists in a collection
GetAll	Gets all collection
GetByEntityTfKey	Gets collections by entity type
GetByKey	Gets a collection by it's unique key
GetByProviderKey	Gets collections for a given provider key
GetChildren	Gets a collection's child collections
GetFromCollection	Get an entity from a collection
GetRootLevelEntityCollections()	Gets the root level entity collections
GetRootLevelEntityCollections(Guid)	Gets the root level entity collections for a specific entity type.
GetRootLevelEntityCollections(EntityType)	Gets the root level entity collections for a specific entity type.
HasChildEntityCollections	Returns a value indicating whether or not a collection has child collections
Save(IEntityCollection, Boolean)	Saves a single entity collection.
Save(IEnumerable(IEntityCollection), Boolean)	Saves a collection of entity collections.