SiteMapProvider.GetChildNodes(SiteMapNode) Method
Definition
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When overridden in a derived class, retrieves the child nodes of a specific SiteMapNode.
public:
abstract System::Web::SiteMapNodeCollection ^ GetChildNodes(System::Web::SiteMapNode ^ node);
public abstract System.Web.SiteMapNodeCollection GetChildNodes (System.Web.SiteMapNode node);
abstract member GetChildNodes : System.Web.SiteMapNode -> System.Web.SiteMapNodeCollection
Public MustOverride Function GetChildNodes (node As SiteMapNode) As SiteMapNodeCollection
Parameters
- node
- SiteMapNode
The SiteMapNode for which to retrieve all child nodes.
Returns
A read-only SiteMapNodeCollection that contains the immediate child nodes of the specified SiteMapNode; otherwise, null
or an empty collection, if no child nodes exist.
Examples
The following code example demonstrates how to implement the GetChildNodes method in a class that implements the abstract SiteMapProvider class. The SimpleTextSiteMapProvider
stores the hierarchical parent/child relationships in one Hashtable object and all SiteMapNode objects in another. The GetChildNodes method performs a reverse-lookup using both ArrayList objects.
This code example is part of a larger example provided for the SiteMapProvider class.
// Implement the GetChildNodes method.
public override SiteMapNodeCollection GetChildNodes(SiteMapNode node)
{
SiteMapNodeCollection children = new SiteMapNodeCollection();
// Iterate through the ArrayList and find all nodes that have the specified node as a parent.
lock (this)
{
for (int i = 0; i < childParentRelationship.Count; i++)
{
string nodeUrl = ((DictionaryEntry)childParentRelationship[i]).Key as string;
SiteMapNode parent = GetNode(childParentRelationship, nodeUrl);
if (parent != null && node.Url == parent.Url)
{
// The SiteMapNode with the Url that corresponds to nodeUrl
// is a child of the specified node. Get the SiteMapNode for
// the nodeUrl.
SiteMapNode child = FindSiteMapNode(nodeUrl);
if (child != null)
{
children.Add(child as SiteMapNode);
}
else
{
throw new Exception("ArrayLists not in sync.");
}
}
}
}
return children;
}
protected override SiteMapNode GetRootNodeCore()
{
return RootNode;
}
// Implement the GetParentNode method.
public override SiteMapNode GetParentNode(SiteMapNode node)
{
// Check the childParentRelationship table and find the parent of the current node.
// If there is no parent, the current node is the RootNode.
SiteMapNode parent = null;
lock (this)
{
// Get the Value of the node in childParentRelationship
parent = GetNode(childParentRelationship, node.Url);
}
return parent;
}
' Implement the GetChildNodes method.
Public Overrides Function GetChildNodes(ByVal node As SiteMapNode) As SiteMapNodeCollection
Dim children As New SiteMapNodeCollection()
' Iterate through the ArrayList and find all nodes that have the specified node as a parent.
SyncLock Me
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To childParentRelationship.Count - 1
Dim de As DictionaryEntry = CType(childParentRelationship(i), DictionaryEntry)
Dim nodeUrl As String = CType(de.Key, String)
Dim parent As SiteMapNode = GetNode(childParentRelationship, nodeUrl)
If Not (parent Is Nothing) AndAlso node.Url = parent.Url Then
' The SiteMapNode with the Url that corresponds to nodeUrl
' is a child of the specified node. Get the SiteMapNode for
' the nodeUrl.
Dim child As SiteMapNode = FindSiteMapNode(nodeUrl)
If Not (child Is Nothing) Then
children.Add(CType(child, SiteMapNode))
Else
Throw New Exception("ArrayLists not in sync.")
End If
End If
Next i
End SyncLock
Return children
End Function 'GetChildNodes
Protected Overrides Function GetRootNodeCore() As SiteMapNode
Return RootNode
End Function ' GetRootNodeCore()
' Implement the GetParentNode method.
Public Overrides Function GetParentNode(ByVal node As SiteMapNode) As SiteMapNode
' Check the childParentRelationship table and find the parent of the current node.
' If there is no parent, the current node is the RootNode.
Dim parent As SiteMapNode = Nothing
SyncLock Me
' Get the Value of the node in childParentRelationship
parent = GetNode(childParentRelationship, node.Url)
End SyncLock
Return parent
End Function 'GetParentNode
Remarks
Classes that derive from the SiteMapProvider class must implement the abstract GetChildNodes method.
Notes to Implementers
When overriding the GetChildNodes(SiteMapNode) method in a derived class, be sure to perform security trimming on the child nodes and ensure that the returned collection is read-only. The collection contains only the immediate children of the specified node
.