SiteMapProvider.GetChildNodes(SiteMapNode) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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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

SiteMapNodeCollection

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.

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET Framework	2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

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