ISimpleSyncProviderConstraintConflictResolver Interface

Represents a custom conflict resolver that handles constraint conflicts, such as duplicate items being inserted at multiple replicas.

Namespace: Microsoft.Synchronization.SimpleProviders
Assembly: Microsoft.Synchronization.SimpleProviders (in microsoft.synchronization.simpleproviders.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Interface ISimpleSyncProviderConstraintConflictResolver
'Usage
Dim instance As ISimpleSyncProviderConstraintConflictResolver

public interface ISimpleSyncProviderConstraintConflictResolver

public interface class ISimpleSyncProviderConstraintConflictResolver

public interface ISimpleSyncProviderConstraintConflictResolver

public interface ISimpleSyncProviderConstraintConflictResolver

Remarks

For more information about constraint conflicts, see Handling Conflicts for Simple Providers.

Example

In this example, the conflict handling policies for concurrency conflicts and constraint conflicts are left as the default of ApplicationDefined. This means that the application will register for the ItemConflicting and ItemConstraint events and specify an action to resolve conflicts if they occur during synchronization processing. For more information, see Handling Conflicts for Simple Providers. To view this code in the context of a complete application, see the "Sync101 using Simple Sync Provider" application that is available in the Sync Framework SDK and from Code Gallery. The following code example shows the event handlers that are specified in the constructor of MyFullEnumerationSimpleSyncProvider.

this.ItemConstraint += new EventHandler<SimpleSyncItemConstraintEventArgs>(OnItemConstraint);
this.ItemConflicting += new EventHandler<SimpleSyncItemConflictingEventArgs>(OnItemConflicting);

AddHandler Me.ItemConstraint, AddressOf HandleItemConstraint

The following code example shows the event handlers setting the conflict resolution actions to Merge.

void OnItemConstraint(object sender, SimpleSyncItemConstraintEventArgs e)
{
    // Set the resolution action for constraint conflicts.
    // In this sample, the provider checks for duplicates in InsertItem, and this event would
    // fire if a duplicate occurred. 
    e.SetResolutionAction(ConstraintConflictResolutionAction.Merge);
}

void OnItemConflicting(object sender, SimpleSyncItemConflictingEventArgs e)
{
    // Set the resolution action for concurrency conflicts.
    e.SetResolutionAction(ConflictResolutionAction.Merge);
}

Private Sub HandleItemConstraint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As SimpleSyncItemConstraintEventArgs)
    ' Set the resolution action for constraint conflicts. 
    ' In this sample, the provider checks for duplicates in InsertItem, and this event would 
    ' fire if a duplicate occurred. 
    e.SetResolutionAction(ConstraintConflictResolutionAction.Merge)
End Sub

Private Sub HandleItemConflicting(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As SimpleSyncItemConflictingEventArgs)
    ' Set the resolution action for concurrency conflicts. 
    e.SetResolutionAction(ConflictResolutionAction.Merge)
End Sub

The following code example shows the MergeConstraintConflict method that is implemented to respond to a resolution action of Merge for a constraint conflict:

public void MergeConstraintConflict(object itemData, 
    ConflictVersionInformation conflictVersionInformation, 
    IEnumerable<SyncId> changeUnitsToMerge, 
    ItemFieldDictionary localConflictingItem, 
    ItemFieldDictionary keyAndExpectedVersion, 
    RecoverableErrorReportingContext recoverableErrorReportingContext, 
    out ItemFieldDictionary updatedKeyAndVersion)
{
    ItemTransfer transfer = (ItemTransfer)itemData;
    ItemData dataCopy = new ItemData(transfer.ItemData);

    // Combine the conflicting data.
    ItemData mergedData = (_store.Get(transfer.Id)).Merge((ItemData)dataCopy);

    // We are doing a merge so we must delete the old conflicting item from our store.
    ulong idConflicting = (ulong)localConflictingItem[CUSTOM_FIELD_ID].Value;

    _store.DeleteItem(idConflicting);

    // Now create the new merged data in the store.
    if (_store.Contains(transfer.Id))
    {
        _store.UpdateItem(transfer.Id, dataCopy);
    }
    else
    {
        _store.CreateItem(mergedData, transfer.Id);
    }

    updatedKeyAndVersion = _store.CreateItemFieldDictionary(transfer.Id);
}

Public Sub MergeConstraintConflict(ByVal itemData As Object, ByVal conflictVersionInformation As ConflictVersionInformation, ByVal changeUnitsToMerge As IEnumerable(Of SyncId), ByVal localConflictingItem As ItemFieldDictionary, ByVal keyAndExpectedVersion As ItemFieldDictionary, ByVal recoverableErrorReportingContext As RecoverableErrorReportingContext, _
ByRef updatedKeyAndVersion As ItemFieldDictionary) Implements ISimpleSyncProviderConstraintConflictResolver.MergeConstraintConflict
    Dim transfer As ItemTransfer = DirectCast(itemData, ItemTransfer)
    Dim dataCopy As New ItemData(transfer.ItemData)

    ' Combine the conflicting data. 
    Dim mergedData As ItemData = (_store.[Get](transfer.Id)).Merge(DirectCast(dataCopy, ItemData))

    ' We are doing a merge so we must delete the old conflicting item from our store. 
    Dim idConflicting As ULong = CULng(localConflictingItem(CUSTOM_FIELD_ID).Value)

    _store.DeleteItem(idConflicting)

    ' Now create the new merged data in the store. 
    If _store.Contains(transfer.Id) Then
        _store.UpdateItem(transfer.Id, dataCopy)
    Else
        _store.CreateItem(mergedData, transfer.Id)
    End If

    updatedKeyAndVersion = _store.CreateItemFieldDictionary(transfer.Id)
End Sub

See Also

Reference

ISimpleSyncProviderConstraintConflictResolver Members
Microsoft.Synchronization.SimpleProviders Namespace