CatalogContext Members

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The CatalogContext class contains the functionality to manage the catalog and inventory systems. This class cannot be inherited.

The CatalogContext type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	AddLanguageToPropertyDefinitions	Adds the specified language to the property definitions.
	AddPropertyToEntity	Adds a property to one of the built-in entity definitions.
	Create	Overloaded. Creates an instance of the CatalogContext object.
	CreateBaseCatalog	Overloaded. Creates an instance of the BaseCatalog object.
	CreateDefinition	Creates a catalog definition of the specified CatalogDefinitionType in the catalog system and returns a CatalogDefinition object containing the definition information.
	CreateFromConnectionString	Obsolete. (Obsolete) CatalogContext should not be created from connection string, use Create instead. Creates and returns an instance of the CatalogContext object from the specified connection and context.
	CreateProperty	Creates a property of the specified data type in the catalog system and returns a CatalogProperty object containing information about the property.
	CreateVirtualCatalog	Overloaded. Creates a new virtual catalog.
	DeleteCatalog	Deletes the catalog from the Catalog System.
	DeleteDefinition	Overloaded. Deletes an existing product or category definition.
	DeleteProperty	Deletes the property from the Catalog System.
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	ExportXml	Overloaded. Exports catalog data to an Extensible Markup Language (XML).
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetAuthorizationScopeName	Returns the scopename for an entity.
	GetAuthorizedTasks	Overloaded. Constructs a DataSet object that describes the tasks that the current user is authorized to perform in the catalog system.
	GetCatalog	Overloaded. Returns a ProductCatalog for the specified catalog.
	GetCatalogs	Overloaded. Returns a CatalogsDataSet containing all the catalogs in the Catalog System.
	GetCatalogSearch	Returns a CatalogSearch object that can be used to do Free-text searches and/or property-search across multiple catalogs, in one catalog, or within a single category in a catalog.
	GetCategory	Overloaded. Retrieves a Category object containing information about the category.
	GetDefinition	Creates a CatalogDefinition object for the definition specified by the definition.
	GetDefinitionProperties	Overloaded. Retrieves a DataSet describing the properties in this definition.
	GetDefinitions	Overloaded. Returns a CatalogDefinitionsDataSet containing all the definitions in the catalog system.
	GetEntityProperties	Gets the list of properties that apply to the requested built-in entity definition. (Inventory Catalogs, Inventory SKUs, Catalogs, or Properties)
	GetEnumerationPropertyValues	Obsolete. (Obsolete) Use GetProperty and EnumerationValues instead. Returns the list of enumeration values for an enumeration property.
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetOperationProgressForUser	Returns the progress of the operation identified by the operation identifier.
	GetOperationsProgressForUser	Overloaded. Retrieves a collection of operations initiated by the current user.
	GetProduct	Overloaded. Retrieves a Product object containing information about the product.
	GetProperties	Overloaded. Returns a CatalogPropertiesDataSet containing information about all the properties in the catalog system.
	GetPropertiesInCatalog	Returns a CatalogPropertiesDataSet containing information about all the properties in the specified catalog.
	GetProperty	Creates and returns a CatalogProperty object containing information for the specified catalog property.
	GetPropertyAttributes	Overloaded. (Obsolete) Use GetProperty and Information instead. Returns a DataSet containing the property attributes in the Catalog System.
	GetPropertyDefinitionLanguages	Returns languages assigned to the property definitions.
	GetRootCategory	Overloaded. Retrieves the root category object for this catalog. The root category contains the list of all products and categories not contained in other categories.
	GetSearchableProperties	Overloaded. Returns a CatalogPropertiesDataSet containing all the properties that are used in all catalogs in the catalog system.
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetUniqueIdentifierProperties	Get the list of valid properties for use as Product and Variant identifying properties in new base catalogs.
	GetVersion	Returns the version of the catalog assembly.
	ImportXml	Overloaded. Imports a XML stream or file on the server.
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	PurgeCompletedOperation	Purges the operation identified by the operation identifier.
	PurgeCompletedOperations	Overloaded. Purges all the completed import, export and rebuild operations.
	RebuildAllCatalogs	Overloaded. Rebuild all virtual catalogs in the catalog system.
	Refresh	Refresh the authorized tasks for this catalog context.
	RefreshAuthorizedTasks	Refreshes the Authorized tasks dataset.
	RefreshCache	Refresh the catalog cache.
	RefreshSiteCache	Refreshes the catalog cache on the runtime sites.
	RemoveLanguageFromPropertyDefinitions	Removes the specified language from the property definitions.
	RemovePropertyFromEntity	Removes a property from one of the built-in entity definitions (Inventory Catalogs, Inventory SKUs, Catalogs, or Properties).
	RenameDefinition	Renames an existing definition and returns a CatalogDefinition object containing the new definition.
	RenameProperty	Renames an existing property and returns a CatalogProperty object containing the renamed property.
	SetJoinTable	Overloaded. Sets the default JoinTableInformation information for this catalog context.
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

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Properties

	Name	Description
	CacheConfiguration	Gets the CacheConfiguration used by the catalog.
	CachingEnabled	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the catalog system should cache information or not.
	CatalogContext	Gets the CatalogContext object. (Inherited from CatalogObjectBase.)
	CatalogNames	Obsolete. (Obsolete) Use GetCatalogs instead. Gets the complete list of catalogs known to the Product Catalog System.
	CatalogSetsContext	Gets the information about all the catalog sets in the catalog.
	CategoryDefinitionNames	Obsolete. (Obsolete) Use GetDefinitions instead. Gets the names of all category definitions in the Product Catalog System.
	DebugContext	Gets the DebugContext object. (Inherited from CatalogObjectBase.)
	DefaultAnonymousCatalogSet	Gets the names of the catalogs in the default anonymous user catalog set.
	DefaultAuthenticatedCatalogSet	Gets the names of the catalogs in the default authenticated user catalog set.
	InventoryContext	Gets an instance of the InventoryContext class if the InventorySystemExists property returns true.
	InventorySystemExists	Gets a value indicating whether the inventory system exists or not.
	ProductDefinitionNames	Obsolete. (Obsolete) Use GetDefinitions instead. Gets the names of all of the product definitions in this Catalog System.
	PropertyNames	Obsolete. (Obsolete) Use GetProperties instead. Gets the names of all of the properties in this Catalog System.
	ServiceAgent	Gets the ServiceAgent object used to connect to the Web service.

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See Also

Reference

CatalogContext Class

Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog Namespace