Category Class (BCL)
Represents a category in a ProductCatalog object.
System.Object
**** Microsoft.CommerceServer.Runtime.Catalog.Category
Protected Instance Constructor
| Constructor | Description |
|---|---|
| Constructor(ProductCatalog, String) | Creates a new instance of the Category class representing a category of the specified ProductCatalog object. |
Public Instance Methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| Dispose | Disposes of resources early. |
| GetCategoryProperties | Returns properties for this category. Both the properties that are present in the definition of this category, and the built-in properties are returned. |
| GetChildCategories(CatalogSearchOptions, Boolean, Int32) | Gets property data for the immediate child categories of this category using the searchOptions parameter to determine how the results are returned. |
| GetChildCategories(CatalogSearchOptions, Boolean) | Gets property data for the immediate child categories of this category using the searchOptions parameter to determine how the results are returned. |
| GetChildCategories(CatalogSearchOptions) | Gets property data for the immediate child categories of this category using the searchOptions parameter to determine how the results are returned. |
| GetChildCategories | Gets property data for the immediate child categories of this category using the searchOptions parameter to determine how the results are returned. |
| GetProducts(CatalogSearchOptions, Boolean, Int32) | Gets the properties for the products in this category using the searchOptions parameter to determine how the results are returned. |
| GetProducts(CatalogSearchOptions, Boolean) | Gets the properties for the products in this category using the searchOptions parameter to determine how the results are returned. |
| GetProducts(CatalogSearchOptions) | Gets the properties for the products in this category using the searchOptions parameter to determine how the results are returned. |
| GetProducts | Gets the properties for the products in this category. |
| GetRelatedCategories | Gets the category relationships for this category. |
| GetRelatedProducts | Gets the product relationships for this category. |
Public Instance Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| AncestorCategoryNames | Gets the names of all categories that are above this category in the category hierarchy. |
| CanonicalCategoryPath | Gets the names of the categories that form a canonical path to this category. The first element in the array is a child of the root category. The canonical path of any category is formed by looking up the primary parent of this category, the primary parent of that category, and so on until the root of the hierarchy is reached. If a category does not have a primary parent category, then an arbitrary parent is chosen as the parent. |
| CatalogContext | Gets the CatalogContext object that was used to create the ProductCatalog object for the catalog that contains this category. |
| ChildCategoriesCount | Gets the number of categories that are immediate children of this category. |
| ChildCategoryNames | Gets the names of the categories that are immediate children of this category. |
| ChildProductsCount | Gets the number of products that are immediate children of this category. |
| DebugContext | Gets the DebugContext object for the CatalogContext object that was used to create the ProductCatalog object for the catalog that contains this category. |
| Name | Gets the name of the category. |
| ParentCategoryNames | Gets the names of the categories that are immediate parents of this category in the category hierarchy. |
| PrimaryParentCategoryName | Gets the name of the primary parent category of this category. |
| ProductCatalog | Gets the ProductCatalog object for the catalog that contains this category. |
Protected Instance Methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| CheckState | Verifies that the object has not already been disposed. |
| Dispose(Boolean) | Releases the unmanaged resources used by this class and optionally releases the managed resources. |
Remarks
There is no public constructor of Category objects.
A Category object should be referenced only on the page in which it was created.
Requirements
Namespace: Microsoft.CommerceServer.Runtime.Catalog
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003
Assembly: Microsoft.CommerceServer.Runtime.dll
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