Orchard CMS record mapping from external Assembly

Question

I have an Orchard CMS module that uses external library. And I need to use some classes from that library as part of Orchard records. For example, external assembly contains class

public class Operation {
    public virtual long Id { get; set; }
    public virtual string OperationType { get; set; } 
}

I have to store it in the database, to use it with Orchard IRepository and use it as part of other Orchard CMS records, such as

public class HistoryRecord {    
    public virtual long Id { get; set; }
    public virtual DateTime Updated { get; set; }
    public virtual Operation Operation { get; set; }
}

I don't think you can do that. You should try to find another way to interact with the external system. — Bertrand Le Roy

Aries Aries · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-12T16:14:37

I was able to get a partial solution, based on Fluet Configuration. However, it works only if the classes correspond to the Orchard's naming conventions. Here it is:

public class SessionConfiguration : ISessionConfigurationEvents {
    public void Created(FluentConfiguration cfg, AutoPersistenceModel defaultModel) {
        var ts = new TypeSource(new[] { typeof(OperationRecord) });
        cfg.Mappings(m => m.AutoMappings.Add(AutoMap.Source(ts)
                .Override<OperationRecord>(mapping => mapping.Table("Custom_Module_OperationRecord"))
            ));
    }

    public void Prepared(FluentConfiguration cfg) { }
    public void Building(Configuration cfg) { }
    public void Finished(Configuration cfg) { }
    public void ComputingHash(Hash hash) { }
}


public class TypeSource : ITypeSource {
    private readonly IEnumerable<Type> _types;
    public TypeSource(IEnumerable<Type> types) {
        _types = types;
    }
    public IEnumerable<Type> GetTypes() {
        return _types;
    }
    public void LogSource(IDiagnosticLogger logger) {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
    public string GetIdentifier() {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
}

Orchard CMS record mapping from external Assembly

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