Umbraco-CMS/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/IContentBase.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.Entities;

namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models
{

    /// <summary>
    /// Provides a base class for content items.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// <para>Content items are documents, medias and members.</para>
    /// <para>Content items have a content type, and properties.</para>
    /// </remarks>
    public interface IContentBase : IUmbracoEntity, IRememberBeingDirty
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Integer Id of the default ContentType
        /// </summary>
        int ContentTypeId { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the content type of this content.
        /// </summary>
        ISimpleContentType ContentType { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the identifier of the writer.
        /// </summary>
        int WriterId { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the version identifier.
        /// </summary>
        int VersionId { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the name of the content item for a specified culture.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// <para>When <paramref name="culture"/> is null, sets the invariant
        /// culture name, which sets the <see cref="TreeEntityBase.Name"/> property.</para>
        /// <para>When <paramref name="culture"/> is not null, throws if the content
        /// type does not vary by culture.</para>
        /// </remarks>
        void SetCultureName(string value, string culture);

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the name of the content item for a specified language.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// <para>When <paramref name="culture"/> is null, gets the invariant
        /// culture name, which is the value of the <see cref="TreeEntityBase.Name"/> property.</para>
        /// <para>When <paramref name="culture"/> is not null, and the content type
        /// does not vary by culture, returns null.</para>
        /// </remarks>
        string GetCultureName(string culture);

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets culture infos of the content item.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// <para>Because a dictionary key cannot be <c>null</c> this cannot contain the invariant
        /// culture name, which must be get or set via the <see cref="TreeEntityBase.Name"/> property.</para>
        /// </remarks>
        ContentCultureInfosCollection CultureInfos { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the available cultures.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// <para>Cannot contain the invariant culture, which is always available.</para>
        /// </remarks>
        IEnumerable<string> AvailableCultures { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a value indicating whether a given culture is available.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// <para>A culture becomes available whenever the content name for this culture is
        /// non-null, and it becomes unavailable whenever the content name is null.</para>
        /// <para>Returns <c>false</c> for the invariant culture, in order to be consistent
        /// with <seealso cref="AvailableCultures"/>, even though the invariant culture is
        /// always available.</para>
        /// <para>Does not support the '*' wildcard (returns false).</para>
        /// </remarks>
        bool IsCultureAvailable(string culture);

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the date a culture was updated.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// <para>When <paramref name="culture" /> is <c>null</c>, returns <c>null</c>.</para>
        /// <para>If the specified culture is not available, returns <c>null</c>.</para>
        /// </remarks>
        DateTime? GetUpdateDate(string culture);

        /// <summary>
        /// List of properties, which make up all the data available for this Content object
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>Properties are loaded as part of the Content object graph</remarks>
        IPropertyCollection Properties { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a value indicating whether the content entity has a property with the supplied alias.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>Indicates that the content entity has a property with the supplied alias, but
        /// not necessarily that the content has a value for that property. Could be missing.</remarks>
        bool HasProperty(string propertyTypeAlias);

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the value of a Property
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>Values 'null' and 'empty' are equivalent for culture and segment.</remarks>
        object GetValue(string propertyTypeAlias, string culture = null, string segment = null, bool published = false);

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the typed value of a Property
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>Values 'null' and 'empty' are equivalent for culture and segment.</remarks>
        TValue GetValue<TValue>(string propertyTypeAlias, string culture = null, string segment = null, bool published = false);

        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the (edited) value of a Property
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>Values 'null' and 'empty' are equivalent for culture and segment.</remarks>
        void SetValue(string propertyTypeAlias, object value, string culture = null, string segment = null);

    }
}