SPContentTypeUsage Class
Used to track where a content type is used as the basis for another content type.
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Available in Sandboxed Solutions: Yes
Available in SharePoint Online
An SPContentTypeUsage object contains information about a single instance where a content type is used as the basis for another content type. For example, when a site content type is applied to a list, a child of the site content type is created and added to the list’s content type collection. The new list content type is an instance where the parent site content type is “used.” An SPContentTypeUsage object can provide information about this use, such as the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the root folder of a list that has a derived content type.
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A content type is “used” if any content type derived from it is present in an SPContentTypeCollection collection at the site or list level anywhere within the scope of the parent content type. |
To get a list of all uses of a content type throughout a site collection, call the static GetUsages(SPContentType) method, which returns a generic list of SPContentTypeUsage objects.
The following example shows a console application that verifies whether an obsolete content type is in use in the current site or any child sites. If the content type is not in use, the application deletes it.
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using Microsoft.SharePoint; namespace Test { class ConsoleApp { static void Main(string[] args) { using (SPSite siteCollection = new SPSite("http://localhost")) { using (SPWeb webSite = siteCollection.OpenWeb()) { // Get the obsolete content type. SPContentType obsolete = webSite.ContentTypes["Test"]; if (obsolete != null) // We have a content type { IList<SPContentTypeUsage> usages = SPContentTypeUsage.GetUsages(obsolete); if (usages.Count > 0) // It is in use { Console.WriteLine("The content type is in use in the following locations:"); foreach (SPContentTypeUsage usage in usages) Console.WriteLine(usage.Url); } else // It is not in use. { // Delete it. Console.WriteLine("Deleting content type {0}...", obsolete.Name); webSite.ContentTypes.Delete(obsolete.Id); } } else // No content type is found. { Console.WriteLine("The content type does not exist in this site collection."); } } } Console.Write("\nPress ENTER to continue..."); Console.ReadLine(); } } }
Switching my project to the User Code restrictedc Microsoft.SharePoint subset assembly verfies my findings. The compilation process fails. The unavailability of the method is the cause shown. The sample code shown in the class documentaton is as follows:
IList<SPContentTypeUsages> usages = SPContentTypeUsages.GetUsages(myContentType);
The code statement is the exact cause of the runtime failure within a Sandboxed Soluiton.
The SharePoint Online reference should be updated to reflect this condition.
- 7/27/2011
- jfort
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