IControlPanel.GetCategory(String, ModulePageInfo) Method

Definition

Retrieves the Home page category of the feature that is associated with the specified category string.

public:
 Microsoft::Web::Management::Client::ControlPanelCategoryInfo ^ GetCategory(System::String ^ categorization, Microsoft::Web::Management::Client::ModulePageInfo ^ pageInfo);
public Microsoft.Web.Management.Client.ControlPanelCategoryInfo GetCategory (string categorization, Microsoft.Web.Management.Client.ModulePageInfo pageInfo);
abstract member GetCategory : string * Microsoft.Web.Management.Client.ModulePageInfo -> Microsoft.Web.Management.Client.ControlPanelCategoryInfo
Public Function GetCategory (categorization As String, pageInfo As ModulePageInfo) As ControlPanelCategoryInfo

Parameters

categorization
String

The category string that was used to register the category.

pageInfo
ModulePageInfo

The ModulePageInfo object that is associated with the specified categorization string.

Returns

The ControlPanelCategoryInfo object of which the current feature is a member, or null if the feature does not belong to any category.

Examples

The following example uses the category information to group features.

protected override void OnGroup(
    ModuleListPageGrouping grouping) {
    ListView.BeginUpdate();
    try {
        if ((grouping == null) ||
            (grouping == EmptyGrouping)) {
            return;
        }

        // Get the dictionary of groups for 
        // this category type
        IDictionary<string, ListViewGroup>
            groups = GroupingsTable[grouping.Name];

        IControlPanel controlPanel =
            (IControlPanel)GetService(typeof(IControlPanel));


        foreach (PageListViewItem item
            in ListView.Items) {
            ControlPanelCategoryInfo categoryInfo =
                controlPanel.GetCategory(
                grouping.Name, item.PageInfo);
            ListViewGroup group = null;
            if (categoryInfo != null) {
                group = groups[categoryInfo.Text];
            }

            // If we couldn't find a group, 
            // assign it to the 'Other' group
            if (group == null) {
                group = groups["Other"];
            }

            item.Group = group;
        }
    } finally {
        ListView.EndUpdate();
    }
}

Remarks

This method enables you to map from a page back to the Home page category it is contained within for the specified category type.

Home page categories include Application Development, Health and Diagnostics, HTTP Features, Performance, Security, and Server Components.

Applies to