Get type of metadata fields of a Metadata schema

Question

I want to get the all fields along with type/datatype of the metadata fields of a Metadata schema.

I have written below sample code to achieve the functionality and I am able to get Name, Description etc but could not find any property with type/dataType. If anyone of you have any idea, please suggest...

var client = new SessionAwareCoreService2010Client();

client.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.UserName = "myUserName";
client.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.Password = "myPassword";
client.Open();

if (client.State == System.ServiceModel.CommunicationState.Opened)
{
    var schemaUri = "tcm:1-47-8";
    var fields= client.ReadSchemaFields(schemaUri, true, new ReadOptions());
    var fieldName =   fields.MetadataFields[0].Name;
}

Answer 1

To know the type of a field, you only need to examine the .NET type of the field. I typically use an "is" check, but you can also call GetType if you want.

For example:

var client = new SessionAwareCoreService2010Client();

client.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.UserName = "myUserName";
client.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.Password = "myPassword";
client.Open();

if (client.State == System.ServiceModel.CommunicationState.Opened)
{
    var schemaUri = "tcm:1-47-8";
    var fields= client.ReadSchemaFields(schemaUri, true, new ReadOptions());
    foreach (var field in fields.MetadataFields)
    {
        if (field is SingleLineTextFieldDefinitionData)
        {
            // Do something specifically for single-line text fields
        }
    }
}