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c#sitecorecode-generationglass-mappertds

Glass Mapper IEnumerable<Guid> to IEnumerable<Object>

I am using glass mapper and TDS code generation templates to generate models for my sitecore templates.

All working Good. But, If i have a multi-list field TDS templates are creating IEnumerable<Guid>. I want it to be IEnumerable<OtherSitecoreTemplate>. Its working if i manually change it. But next time when code is regenerated, all my changes will be lost.

Is there a better way to do this?

Solution

  • You can set a custom type on your multi-list field that will be used during code generation by setting the "Custom Data" property of the field in TDS:

    Custom Data.

    In your case, if you set this to "generic=Namespace.OtherSitecoreTemplate" the stock code generation templates for TDS will generate as IEnumerable<OtherSitecoreTemplate>

    As an aside, this is where you'd set the type for Link fields. If you use the string "type=OtherSitecoreTemplate" it will strongly type the field to the value provided.