Term class
Represents a Term or a Keyword in a managed metadata hierarchy.
Inheritance hierarchy
System.Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.TaxonomyItem
Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.TermSetItem
Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.Term
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ObjectModel := True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class Term _
Inherits TermSetItem
'Usage
Dim instance As Term
[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ObjectModel = true)]
public sealed class Term : TermSetItem
Remarks
A Term is stored as a TermSetItem object in the TermStore object. It containsreferences to the parts that define a term set item.
A Term can be reused under different parents. It may have custom properties associated with it. It may have multiple Label objects associated with it for ifferent LCID.
When the IsKeyword property is set to true, the Term represents a Keyword. A Keyword does not have any children and is stored in Keyword TermSet.
Initalize a new instance of this class by using the CreateTerm() method, the static GetTerm method, or by getting it from a TermCollection object.
Examples
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Security.Principal;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy;
namespace Microsoft.SDK.SharePoint.Samples
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
if (args.Length < 1)
{
Console.WriteLine("Please add site url as an argument");
return;
}
SPSite site = new SPSite(args[0]);
if (site != null)
{
TermStore termStore = GetATermStore(site);
if (termStore != null)
{
// creat a group
Group group = termStore.CreateGroup("TestData");
// test term properties
TestTermCodeSamples.TestTermProperties(termStore, group);
// test child terms and sort order
TestTermCodeSamples.TestGetTerms(termStore, group);
// test term operation
TestTermCodeSamples.TestTermOperation(termStore, group);
}
}
}
static TermStore GetATermStore(SPSite site)
{
// Get a TaxonomySession from the site
TaxonomySession session = new TaxonomySession(site);
TermStore termStore = null;
// Get a TermStore from the session
if (session.TermStores != null && session.TermStores.Count > 0)
{
termStore = session.TermStores[0];
}
return termStore;
}
}
static class TestTermCodeSamples
{
public static void TestGetTerms(TermStore termStore, Group group)
{
if (termStore == null)
{
throw new System.ArgumentNullException("termStore");
}
if (group == null)
{
throw new System.ArgumentNullException("group");
}
// get current thread lcid
int lcid = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.LCID;
// create term set
TermSet termSet = group.CreateTermSet("Month");
// TermSetItem.DoesUserHavePermission method
// check if the current user has permission to edit the term set
bool doesUserHavePermission = termSet.DoesUserHavePermissions(TaxonomyRights.EditTermSet);
Console.WriteLine("The current user " +
WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.ToString() +
(doesUserHavePermission?" has":" does not have") +
" permission to edit the term set.");
// create term
// TermSetItem.CreateTerm(System.String,System.Int32)
Term term = termSet.CreateTerm("Week", lcid);
// Create terms
Term termFri = term.CreateTerm("Fri", lcid);
Term termMon = term.CreateTerm("Mon", lcid);
Term termSat = term.CreateTerm("Sat", lcid);
Term termSun = term.CreateTerm("Sun", lcid);
Term termThu = term.CreateTerm("Thu", lcid);
Term termTue = term.CreateTerm("Tue", lcid);
Term termWed = term.CreateTerm("Wed", lcid);
// print each term name and id
PrintTermCollection(term.Terms);
// define a custom sort order
// Term.CustomSortOrder
term.CustomSortOrder = termSun.Id.ToString() + ":" +
termMon.Id.ToString() + ":" +
termTue.Id.ToString() + ":" +
termWed.Id.ToString() + ":" +
termThu.Id.ToString() + ":" +
termFri.Id.ToString() + ":" +
termSat.Id.ToString();
// commit term store changes
termStore.CommitAll();
// print child terms with paging of 5
// TermSetItem.GetTerms(int)
TermCollection retrievedTerms = term.GetTerms(5);
PrintTermCollection(retrievedTerms);
// get term starts with 'S'
// Term.GetTerms
retrievedTerms = term.GetTerms("S", lcid,
true /* search default label only */,
StringMatchOption.StartsWith,
5, /*maximum results returned*/
true /*trim term that is not available for tagging */);
PrintTermCollection(retrievedTerms);
}
public static void TestTermOperation(TermStore termStore, Group group)
{
if (termStore == null)
{
throw new System.ArgumentNullException("termStore");
}
if (group == null)
{
throw new System.ArgumentNullException("group");
}
// get current thread lcid
int lcid = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.LCID;
// create term sets and terms
TermSet termSetA = group.CreateTermSet("A");
TermSet termSetB = group.CreateTermSet("B");
Term termA1 = termSetA.CreateTerm("A1", lcid);
Term termA2 = termSetA.CreateTerm("A2", lcid);
Term termB1 = termSetB.CreateTerm("B1", lcid);
Term termB2 = termSetB.CreateTerm("B2", lcid);
// Copy, created new term "Copy of A1" under the same parent
termA1.Copy(false);
// Move, term "A1" is moved to term set "B"
termA1.Move(termSetB);
// Reuse, term "B2" is reused as a child term of term "A2"
Term reusedCopyofTermB2 = termA2.ReuseTerm(termB2, false);
// then re-assign source term to the reused copy under term "B2"
termB2.ReassignSourceTerm(reusedCopyofTermB2);
// Merge, merge "A1" to "A2", the new merged term is called "A2",
// and is reused under both term set "A" and "B"
Term mergedTerm = termA1.Merge(termA2);
termStore.CommitAll();
// Print merged term information
Console.WriteLine("Merged Terms:");
Console.WriteLine("Term: " + mergedTerm.Name + ", IsSource: " +
mergedTerm.IsSourceTerm + ", Term Set:" + mergedTerm.TermSet.Name);
foreach (Term term in mergedTerm.ReusedTerms)
{
Console.WriteLine("Term: " + term.Name + ", IsSource: " +
term.IsSourceTerm + ", Term Set:" + term.TermSet.Name);
}
// Print merged term Ids
foreach (Guid id in mergedTerm.MergedTermIds)
{
Console.WriteLine("MergedId: " + id);
}
PrintTermCollection(termSetA.Terms);
PrintTermCollection(termSetB.Terms);
}
public static void TestTermProperties(TermStore termStore, Group group)
{
if (termStore == null)
{
throw new System.ArgumentNullException("termStore");
}
if (group == null)
{
throw new System.ArgumentNullException("group");
}
// get current thread lcid
int lcid = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.LCID;
TermSet termSet = group.CreateTermSet("Term Set");
try
{
Term term = termSet.CreateTerm("Term1", lcid, Guid.NewGuid());
// Set Description and label
term.SetDescription("This is the description for the term.", lcid);
term.CreateLabel("Term Label 1", lcid, false);
termStore.CommitAll();
Console.WriteLine("Term description: " + term.GetDescription());
Console.WriteLine("Term default label: " + term.GetDefaultLabel(lcid));
// print all term labels for an lcid, include both default and
// non-default label
LabelCollection labels = term.GetAllLabels(lcid);
foreach (Label label in labels)
{
Console.WriteLine("Term label " + label.Value);
}
Console.WriteLine("Term path: " + term.GetPath());
Console.WriteLine("IsKeyword:" + term.IsKeyword);
Console.WriteLine("IsRoot:" + term.IsRoot);
Console.WriteLine("IsAvailableForTagging:" + term.IsAvailableForTagging);
}
catch (TermStoreOperationException exp)
{
Console.WriteLine(exp.Message);
}
}
private static void PrintTermCollection(TermCollection terms)
{
if (terms == null)
{
throw new System.ArgumentNullException("terms");
}
Console.WriteLine("Print terms in the term collection ...");
foreach (Term term in terms)
{
Console.WriteLine(term.Name + ":" + term.Id);
}
}
}
}
Thread safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.