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PortalSiteMapProvider.GetChildNodes method (SiteMapNode)

Returns a security-trimmed collection of child nodes from a specified parent node.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ObjectModel := True)> _
Public Overrides Function GetChildNodes ( _
    node As SiteMapNode _
) As SiteMapNodeCollection
'Usage
Dim instance As PortalSiteMapProvider
Dim node As SiteMapNode
Dim returnValue As SiteMapNodeCollection

returnValue = instance.GetChildNodes(node)
[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ObjectModel = true)]
public override SiteMapNodeCollection GetChildNodes(
    SiteMapNode node
)

Parameters

Return value

Type: System.Web.SiteMapNodeCollection
A security-trimmed SiteMapNodeCollection object of child nodes.

Examples

The following example references the following assemblies:

  • System.dll

  • System.Data.dll

  • System.Xml.dll

  • System.Web.dll

  • System.Configuration.dll

  • Microsoft.SharePoint.dll

  • Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.dll

  • Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.dll

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Data;
using System.Web;

using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation;

namespace Microsoft.SDK.SharePointServer.Samples
{
    class GetChildNodesSample
    {
        // Get a list of the navigation headings beneath a specified
        // Web cell in current navigation. This method must be called from
        // within a current and valid HttpContext object.
        public static List<string>GetNavigationHeadingTitles(string serverRelativeWebUrl)
        {
            List<string> titles = null;

            // Get a reference to the current navigation provider:
            // the one that doesn't HTML-encode titles.
            PortalSiteMapProvider portalProvider = PortalSiteMapProvider.CurrentNavSiteMapProviderNoEncode;
            // Look up the node for the given Web site URL.
            PortalWebSiteMapNode webNode = 
                portalProvider.FindSiteMapNode(serverRelativeWebUrl) as PortalWebSiteMapNode;

            if (webNode != null)
            {
                // Retrieve the heading nodes beneath the 
                // specified Web site.
                SiteMapNodeCollection headingNodes = 
                    portalProvider.GetChildNodes(webNode, NodeTypes.Heading, NodeTypes.None);

                titles = new List<string>(headingNodes.Count);

                foreach (PortalSiteMapNode headingNode in headingNodes)
                {
                    // Add the title to the list.
                    titles.Add(headingNode.Title);
                }
            }

            // Return the list of titles.
            return titles;
        }
    }
}
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Web

Imports Microsoft.SharePoint
Imports Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation

Imports Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing
Imports Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation

Namespace Microsoft.SDK.SharePointServer.Samples
    Friend Class GetChildNodesSample
        ' Get a list of the navigation headings beneath a specified
        ' Web cell in current navigation. This method must be called from
        ' within a current and valid HttpContext object.
        Public Shared Function GetNavigationHeadingTitles(ByVal serverRelativeWebUrl As String) As List(Of String)
            Dim titles As List(Of String) = Nothing

            ' Get a reference to the current navigation provider:
            ' the one that doesn't HTML-encode titles.
            Dim portalProvider As PortalSiteMapProvider = PortalSiteMapProvider.CurrentNavSiteMapProviderNoEncode
            ' Look up the node for the given Web site URL.
            Dim webNode As PortalWebSiteMapNode = TryCast(portalProvider.FindSiteMapNode(serverRelativeWebUrl), PortalWebSiteMapNode)

            If webNode IsNot Nothing Then
                ' Retrieve the heading nodes beneath the 
                ' specified Web site.
                Dim headingNodes As SiteMapNodeCollection = portalProvider.GetChildNodes(webNode, NodeTypes.Heading, NodeTypes.None)

                titles = New List(Of String)(headingNodes.Count)

                For Each headingNode As PortalSiteMapNode In headingNodes
                    ' Add the title to the list.
                    titles.Add(headingNode.Title)
                Next headingNode
            End If

            ' Return the list of titles.
            Return titles
        End Function
    End Class
End Namespace

See also

Reference

PortalSiteMapProvider class

PortalSiteMapProvider members

GetChildNodes overload

Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation namespace

PortalSiteMapProvider