Creating the fluent mappings

To define the specific fluent mapping, perform the following procedure:

1. From the context menu of folder Model, click Add » New Item...

2. In the left pane, select Visual C# » Code.

3. Click Class and in the Name input field, enter JobsFluentMapping.

4. Open the file JobsFluentMapping.cs and add the following namespaces:

   using System.Collections.Generic;

   using Telerik.OpenAccess.Metadata.Fluent;

   using Telerik.Sitefinity;

   using Telerik.Sitefinity.Model;

5. Change the class definition to:

   public class JobsFluentMapping : OpenAccessFluentMappingBase

   {

    

   }

6. Create the constructor in the following way:

   public JobsFluentMapping(IDatabaseMappingContext context)

       : base(context)

   {

   }

7. Override the GetMapping method by pasting the following code:

   public override IList<MappingConfiguration> GetMapping()

   {

       var mappings = new List<MappingConfiguration>();

       MapItem(mappings);

       return mappings;

   }

    

   private void MapItem(IList<MappingConfiguration> mappings)

   {

       var itemMapping = new MappingConfiguration<JobApplication>();

       itemMapping.HasProperty(p => p.Id).IsIdentity();

       itemMapping.MapType(p => new { }).ToTable("sfex_jobapplications");

       itemMapping.HasProperty(p => p.Phone);

       itemMapping.HasProperty(p => p.FirstName);

       itemMapping.HasProperty(p => p.LastName);

       itemMapping.HasProperty(p => p.Text);

       itemMapping.HasProperty(p => p.Referral);

       mappings.Add(itemMapping);

   }

All mappings inherit OpenAccessFluentMappingBase and override the GetMapping method. First, you create a mapping configuration. Then, you specify the name of the table. Finally, you specify the properties in the mapping.

To create the specific metadata source, perform the following procedure:

1. From the context menu of folder Model, click Add » New Item...

2. In the left pane, select Visual C# » Code.

3. Click Class and in the Name input field, enter JobsFluentMetadataSource.

4. Open the file JobsFluentMetadataSource.cs and add the following namespaces:

   using System.Collections.Generic;

   using Telerik.Sitefinity.Model;

   using Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.GenericContent.Data;

5. Change the class definition to:

   public class JobsFluentMetadataSource : ContentBaseMetadataSource

   {

    

   }

6. Create the constructors in the following way:

   public JobsFluentMetadataSource()

       : base (null)

   {

   }

    

   public JobsFluentMetadataSource(IDatabaseMappingContext context)

       : base (context)

   {

   }

7. Override the BuildCustomMappings method by pasting the following code:

   protected override IList<IOpenAccessFluentMapping> BuildCustomMappings()

   {

       var sitefinityMappings = base.BuildCustomMappings();

       sitefinityMappings.Add(new JobsFluentMapping(this.Context));

       return sitefinityMappings;

   }

You inherit from ContentBaseMetadataSource and reuse the functionality there. You must override the BuildCustomMappings method by adding JobsFluentMapping to the mappings created in the base implementation.