Creating the metadata provider

To create the metadata provider, perform the following procedure:

1. From the context menu of folder Data, click Add » Class...

2. In the Name input field, enter TestimonialsMetaDataProvider.

3. Open the file TestimonialsMetaDataProvider.cs and add the following namespaces:

   using Telerik.OpenAccess.Metadata;

   using Telerik.Sitefinity.Data;

   using Telerik.Sitefinity.Data.OA;

   using Telerik.Sitefinity.Model;

4. Change the class definition to:

   public class TestimonialsMetaDataProvider : IOpenAccessMetadataProvider, IOpenAccessCustomContextProvider

   {

    

   }

5. Create the GetMetaDataSource method by pasting the following code:

   public MetadataSource GetMetaDataSource(IDatabaseMappingContext context)

   {

       return new TestimonialsFluentMetaDataSource();

   }

6. Create the GetContext method by pasting the following code:

   public SitefinityOAContext GetContext(string connectionString, Telerik.OpenAccess.BackendConfiguration backendConfig, MetadataContainer metadataContainer)

   {

       return new TestimonialsContext(connectionString, backendConfig, metadataContainer);

   }

7. Provide the module name property by pasting the following code:

   public string ModuleName

   {

       get { return TestimonialsModule.ModuleName; }

   }

You inherit from IOpenAccessMetadataProvider and IOpenAccessCustomContextProvider. You create methods for getting the metadata source and the context. Then, you create property for the module name.