Hierarchal taxonomy creation and sub category

Posted by Community Admin on 02-Feb-2011 00:00

Hey guys,

I'm currently trying to create categories and sub categories from Visual Studio. My approach to this would have been registering a Custom widget through the site and well I'm using my .cs file with my code behind to create the categories. In reading through the development guide that was there and even used it in my code and it didn't work. Reference:- http://www.sitefinity.com/40/help/developer-manual/taxonomies-hierarchical-taxonomy-hierarchical-taxonomy-api.html
Its on a button click of a page the page that has the widget. My code is below here.

private void SampleCode()

//Create a new hierarhical taxonomy using the TaxonomyManager class

TaxonomyManager manager = TaxonomyManager.GetManager();

var tax = manager.CreateTaxonomy<HierarchicalTaxonomy>();

tax.Name = "News";

tax.TaxonName = "News";

tax.Title = "News";

tax.Description = "Taxonomy which will classify the news on our web site";

//Create a new taxon and add it to the taxonomy - Europe News

var rootTaxonNews = manager.CreateTaxon<HierarchicalTaxon>();

rootTaxonNews.Title = "From Europe";

rootTaxonNews.Name = "European News";

rootTaxonNews.Description = "This category holds the news from Europe";

tax.Taxa.Add(rootTaxonNews);

//Create two sub-taxa and add them to the European News taxon.

//1

var taxon1 = manager.CreateTaxon<HierarchicalTaxon>();

taxon1.Title = "Politics";

rootTaxonNews.Name = "Politics";

taxon1.Description = "This category holds the Politics news";

rootTaxonNews.Subtaxa.Add(taxon1);

////2

//var taxon2 = manager.CreateTaxon<HierarchicalTaxon>();

//taxon2.Title = "Entertainment";

//taxon2.Name = "Entertainment";

//taxon2.Description = "This category holds the Entertainment news";

//rootTaxonNews.Subtaxa.Add(taxon2);

//Create a new taxon and add it to the taxonomy - US News

var rootTaxonUSNews = manager.CreateTaxon<HierarchicalTaxon>();

rootTaxonUSNews.Title = "From USA";

rootTaxonUSNews.Name = "USA News";

rootTaxonUSNews.Description = "This category holds the news from USA";

tax.Taxa.Add(rootTaxonUSNews);

//Save all changes done up to now.

manager.SaveChanges();

I used that and i got the error below. If possible can someone guide me as to why I'm getting that error or if I'm missing something when trying to save.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

Line 189: tax.Taxa.Add(rootTaxonUSNews);

Line 190: //Save all changes done up to now.

Line 191: manager.SaveChanges();

Line 192:

Line 193:

Source File: C:\Program Files (x86)\Telerik\Sitefinity 4.0\Projects\CopperSparrow\Custom\Widget\ImportDataSitefinity.ascx.cs Line: 191

Stack Trace:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]

Telerik.Sitefinity.Security.AuthorizationPermissionProvider.AuthorizeInput(IMethodInvocation input) +3234

Telerik.Sitefinity.Security.SitefinityAuthorizationCallHandler.Invoke(IMethodInvocation input, GetNextHandlerDelegate getNext) +274

Telerik.Microsoft.Practices.Unity.InterceptionExtension.HandlerPipeline.Invoke(IMethodInvocation input, InvokeHandlerDelegate target) +221

Telerik.Microsoft.Practices.Unity.InterceptionExtension.PolicyInjectionBehavior.Invoke(IMethodInvocation input, GetNextInterceptionBehaviorDelegate getNext) +199

Telerik.Microsoft.Practices.Unity.InterceptionExtension.InterceptionBehaviorPipeline.Invoke(IMethodInvocation input, InvokeInterceptionBehaviorDelegate target) +221

DynamicModule.ns.Wrapped_OpenAccessTaxonomyProvider_6a25c2a10f38416f837755f51419943b.CommitTransaction() +181

Telerik.Sitefinity.Data.ManagerBase`1.SaveChanges() +137

SitefinityWebApp.Custom.Widget.ImportDataSitefinity.SampleCode() in C:\Program Files (x86)\Telerik\Sitefinity 4.0\Projects\CopperSparrow\Custom\Widget\ImportDataSitefinity.ascx.cs:191

SitefinityWebApp.Custom.Widget.ImportDataSitefinity.Execute_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Program Files (x86)\Telerik\Sitefinity 4.0\Projects\CopperSparrow\Custom\Widget\ImportDataSitefinity.ascx.cs:100

System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) +118

System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +112

System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) +10

System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument) +13

System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +36

System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +5563

Posted by Community Admin on 08-Feb-2011 00:00

Hello Jesse,

You need to set Taxonomy property of the taxons:

private void SampleCode()

//Create a new hierarhical taxonomy using the TaxonomyManager class

TaxonomyManager manager = TaxonomyManager.GetManager();

var tax = manager.CreateTaxonomy<HierarchicalTaxonomy>();

tax.Name = "News";

tax.TaxonName = "News";

tax.Title = "News";

tax.Description = "Taxonomy which will classify the news on our web site";

//Create a new taxon and add it to the taxonomy - Europe News

var rootTaxonNews = manager.CreateTaxon<HierarchicalTaxon>();

rootTaxonNews.Title = "From Europe";

rootTaxonNews.Name = "European News";

rootTaxonNews.Description = "This category holds the news from Europe";

rootTaxonNews.Taxonomy = tax;

tax.Taxa.Add(rootTaxonNews);

//Create two sub-taxa and add them to the European News taxon.

//1

var taxon1 = manager.CreateTaxon<HierarchicalTaxon>();

taxon1.Title = "Politics";

rootTaxonNews.Name = "Politics";

taxon1.Description = "This category holds the Politics news";

taxon1.Taxonomy = tax;

rootTaxonNews.Subtaxa.Add(taxon1);

////2

//var taxon2 = manager.CreateTaxon<HierarchicalTaxon>();

//taxon2.Title = "Entertainment";

//taxon2.Name = "Entertainment";

//taxon2.Description = "This category holds the Entertainment news";

//rootTaxonNews.Subtaxa.Add(taxon2);

//Create a new taxon and add it to the taxonomy - US News

var rootTaxonUSNews = manager.CreateTaxon<HierarchicalTaxon>();

rootTaxonUSNews.Title = "From USA";

rootTaxonUSNews.Name = "USA News";

rootTaxonUSNews.Description = "This category holds the news from USA";

rootTaxonUSNews.Taxonomy = tax;

tax.Taxa.Add(rootTaxonUSNews);

//Save all changes done up to now.

manager.SaveChanges();

Let us know if this helps.

Greetings,
Pepi
the Telerik team

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Posted by Community Admin on 08-Feb-2011 00:00

Hey Pepi,

Thanks for the response. I am able to create categories and sub-categories. It is working thanks again! I think you should include the lines that were missing in the development guide because it's missing there. Just a suggestion.

Posted by Community Admin on 10-Feb-2011 00:00

Hello Jess,

The Parent taxon of the sub-taxon is not set and most probably that causes the problem:

var taxon1 = manager.CreateTaxon<HierarchicalTaxon>();

taxon1.Title = "Politics";

rootTaxonNews.Name = "Politics";

taxon1.Description = "This category holds the Politics news";

taxon1.Taxonomy = tax;

taxon1.Parent = rootTaxonNews;

rootTaxonNews.Subtaxa.Add(taxon1);

Do let us know if this solves the issue.

Greetings,
Pepi
the Telerik team

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Posted by Community Admin on 29-Mar-2012 00:00

Yes, please add this to the documentation since it is still missing. Also you will have to remember to set the UrlName for it be created properly:

taxon.UrlName = Regex.Replace(name.ToLower(), UrlNameCharsToReplace, UrlNameReplaceString);

PS - Also please add UrlNameCharsToReplace and UrlNameReplaceString as global constants to the framework :)

Posted by Community Admin on 29-Mar-2012 00:00

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