I struck on that the block property setter is called only once during block “life time”. In case from call within
SetDefaultValues(ContentType contentType)
I performed some tests on this:
1. Create new block
[ContentType(DisplayName = "SetterTestsBlock", GUID = "43ca7e93-6982-4b95-b073-c42af6ad2315", Description = "")]
public class SetterTestsBlock : BlockData
{
public virtual string SomeVirtualStringProperty
{
get => this.GetPropertyValue(t => t.SomeVirtualStringProperty);
set { this.SetPropertyValue(t => t.SomeVirtualStringProperty, "Ahoj1"); }
}
public string SomeStringProperty
{
get => this.GetPropertyValue(t => t.SomeStringProperty);
set { this.SetPropertyValue(t => t.SomeStringProperty, "Ahoj2"); }
}
public override void SetDefaultValues(ContentType contentType)
{
SomeVirtualStringProperty = "Čau1";
SomeStringProperty = "Čau2";
}
}
The result is expectable:
2. Create new block again
[ContentType(DisplayName = "SetterTestsBlock", GUID = "43ca7e93-6982-4b95-b073-c42af6ad2315", Description = "")]
public class SetterTestsBlock : BlockData
{
public virtual string SomeVirtualStringProperty
{
get => this.GetPropertyValue(t => t.SomeVirtualStringProperty);
//set { this.SetPropertyValue(t => t.SomeVirtualStringProperty, "Ahoj1"); }
//set { }
set { throw new Exception(); }
}
public string SomeStringProperty
{
get => this.GetPropertyValue(t => t.SomeStringProperty);
//set { this.SetPropertyValue(t => t.SomeStringProperty, "Ahoj2"); }
//set { }
set { throw new Exception(); }
}
//public override void SetDefaultValues(ContentType contentType)
//{
// SomeVirtualStringProperty = "Čau1";
// SomeStringProperty = "Čau2";
//}
}
This time the result is also quite expectable:
3. Publish changes to block from test 2
This result is not so expectable:
Tests conclusion:
- Property setter is called only from SetDefaultValues(ContentType contentType) method during block first-time creation.
- Property setter is never further called.
- Observed behaviour does not depend on property virtuality (virtual modifier).
The Problem
Imagine situation illustrated by code underneath.
[ContentType(DisplayName = "RealUsageSimulation", GUID = "12737925-ab51-4f63-9144-cd4632244a1c", Description = "")]
public class RealUsageSimulation : BlockData
{
public string SomeStrPropWithDependency
{
get => this.GetPropertyValue(t => t.SomeStrPropWithDependency);
set
{
this.SetPropertyValue(t => t.SomeStrPropWithDependency, GetDBValue());
string GetDBValue()
{
return string.Join(",",
value.Split(new[] { ',', ';', '/'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Select(x => x.Trim()));
}
}
}
}
Since issue described in tests this code is useless.
Am I wrong in some part? How to work around this in some good-approach manner?