How to get children of a item using SitecoreContext?

[Per Bering]

Hi, 

Using SitecoreContext, how do I get the children of a item? Is there a _context.GetItems<T>(Guid id / string path) method someplace or should I use _context.Query? Does the Query method take just a path or id or does it have to be a Sitecore Query?

/Per 

[Michael Edwards]

Per
I  am away this weekend, I will send you a detailed response on Monday.

Mike

Hi, 

Using SitecoreContext, how do I get the children of a item? Is there a _context.GetItems<T>(Guid id / string path) method someplace or should I use _context.Query? Does the Query method take just a path or id or does it have to be a Sitecore Query?

/Per 

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[Michael Edwards]

Per

To get children:

OnDemand:

public class MyModel{

  public virtual IEnumerable<MyOtherModel> Children{ get; set;}

}

Attribute:

[SitecoreType]

public class MyModel{

   [SitecoreChildren]

   public virtual IEnumerable<MyOtherModel> SomePropertyName{ get;set;}

}

Fluent:

var model = loader.Add<MyModel>();

model.Children(x=> x.SomePropertyName);

You can also filter children by using a relative query:

[SitecoreType]

public class MyModel{

   [SitecoreQuery("./*[@@templatename='News']", IsRelative=true)]

   public virtual IEnumerable<NewsStories> NewsStories{get;set;}

}

Cheers

Mike

[Per Bering]

mmm my question is more how to get the children of a Guid? Just like Query("./*[@@templatename='News']")? Without Glass I would have done something like:

var database = Factory.GetDatabase("web");

var targetItem = database.Items.GetItem(someId);

var children = targetItem.Children;

I got this working in my controller:

_context.Query<ArticleModel>("//*[@@id = '" + settings.Source.ToString("B").ToUpperInvariant() + "']/*")

I just worry that doing a Sitecore Query is not as permanent as item.Children. Any thoughts?

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