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Implemented by

• AbsoluteNavigationLinkAspect

• ClassNavigationLinkAspect

• ObjectNavigationLinkAspect

For changes to NavigationLink creation see https://encodo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/EB/pages/614498331/Release+Notes+Januar+2024#Navigation-Links

Class Breakdown

• MetaValue.String Properties

  • All properties withMetaValue.String can be passed as either a String or as an IMetaExpression.

• EvaluateMetaValuePropertiesInContext(IMetaElement context)

  • Evaluates all MetaValue.String properties in the provided MetaElement context

  • PropertyLinkBuilder methods will automatically evaluate properties

PropertyLinkBuilder

• SetAbsoluteNavigationLink()

• SetClassNavigationLink()

• SetObjectNavigationLink()

// String URL
row.Add.Link(metadata.Person.AbsoluteLink, "public")
  .SetAbsoluteNavigationLink("https://www.encodo.com");

// ExpressionText URL
row.Add.Link(metadata.Person.AbsoluteLink, "public")
  .SetAbsoluteNavigationLink("[expression]If(Name == 'test', 'https://www.test.com', 'https://www.encodo.com')");

Manual Instantiation

// String
var aspect = new AbsoluteNavigationLinkAspect(){
  URL = https://www.encodo.com"
};

// Expression
var url = parser.CreateExpression("If(Name == 'test', 'https://www.test.com', 'https://www.encodo.com')");
var aspect = new AbsoluteNavigationLinkAspect(){
  URL = url
};

XML Layout

On XML layouts the same MetaValue.String properties can accept a String or ExpressionText

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