Custom object creation
Describes how to customize instantiation of objects returned in search results in Optimizely Search & Navigation.
When objects returned in search results are deserialized, the JSON.NET serializer instantiates them. If you require a custom action when instantiating the objects, customize the instantiation with the client
conventions.
An example of configuring custom instantiation can look like this:
//using EPiServer.Find.ClientConventions;
client.Conventions.ForType<BlogPost>()
.CreateUsing(() => new BlogPost("someCtorParamValue"));
Note
If indexed objects are so complex that they require custom instantiation, they are often not suitable as search results. It might be better to project the search results to another, simpler class using the
Select
method.
Updated 6 months ago