Custom product CMDB properties

Samuel Slotsky

Website Platform CMDB property values can be checked by getting an instance of the `ProductSettings` class from the container. This object will have properties whose names match their respective CMDB properties.

What is the mechanism for checking product specific CMDB property values?

Samuel Slotsky

Well, since this little town I created has but chirping crickets and rolling tumbleweeds for inhabitants, I'll answer my own darn question

The way to do this is to define a `CustomSettings` class. The properties on this class have names that match their CMDB properties, just like `ProductSettings` does. You must also define a static method called `GetCurrent`, which returns your product's `CustomSettings` instance from the IoC container.

What this class actually does is retrieve values from your properties file, which is populated from CMDB in deployed environments. Therefore, when running locally, you must define all of your custom properties in your local properties file. Additionally, you can add properties to this file that are not configured in CMBD, if you define them in an XML file, although I don't remember what it's called or where it's located.

Here is an example of a `CustomSettings` class for GTLRMaxwell (BusinessLawAdvisor)

[DataContract(Name = "Cobalt.GTLRMaxwell.Web.CustomSettings", Namespace = "")]
public class CustomSettings
{
[DataMember]
public string Currents { get; private set; }

[System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode")]
[DataMember]
public string WebContent { get; private set; }

[System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Design", "CA1024:UsePropertiesWhereAppropriate")]
public static CustomSettings GetCurrent() { return IoC.GetForRequest().GetCustomSetting(); }
}