Integrating Read-Only Data Sources

Valid for Sitecore 5.2, 5.1.1

Read-only integration is the simplest level of integration to implement. This allows items in the external storage to be displayed in the Sitecore clients or a web site. The items, however, cannot be changed via the Sitecore clients.

When integrating at this level, the following methods are of particular interest:

Return Value	Method Name	Parameters	Description
ItemDefinition	GetItemDefinition	ID itemID CallContext context	Returns an item descriptor for the item associated with the given item ID.
FieldList	GetItemFields	ItemDefinition item VersionUri version CallContext context	Returns the specified item’s fields filled with values from the data source.
IDList	GetChildIDs	ItemDefinition item CallContext context	Returns the IDs of the given item’s children.
ID	GetParentID	ItemDefinition item CallContext context	Returns the ID of the given item’s parent.
ID	GetRootID	CallContext context	Returns the ID of the data source’s root item.
TemplateCollection	GetTemplates	CallContext context	Returns the collection of templates which define the items available in this data source.

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