Implementation Class for DNN’s DAL2 Repository

Something that I thought was missing from DNN’s DAL2 was a generic implementation of it’s repository base class that you could inherit from instead of repeating more boiler plate.

Ultimately why this is important should be apparent when you see the implementation below. But spoiler alert: It’s very little code!

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace Components.Data
{
    public abstract class RepositoryImpl<T> : IRepository<T> where T : class
    {

        public virtual void Delete(T item)
        {
            using (IDataContext db = DataContext.Instance()) {
                dynamic repo = db.GetRepository<T>();
                repo.Delete(item);
            }
        }

        public virtual void Delete(string sqlCondition, params object[] args)
        {
            using (IDataContext db = DataContext.Instance()) {
                dynamic repo = db.GetRepository<T>();
                repo.Delete(sqlCondition, args);
            }
        }

        public virtual IEnumerable<T> Find(string sqlCondition, params object[] args)
        {
            IEnumerable<T> list = default(IEnumerable<T>);
            using (IDataContext db = DataContext.Instance()) {
                dynamic repo = db.GetRepository<T>();
                list = repo.Find(sqlCondition, args);
            }
            return list;
        }

        public virtual IPagedList<T> Find(int pageIndex, int pageSize, string sqlCondition, params object[] args)
        {
            IPagedList<T> list = default(IPagedList<T>);
            using (IDataContext db = DataContext.Instance()) {
                dynamic repo = db.GetRepository<T>();
                list = repo.Find(pageIndex, pageSize, sqlCondition, args);
            }
            return list;
        }

        public virtual IEnumerable<T> Get()
        {
            IEnumerable<T> list = default(IEnumerable<T>);
            using (IDataContext db = DataContext.Instance()) {
                dynamic repo = db.GetRepository<T>();
                list = repo.Get();
            }
            return list;
        }

        public virtual IEnumerable<T> Get<TScopeType>(TScopeType scopeValue)
        {
            IEnumerable<T> list = default(IEnumerable<T>);
            using (IDataContext db = DataContext.Instance()) {
                dynamic repo = db.GetRepository<T>();
                list = repo.Get<TScopeType>(scopeValue);
            }
            return list;
        }

        public virtual T GetById<TProperty>(TProperty id)
        {
            T item = default(T);
            using (IDataContext db = DataContext.Instance()) {
                dynamic repo = db.GetRepository<T>();
                item = repo.GetById<TProperty>(id);
            }
            return item;
        }

        public virtual T GetById<TProperty, TScopeType>(TProperty id, TScopeType scopeValue)
        {
            T item = default(T);
            using (IDataContext db = DataContext.Instance()) {
                dynamic repo = db.GetRepository<T>();
                item = repo.GetById<TProperty, TScopeType>(id, scopeValue);
            }
            return item;
        }

        public virtual IPagedList<T> GetPage(int pageIndex, int pageSize)
        {
            IPagedList<T> list = default(IPagedList<T>);
            using (IDataContext db = DataContext.Instance()) {
                dynamic repo = db.GetRepository<T>();
                list = repo.GetPage(pageIndex, pageSize);
            }
            return list;
        }

        public virtual IPagedList<T> GetPage<TScopeType>(TScopeType scopeValue, int pageIndex, int pageSize)
        {
            IPagedList<T> list = default(IPagedList<T>);
            using (IDataContext db = DataContext.Instance()) {
                dynamic repo = db.GetRepository<T>();
                list = repo.GetPage<TScopeType>(scopeValue, pageIndex, pageSize);
            }
            return list;
        }

        public virtual void Insert(T item)
        {
            using (IDataContext db = DataContext.Instance()) {
                dynamic repo = db.GetRepository<T>();
                repo.Insert(item);
            }
        }

        public virtual void Update(T item)
        {
            using (IDataContext db = DataContext.Instance()) {
                dynamic repo = db.GetRepository<T>();
                repo.Update(item);
            }
        }

        public virtual void Update(string sqlCondition, params object[] args)
        {
            using (IDataContext db = DataContext.Instance()) {
                dynamic repo = db.GetRepository<T>();
                repo.Update(sqlCondition, args);
            }
        }
    }
}

What this class will allow you to do is create a simple class that inherits RepositoryImpl and gain access to all the CRUD operations.

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using DotNetNuke.Data;

namespace Components.Data
{

    public interface IAnyEntityRepository : IRepository<AnyEntityName>
    {
    }

    public class AnyEntityRepository : RepositoryImpl<AnyEntityName>, IAnyEntityRepository
    {
    }
}

Additionally this structure will allow you to use dependency injection like Ninject to inject the concrete class using the IAnyEntityRepository interface.