IJsonDataConnectionProviderService.GetJsonDataConnection(String) Method

Gets a connection by name.

Namespace: DevExpress.DataAccess.Json

Assembly: DevExpress.DataAccess.v21.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.DataAccess, DevExpress.Win.Design

Declaration

C#

JsonDataConnection GetJsonDataConnection(
    string name
)

VB.NET

Function GetJsonDataConnection(
    name As String
) As JsonDataConnection

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	String	A connection name.

Returns

Type	Description
JsonDataConnection	A JSON connection.

Remarks

The GetJsonDataConnection method resolves a connection name to a JSON connection.

The following code retrieves a connection string from the dictionary for the given connection name, and creates and returns the JsonDataConnection object.

using DevExpress.DataAccess.Json;
using DevExpress.DataAccess.Web;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using System.Collections.Generic;
// ...
public class WebDocumentViewerJsonDataConnectionProvider : IJsonDataConnectionProviderService
{
    readonly Dictionary<string, string> jsonDataConnections;
    public WebDocumentViewerJsonDataConnectionProvider(Dictionary<string, string> jsonDataConnections)
    {
        this.jsonDataConnections = jsonDataConnections;
    }
    public JsonDataConnection GetJsonDataConnection(string name)
    {
        if (jsonDataConnections == null)
            return null;
        return CustomDataSourceWizardJsonDataConnectionStorage.CreateJsonDataConnectionFromString(
            name, jsonDataConnections[name]);
    }
}

For more information and code examples, review the following help topic: JSON Data - Register Connections.