IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsStorage Interface

When implemented by a class, represents a storage of data connections used in the Dashboard Data Source Wizard.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWeb

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v23.1.Web.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web.Dashboard.Common

Declaration

C#

public interface IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsStorage :
    IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider

VB.NET

Public Interface IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsStorage
    Inherits IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider

Remarks

The following code snippet shows how to save the created connection strings in the the ASP.NET Core dashboard application.

View Example: Dashboard for ASP.NET Core - How to create new JSON data sources at runtime

using DevExpress.DashboardWeb;
using DevExpress.DataAccess.ConnectionParameters;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

// ...

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) {
  services.AddScoped<DashboardConfigurator>((IServiceProvider serviceProvider) => {
    DashboardConfigurator configurator = new DashboardConfigurator();
    // ...
    // Use the ConnectionStringProvider instance as the SetConnectionStringsProvider method's parameter.
    configurator.SetConnectionStringsProvider(new ConnectionStringProvider());
    // ...
    return configurator;
  });

  services.AddDevExpressControls();
}
public class ConnectionStringProvider: IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsStorage {
    readonly Dictionary<string, DataConnectionParametersBase> storage = new Dictionary<string, DataConnectionParametersBase>();
    public Dictionary<string, string> GetConnectionDescriptions() {
      return storage.ToDictionary(p=>p.Key, p=>p.Key);
    }
    public DataConnectionParametersBase GetDataConnectionParameters(string name) {
      return storage[name];
    }
    public void SaveDataConnectionParameters(string name, DataConnectionParametersBase connectionParameters, bool saveCredentials) {
        storage[name] = connectionParameters;
    }
}