PortalSiteMapProvider.CreateCustomSiteMapNode Method

Enables custom handling of any SPNavigationNode objects marked as Custom.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function CreateCustomSiteMapNode ( _
    webNode As PortalWebSiteMapNode, _
    node As SPNavigationNode, _
    parentNode As PortalSiteMapNode _
) As PortalSiteMapNode
'Usage
Dim instance As PortalSiteMapProvider
Dim webNode As PortalWebSiteMapNode
Dim node As SPNavigationNode
Dim parentNode As PortalSiteMapNode
Dim returnValue As PortalSiteMapNode

returnValue = instance.CreateCustomSiteMapNode(webNode, _
    node, parentNode)

public virtual PortalSiteMapNode CreateCustomSiteMapNode(
    PortalWebSiteMapNode webNode,
    SPNavigationNode node,
    PortalSiteMapNode parentNode
)

Parameters

• webNode
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation.PortalWebSiteMapNode

  PortalWebSiteMapNode object that represents the Web site containing the SPNavigationNode object.

• node
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation.SPNavigationNode

  SPNavigationNode object marked as a custom node.

• parentNode
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation.PortalSiteMapNode

  PortalSiteMapNode object that is this node's parent in navigation.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation.PortalSiteMapNode
The PortalSiteMapNode object that represents the custom SPNavigationNode object.

Remarks

SharePoint Server 2010 calls this method when it encounters an SPNavigationNode object with a NodeType property value set to Custom.

When overridden in a derived class, you can create and return a custom PortalSiteMapNode object or an object derived from a PortalSiteMapNode object.

See Also

Reference

PortalSiteMapProvider Class

PortalSiteMapProvider Members

Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Navigation Namespace

PortalSiteMapProvider