Persist AdomdDataProvider

The implementation demonstrated in this article can also be reviewed in the Persist AdomdDataProvider SDK Example of the SDK Examples Browser

In this article we will show you how to persist the current state of AdomdDataProvider via Telerik's RadPersistenceFramework.

Persistence Framework

In this article we will show you how to serialize and deserialize AdomdDataProvider and all of its settings via RadPersistenceFramework. You can use this feature to save the current state of the provider and load it next time the application is started.

Persist AdomdDataProvider

We've added the DataContract attribute to all classes used by AdomdDataProvider. So you can easily serialize it by using DataContractSerializer.

So lets create a simple class that we'll use to save and load DataProviderSettings. You have to add the DataContract attribute to the new class and DataMember attribute for its properties.

[DataContract] 
public class DataProviderSettings 
{ 
    [DataMember] 
    public object[] Aggregates { get; set; } 
 
    [DataMember] 
    public object[] Filters { get; set; } 
 
    [DataMember] 
    public object[] Rows { get; set; } 
 
    [DataMember] 
    public object[] Columns { get; set; } 
 
    [DataMember] 
    public int AggregatesLevel { get; set; } 
 
    [DataMember] 
    public PivotAxis AggregatesPosition { get; set; } 
} 

<DataContract> _ 
Public Class DataProviderSettings 
    <DataMember> _ 
    Public Property Aggregates() As Object() 
 
    <DataMember> _ 
    Public Property Filters() As Object() 
 
    <DataMember> _ 
    Public Property Rows() As Object() 
 
    <DataMember> _ 
    Public Property Columns() As Object() 
 
    <DataMember> _ 
    Public Property AggregatesLevel() As Integer 
 
    <DataMember> _ 
    Public Property AggregatesPosition() As PivotAxis 
End Class 

The next step is to create a new class, which implements Telerik.Windows.Persistence.Services.IValueProvider. IValueProvider has two methods that you will have to implement - ProvideValue and RestoreValue. The first one is used when the data is saved. The second one is used when the data is restored from a previously saved state. When saving the provider, you have to create an instance of DataProviderSettings class and set all of the properties. After that you can save the instance to a file or a stream. When using DataContractSerializer you have to give a collection of KnownTypes to the serializer. That's why we've created a new PivotSerializationHelper class which has a static member - KnownTypes. It consits of all types you'll need in order to serialize AdomdDataProvider. Here's an example how to implement it:

public abstract class DataProviderValueProvider : IValueProvider 
{ 
    public abstract IEnumerable<Type> KnownTypes { get; } 
 
    public string ProvideValue(object context) 
    { 
        string serialized = string.Empty; 
 
        IDataProvider dataProvider = context as IDataProvider; 
        if (dataProvider != null) 
        { 
            MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); 
 
            DataProviderSettings settings = new DataProviderSettings() 
            { 
                Aggregates = dataProvider.Settings.AggregateDescriptions.OfType<object>().ToArray(), 
                Filters = dataProvider.Settings.FilterDescriptions.OfType<object>().ToArray(), 
                Rows = dataProvider.Settings.RowGroupDescriptions.OfType<object>().ToArray(), 
                Columns = dataProvider.Settings.ColumnGroupDescriptions.OfType<object>().ToArray(), 
                AggregatesLevel = dataProvider.Settings.AggregatesLevel, 
                AggregatesPosition = dataProvider.Settings.AggregatesPosition 
            }; 
 
            DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(DataProviderSettings), KnownTypes); 
            serializer.WriteObject(stream, settings); 
 
            stream.Position = 0; 
            var streamReader = new StreamReader(stream); 
            serialized += streamReader.ReadToEnd(); 
        } 
 
        return serialized; 
    } 
 
    public void RestoreValue(object context, string savedValue) 
    { 
        IDataProvider dataProvider = context as IDataProvider; 
        if (dataProvider != null) 
        { 
            var stream = new MemoryStream(); 
            var tw = new StreamWriter(stream); 
            tw.Write(savedValue); 
            tw.Flush(); 
            stream.Position = 0; 
 
            DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(DataProviderSettings), KnownTypes); 
            var result = serializer.ReadObject(stream); 
 
            dataProvider.Settings.AggregateDescriptions.Clear(); 
            foreach (var aggregateDescription in (result as DataProviderSettings).Aggregates) 
            { 
                dataProvider.Settings.AggregateDescriptions.Add(aggregateDescription); 
            } 
 
            dataProvider.Settings.FilterDescriptions.Clear(); 
            foreach (var filterDescription in (result as DataProviderSettings).Filters) 
            { 
                dataProvider.Settings.FilterDescriptions.Add(filterDescription); 
            } 
 
            dataProvider.Settings.RowGroupDescriptions.Clear(); 
            foreach (var rowDescription in (result as DataProviderSettings).Rows) 
            { 
                dataProvider.Settings.RowGroupDescriptions.Add(rowDescription); 
            } 
 
            dataProvider.Settings.ColumnGroupDescriptions.Clear(); 
            foreach (var columnDescription in (result as DataProviderSettings).Columns) 
            { 
                dataProvider.Settings.ColumnGroupDescriptions.Add(columnDescription); 
            } 
 
            dataProvider.Settings.AggregatesPosition = (result as DataProviderSettings).AggregatesPosition; 
            dataProvider.Settings.AggregatesLevel = (result as DataProviderSettings).AggregatesLevel; 
        } 
    } 
} 
 
 
public class AdomdValueProvider : DataProviderValueProvider 
{ 
    public override IEnumerable<Type> KnownTypes 
    { 
        get 
        { 
            return AdomdPivotSerializationHelper.KnownTypes; 
        } 
    } 
} 

Public MustInherit Class DataProviderValueProvider 
    Implements IValueProvider 
 
    Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property KnownTypes() As IEnumerable(Of Type) 
 
    Public Function ProvideValue(ByVal context As Object) As String 
        Dim serialized As String = String.Empty 
 
        Dim dataProvider As IDataProvider = TryCast(context, IDataProvider) 
        If dataProvider IsNot Nothing Then 
            Dim stream As New MemoryStream() 
 
            Dim settings As New DataProviderSettings() With {.Aggregates = dataProvider.Settings.AggregateDescriptions.OfType(Of Object)().ToArray(), .Filters = dataProvider.Settings.FilterDescriptions.OfType(Of Object)().ToArray(), .Rows = dataProvider.Settings.RowGroupDescriptions.OfType(Of Object)().ToArray(), .Columns = dataProvider.Settings.ColumnGroupDescriptions.OfType(Of Object)().ToArray(), .AggregatesLevel = dataProvider.Settings.AggregatesLevel, .AggregatesPosition = dataProvider.Settings.AggregatesPosition} 
 
            Dim serializer As New DataContractSerializer(GetType(DataProviderSettings), KnownTypes) 
            serializer.WriteObject(stream, settings) 
 
            stream.Position = 0 
            Dim streamReader = New StreamReader(stream) 
            serialized &= streamReader.ReadToEnd() 
        End If 
 
        Return serialized 
    End Function 
 
    Public Sub RestoreValue(ByVal context As Object, ByVal savedValue As String) 
        Dim dataProvider As IDataProvider = TryCast(context, IDataProvider) 
        If dataProvider IsNot Nothing Then 
            Dim stream = New MemoryStream() 
            Dim tw = New StreamWriter(stream) 
            tw.Write(savedValue) 
            tw.Flush() 
            stream.Position = 0 
 
            Dim serializer As New DataContractSerializer(GetType(DataProviderSettings), KnownTypes) 
            Dim result = serializer.ReadObject(stream) 
 
            dataProvider.Settings.AggregateDescriptions.Clear() 
            For Each aggregateDescription In (TryCast(result, DataProviderSettings)).Aggregates 
                dataProvider.Settings.AggregateDescriptions.Add(aggregateDescription) 
            Next aggregateDescription 
 
            dataProvider.Settings.FilterDescriptions.Clear() 
            For Each filterDescription In (TryCast(result, DataProviderSettings)).Filters 
                dataProvider.Settings.FilterDescriptions.Add(filterDescription) 
            Next filterDescription 
 
            dataProvider.Settings.RowGroupDescriptions.Clear() 
            For Each rowDescription In (TryCast(result, DataProviderSettings)).Rows 
                dataProvider.Settings.RowGroupDescriptions.Add(rowDescription) 
            Next rowDescription 
 
            dataProvider.Settings.ColumnGroupDescriptions.Clear() 
            For Each columnDescription In (TryCast(result, DataProviderSettings)).Columns 
                dataProvider.Settings.ColumnGroupDescriptions.Add(columnDescription) 
            Next columnDescription 
 
            dataProvider.Settings.AggregatesPosition = (TryCast(result, DataProviderSettings)).AggregatesPosition 
            dataProvider.Settings.AggregatesLevel = (TryCast(result, DataProviderSettings)).AggregatesLevel 
        End If 
    End Sub 
End Class 
 
 
Public Class AdomdValueProvider 
    Inherits DataProviderValueProvider 
 
    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property KnownTypes() As IEnumerable(Of Type) 
        Get 
            Return AdomdPivotSerializationHelper.KnownTypes 
        End Get 
    End Property 
End Class 

So the last step is to register a persistence provider and implement the logic to save and load the state of AdomdDataProvider:

Stream stream = new MemoryStream(); 
 
ServiceProvider.RegisterPersistenceProvider<IValueProvider>(typeof(AdomdDataProvider), new AdomdValueProvider()); 
//saving 
PersistenceManager manager = new PersistenceManager(); 
this.stream = manager.Save(this.pivotGrid.DataProvider); 
 
//loading  
this.stream.Position = 0; 
PersistenceManager manager = new PersistenceManager(); 
manager.Load(this.pivotGrid.DataProvider, this.stream); 

Dim stream As Stream = New MemoryStream() 
 
ServiceProvider.RegisterPersistenceProvider(Of IValueProvider)(GetType(AdomdDataProvider), New AdomdValueProvider()) 
'saving' 
Dim manager As New PersistenceManager() 
Me.stream = manager.Save(Me.pivotGrid.DataProvider) 
 
'loading' 
Me.stream.Position = 0 
Dim manager As New PersistenceManager() 
manager.Load(Me.pivotGrid.DataProvider, Me.stream)