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Populating With Data RadTreeMap

RadTreeMap control expects a hierarchical collection and presents the data according to the TypeDefinitions set.

Assuming that you want to visualize a sample Windows Explorer structure - several folders with their containing files in RadTreeMap you can follow this approach:

Create new interface that will represent the basic information for the files/folders:

public interface IDiskItem 
{ 
    string Name { get; } 
    long Size { get; } 
    IEnumerable<IDiskItem> Children { get; } 
} 
Public Interface IDiskItem 
    ReadOnly Property Name() As String 
    ReadOnly Property Size() As Long 
    ReadOnly Property Children() As IEnumerable(Of IDiskItem) 
End Interface 

The Children collection can be substituted with any source that implements one of the following interfaces:

Add two new classes -> File and Folder that implement the above interface:

public class Folder : IDiskItem 
{ 
    private string _name; 
    private IEnumerable<IDiskItem> _children; 
 
    public Folder(string name, IEnumerable<IDiskItem> children) 
    { 
        this._name = name; 
        this._children = children; 
    } 
 
    public string Name 
    { 
        get 
        { 
            return _name; 
        } 
    } 
 
    public long Size 
    { 
        get 
        { 
            return this.Children.Sum(child => child.Size); 
        } 
    } 
 
    public IEnumerable<IDiskItem> Children 
    { 
        get 
        { 
            return _children; 
        } 
    } 
} 
 
public class File : IDiskItem 
{ 
    private string _name; 
    private long _size; 
 
    public File(string name, long size) 
    { 
        this._name = name; 
        this._size = size; 
    } 
 
    public string Name 
    { 
        get 
        { 
            return _name; 
        } 
    } 
 
    public long Size 
    { 
        get 
        { 
            return _size; 
        } 
    } 
 
    public IEnumerable<IDiskItem> Children 
    { 
        get { return null; } 
    } 
} 
Public Class Folder 
    Implements IDiskItem 
 
    Private _name As String 
 
    Private _children As IEnumerable(Of IDiskItem) 
 
    Public Sub New(ByVal name As String, ByVal children As IEnumerable(Of IDiskItem)) 
 
        Me._name = name 
 
        Me._children = children 
 
    End Sub 
 
    Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String 
 
        Get 
            Return _name 
 
        End Get 
 
    End Property 
 
    Public ReadOnly Property Size() As Long 
 
        Get 
 
            Return Me.Children.Sum(Function(child) child.Size) 
 
        End Get 
 
    End Property 
 
    Public ReadOnly Property Children() As IEnumerable(Of IDiskItem) 
 
        Get 
            Return _children 
 
        End Get 
 
    End Property 
 
End Class 
 
Public Class File 
    Implements IDiskItem 
 
    Private _name As String 
 
    Private _size As Long 
 
    Public Sub New(ByVal name As String, ByVal size As Long) 
 
        Me._name = name 
 
        Me._size = size 
 
    End Sub 
 
    Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String 
 
        Get 
 
            Return _name 
 
        End Get 
 
    End Property 
 
    Public ReadOnly Property Size() As Long 
 
        Get 
            Return _size 
 
        End Get 
 
    End Property 
 
    Public ReadOnly Property Children() As IEnumerable(Of IDiskItem) 
 
        Get 
            Return Nothing 
        End Get 
 
    End Property 
 
End Class 

In XAML add two TypeDefinitions using the TypeDefinitions collection - one for the File and one for the Folder. The ValuePath property specifies from where the data for the values should be taken. You may also control the Labels that are to be displayed for each tile using the LabelPath property. Note how the ChildrenPath property specifies the children of the Folder TypeDefinition:

<telerik:RadTreeMap Name="treeMap1"> 
    <telerik:RadTreeMap.TypeDefinitions> 
                    <telerik:TypeDefinition TargetTypeName="Folder" ValuePath="Size" ChildrenPath="Children" LabelPath="Name" /> 
                    <telerik:TypeDefinition TargetTypeName="File" ValuePath="Size" LabelPath="Name" /> 
    </telerik:RadTreeMap.TypeDefinitions> 
</telerik:RadTreeMap> 

Here is a sample datasource:

public MainPage() // MainWindow in WPF 
{ 
    InitializeComponent(); 
    var datasource = new List<IDiskItem>() { 
        new Folder("Windows",  
            new List<IDiskItem>() { 
                 new Folder("Fonts", new List<IDiskItem>() { new File("Arial", 256), new File("Tahoma", 246)}), 
                 new Folder("Logs", new List<IDiskItem>() { new File("Log1.log", 112), new File("Log2.log", 156)}) 
            }), 
            new Folder ("My Documents", new List<IDiskItem>() { 
                new File("Document1.txt", 88), new File("Document2.txt", 55)}), 
            new File("pagefile.sys", 114)}; 
    treeMap1.ItemsSource = datasource; 
} 
Public Sub New() ' MainWindow in WPF ' 
    InitializeComponent() 
        Dim datasource = New List(Of IDiskItem)() From {New Folder("Windows", New List(Of IDiskItem)() With { New Folder("Fonts", New List(Of IDiskItem)() With { New File("Arial", 256), New File("Tahoma", 246)}), New Folder("Logs", New List(Of IDiskItem)() With { New File("Log1.log", 112), New File("Log2.log", 156)}) }), New Folder ("My Documents", New List(Of IDiskItem)() With { New File("Document1.txt", 88), New File("Document2.txt", 55)}), New File("pagefile.sys", 114)} 
    treeMap1.ItemsSource = datasource 
End Sub 

The result is shown below: Rad Tree Map Data Population

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