How to check whether current component is checkout as well as the user details who checkout using tridion coreservices

Question

I want to write small function to check whether passed Item Object is checkout in Tridion or not if yes then it will return "true" and also I want to get the details of user who has checkout the Item, using Tridion 2011 core services.

I know we have TryCheckout as well as Checkout in our CoreServiceClient but it returns Identifiable Object only.

Answer 1

You need to look at the LockType on the item. Consider doing something like this

SessionAwareCoreService2010Client client = new SessionAwareCoreService2010Client();
ComponentData data = (ComponentData)client.Read("tcm:300-85609", new ReadOptions());
FullVersionInfo info = (FullVersionInfo)data.VersionInfo;

The full version info contains all the info you need (i.e. CheckOutUser and LockType). LockType is an Enumeration defined by Tridion.ContentManager.Data.ContentManagement.LockType, and includes the following set of flags:

• None - The item is not locked.
• CheckedOut - The item is checked-out. This can mean either a temporary (edit) lock, a permanent lock (explicit check-out performed by user) or a workflow lock.
• Permanent - The item is permanently checked-out, that is using an explicit check-out action.
• NewItem - The item is a new item, that is it has been created, but not checked-in for the first time yet.
• InWorkflow - The item is in a workflow.

Answer 2

Below is the sample code to get the details of ItemCheckedout with Users details in it.

public static Dictionary<bool,string> ItemCheckedOutDetails(string ItemUri, CoreServiceClient client, ReadOptions readOpt, ItemType itemType)
{
    Dictionary<bool, string> itemDetails = null;
    FullVersionInfo itemInfo = null;
    if (itemType == ItemType.Component)
    {
        // reading the component data
        var itemData = (ComponentData)client.Read(ItemUri, readOpt);
        itemInfo = (FullVersionInfo)itemData.VersionInfo;
    }
    else if (itemType == ItemType.Page)
    {
        // reading the page data
        var itemData = (PageData)client.Read(ItemUri, readOpt);
        itemInfo = (FullVersionInfo)itemData.VersionInfo;
    }
    else if (itemType == ItemType.StructureGroup)
    {
        // reading the structuregroup data
        var itemData = (StructureGroupData)client.Read(ItemUri, readOpt);
        itemInfo = (FullVersionInfo)itemData.VersionInfo;
    }
    else if (itemType == ItemType.Publication)
    {
        // reading the Publication data
        var itemData = (PublicationData)client.Read(ItemUri, readOpt);
        itemInfo = (FullVersionInfo)itemData.VersionInfo;
    }
    else if (itemType == ItemType.ComponentTemplate)
    {
        // reading the component template data
        var itemData = (ComponentTemplateData)client.Read(ItemUri, readOpt);
        itemInfo = (FullVersionInfo)itemData.VersionInfo;
    }
    else if (itemType == ItemType.PageTemplate)
    {
        // reading the Page template data
        var itemData = (PageTemplateData)client.Read(ItemUri, readOpt);
        itemInfo = (FullVersionInfo)itemData.VersionInfo;
    }
    else if (itemType == ItemType.MultimediaType)
    {
        // reading the Multimedia Type data
        var itemData = (MultimediaTypeData)client.Read(ItemUri, readOpt);
        itemInfo = (FullVersionInfo)itemData.VersionInfo;
    }

    if (itemInfo != null)
    {
        if (itemInfo.LockType.Value == LockType.CheckedOut)
        {
            itemDetails.Add(true, itemInfo.CheckOutUser.Title);
        }
    }
    return itemDetails;
}