In last year’s blogs I did a several part series on the Data Exchange Framework or DEF. You can find that here. I decided to upgrade my DEF Reddit feed module to the latest versions of Sitecore and DEF to get more familiar with the changes.

The first thing I did to the solution after installing the new latest version of DEF into Sitecore 9 Update 1 was to replace the following files.

Code Changes:

Starting with BaseReadDataStepProcessor I noticed a slight change.

The following code:

protected override void ReadData(Endpoint endpoint, Sitecore.DataExchange.Models.PipelineStep pipelineStep, PipelineContext pipelineContext) {  

Should now be:

protected override void ReadData(Endpoint endpoint, PipelineStep pipelineStep, PipelineContext pipelineContext, ILogger logger) {  

As you can see from the above code PipelineContext was replaced with ILogger.

The function that adds the plugin has changed.

From this:

pipelineContext.Plugins.Add(dataSettings);  

To this:

pipelineContext.AddPlugin(dataSettings);  

In the RedditFeedValueReader the following method has changed since CanReadResult object is now ReadResult,

Original:

1. public CanReadResult CanRead(object source, DataAccessContext context) {  
   
2.     bool flag = source != null && source is RedditSharp.Things.Post;  
   
3.     return new CanReadResult() {  
   
4.         CanReadValue = flag  
   
5.     };  
   
6. }  
   

   Change:
   

7. public ReadResult CanRead(object source, DataAccessContext context) {  
   
8.     bool flag = source != null && source is RedditSharp.Things.Post;  
   
9.     return new ReadResult(DateTime.Now) {  
   
10.         ReadValue = source, WasValueRead = flag,  
    
11.     };  
    
12. }
    

    In the RedditFeedFieldValueAccessorConverter class I noticed the following issue after upgrading.
    

    
    

    After using DotPeek to take a look I found this method no longer exists. It looks like it has been renamed/replaced by ConvertResult. Also it has been set to protected vs public.
    

13. protected override ConvertResult < IValueAccessor > ConvertSupportedItem(ItemModel source) {  
    
14.     return this.PositiveResult((IValueAccessor) new ValueAccessor() {  
    
15.         ValueReader = this.GetValueReader(source), ValueWriter = this.GetValueWriter(source)  
    
16.     });  
    
17. }  
    

    So, I converted by existing method and it works again.
    

18. protected override ConvertResult < IValueAccessor > ConvertSupportedItem(ItemModel source) {  
    
19.     var accessor = base.Convert(source);  
    
20.     if (accessor == null) {  
    
21.         return null;  
    
22.     }  
    
23.     var fieldName = base.GetStringValue(source, RedditFeedFieldValueValueAccessorItemModel.RedditFeedFieldName);  
    
24.     if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fieldName)) {  
    
25.         return null;  
    
26.     }  
    
27.     if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fieldName)) {  
    
28.         return null;  
    
29.     }  
    
30.     ValueWriter = this.GetValueWriter(source);  
    
31.     ValueReader = this.GetValueReader(source) ? ? new RedditFeedValueReader(fieldName);  
    
32.     if (ValueWriter == null) {  
    
33.         ValueWriter = new PropertyValueWriter(fieldName);  
    
34.     }  
    
35.     return this.PositiveResult((IValueAccessor) new ValueAccessor());  
    
36. }  
    

    The way ids were set before is now a bit different.
    

    Before I would set id’s using the following:
    

37. private static readonly Guid TemplateId = Guid.Parse(“{CE67E73A-40DF-4AB7-A7D3-2FD65E166E2E}”);  
    
38. public RedditEndpointConverter(IItemModelRepository repository): base(repository) {  
    
39.     this.SupportedTemplateIds.Add(TemplateId);  
    
40. }  
    

    I changed that and now just do this:
    

41. [SupportedIds(“{68BD9AAD-635F-40F3-9ACD-711662C59EEC}”)]  
    

    Sitecore Changes:

    The value mapping has changed to a Treelist instead of a droplist.

    

    The window that gave you updates while the batch process ran has changed. Now it links to a log file.
    

    
    

    Those are the changes I made for now. Unfortunately, I am not able to run the process as I did before. It seems something else has changed. I am currently digging into that and have gone to Sitecore support for help. I will document the change in my next blog and also update the code repository so you can see the new changes.