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Strongly typed querying in Umbraco
/// <summary>
/// Return the all the data required for filtering and displaying object types.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IEnumerable<ObjectTypeItem> GetObjectTypeItems()
{
//Get the node where all projects and object types are below.
var projectOverview = Umbraco.TypedContent(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["projectOverviewId"]);
return
(
from project in projectOverview.Children<ProjectDetails>()
from objectType in project.Children<ObjectTypeDetails>()
let city = project.City
select new ObjectTypeItem()
{
ObjectType = objectType.DocumentTypeAlias.EnumParse<ObjectType>(true),
ProjectStatus = project.Status,
ObjectTypeTitle = objectType.Title,
ProjectTitle = project.Title,
CityTitle = city.Title,
FromPrice = objectType.FromPrice,
FromPriceExtra = objectType.FromPriceExtra,
TillPrice = objectType.TillPrice,
TillPriceExtra = objectType.TillPriceExtra,
NumberAvailable = objectType.NumberAvailable,
Location = project.Location,
Images = objectType.HeaderVisuals,
Url = objectType.Url
}
).ToList();
}
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@Shazwazza What if it was instantiated inside the static method? I mean, I use static methods all the time but I'm doing something like this:

var h = ContentHelper.GetHelper();

And this one is a method that @Nicholas-Westby was so kind to share with me - you can find it here: https://github.com/rhythmagency/rhythm.umbraco.extensions/blob/56a328f8c84d4f155d7201494be62ecfb0aaf32e/trunk/Rhythm.Extensions/Rhythm.Extensions/Helpers/ContentHelper.cs#L27 - it ensures that only one UmbracoHelper gets instantiated per HTTP request. But, even without that, why ditch statics all together and not just instantiate an UmbracoHelper?

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