API changes in Sitefinity CMS 10.0

NOTE: Sitefinity Digital Experience Cloud (DEC) was renamed to Sitefinity Insight as a part of the Sitefinity 13.0 release. However, Sitefinity CMS and its documentation prior to version 13.0 continue using the former name - Digital Experience Cloud.

• Vary by User agent default value is now false. This means no specific cache for mobile device users - they may be served a desktop version of the content. The setting is still available for modification. 
• Option Wait for page OutputCache to fill is now in Settings » Advanced » System » Output Cache Settings 

• DynamicModuleDataProvider – methods GetChildItems have a required parameter childType
• DynamicModuleManager – methods GetChildItems have a required parameter childType 

Removed classes

• SitefinitySessionAuthenticationModule  
• SitefinityCookieTransform
• SitefinitySessionTokenHandler
• RolesInitializedArgs
• RolesInitializingArgs
• UserIdentity
• WindowsIdentity
• ClaimsIdentityProxy
• ClaimsPrincipalProxy
• SecurityTokenServiceHttpHandler
• SFFederationAuthenticationModule
• SessionCookieHandler

Removed methods

• SecurityManager.GetCurrentUser – It was obsolete  
• CustomIssuerNameRegistry - constructor - CustomIssuerNameRegistry(XmlNodeList customConfiguration)  
• SFClaimsAuthenticationManager.Authenticate

Removed properties, fields, etc.

• WcfMembershipUser.UserName
• SecurityManager.ObsoleteSitefinityPrincipal
• SecurityManager.PrincipalContextKey
• LoginWidget.ServiceUrl

Changed classes 

• SitefinityClaimsAuthenticationModule – Major changes  
• SitefinityPrincipal – Major changes  
• SitefinityIdentity – Major changes  
• ClaimsManager – Major changes  

Changed methods

• SecurityManager.GetPasswordRecoveryUser – now returns SitefinityIdentity, since ClaimsIdentityProxy is removed
• ClaimsManager.GetCurrentIdentity - now returns SitefinityIdentity, since ClaimsIdentityProxy is removed 
  
• SecurityManager.GetUser(System.Guid, out System.String&) – now requires a transactionName. If you do not use transaction – set it to null
• LdapMembershipProvider.CreateUser – no longer accepts username as first parameter  
• WcfMembershipUser – constructor now accepts externalProviderId as parameter  
• RequestBackendAuthenticationFilterAttribute – constructor now accepts optional parameter needAdminRights
• IsAccessibleArgs – constructor now accepts parameter isAccessible, that is used to set the IsAccessible property  
• UserProfileDetailWriteView - ShowErrorLabelMessage renamed to ShowErrorLabelMessages and accepting IEnumerable<string> messages 

Other changes:  

• Microsoft.IdentityModel is now replaced with System.IdentityModel and System.Security

Deprecated classes and interfaces 

Handlers: 

• public abstract class SentencesTrackingHandlerBase<T> 
• public abstract class SubjectMetadataTrackingHandlerBase<T> 
• public abstract class MappingsTrackingHandlerBase<T> 

Managers 

• public interface ISentenceManager 
• public interface ISubjectMappingManager 
• public interface ISubjectMetadataManager 

A new manager is now combining the functionality of all of them:  
public interface IInteractionManager 

Changes in inheritance 

All classes which were inheriting  

• public abstract class SentencesTrackingHandlerBase<T> 
• public abstract class SubjectMetadataTrackingHandlerBase<T> 
• public abstract class MappingsTrackingHandlerBase<T> 

And were implementing respective methods 

• public abstract List<Sentence> ComposeSentences(T @event); 
• public abstract List<Mapping> ComposeMappings(T @event); 
• public abstract List<SubjectMetadata> ComposeSubjectMetadata(T @event); 

Now they are inheriting from: 
public abstract class InteractionsTrackingHandlerBase<T>  

and implementing: 
public abstract List<Interaction> ComposeInteractions(T @event) 

Changes in public classes and interfaces 

public interface IDataIntelligenceClientsFacade 

Removed methods 

• Task SendSentence(string source, Sentence sentence); 
• Task SendSentences(string source, List<Sentence> sentences); 
• Task SendMapping(string source, SubjectMapping subjectMapping); 
• Task SendMappings(string source, List<SubjectMapping> subjectMappings); 
• Task SendSubjectMetadata(string source, SubjectMetadata subjectMetadata); 
• Task SendSubjectMetadata(string source, List<SubjectMetadata> subjectMetadata); 

New methods 

• Task SendInteraction(string source, Interaction interaction);  
• Task SendInteractions(string source, List<Interaction> interactions);