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.