Additional Extensions : Custom groups

Zone.UmbracoPersonalisationGroups/ExtensionMethods/PublishedContentExtensions.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     /// </summary>
     public static class PublishedContentExtensions
     {
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds an extension method to IPublishedContent to determine if the content item should be shown to the current site
         /// visitor, based on the personalisation groups associated with it.
@@ -23,6 +24,34 @@ public static class PublishedContentExtensions
         public static bool ShowToVisitor(this IPublishedContent content, bool showIfNoGroupsDefined = true)
         {
             var pickedGroups = GetPickedGroups(content);
+            return ShowToVisitor(pickedGroups, showIfNoGroupsDefined);
+        }
+
+        public static bool ShowToVisitor(this UmbracoHelper umbraco, IEnumerable<int> groupIds, bool showIfNoGroupDefined = true)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var pickedGroups = umbraco.TypedContent(groupIds).ToList();
+
+                return ShowToVisitor(pickedGroups, showIfNoGroupDefined);
+            }
+            catch(Exception ex)
+            {
+                throw new Exception(ex.Message);
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds an extension method to IPublishedContent to determine if the content item should be shown to the current site
+        /// visitor, based on the personalisation groups associated with it.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="pickedGroups">List of IPublishedContent items that are the groups you want to check against.</param>
+        /// <param name="showIfNoGroupsDefined">Indicates the response to return if groups cannot be found on the content</param>
+        /// <returns>True if content should be shown to visitor</returns>
+        public static bool ShowToVisitor(IList<IPublishedContent> pickedGroups, bool showIfNoGroupsDefined = true)
+        {
             if (!pickedGroups.Any())
             {
                 // No personalisation groups picked or no property for picker, so we return the provided default