Sitecore 5.0 API

Database.GetItem Method 

Gets an item from an Item URI.

[Visual Basic]
Public Shared Function GetItem( _
   ByVal uri As ItemUri _
) As Item
[C#]
public static Item GetItem(
   ItemUri uri
);

Parameters

uri
URI.

Remarks

[Item Defined]

An Item URI is a pointer to an item in a database. It uniquely identifies the item within the system and represents database name, item ID, item language and item version.

Example

The following example retrieves the Home item from the database.


ItemUri uri = new ItemUri("/sitecore/content/Home", "master");
Item item = Database.GetItem(uri);

See Also

Database Class | Sitecore.Data Namespace