The ICMSEnvironment interface captures the HTTP and CMS variables processed in a request to the DSS. The interface allows for overriding of the HTTP variable, which is particularly useful in preview mode, where all HTTP variables are simulated. ICMSEnvironment exposes the following properties.

BaseURL

Gets the absolute base URL of the Web Application.

Cookies

Gets the Cookies collection.

CurrentPublishingTargetID

Gets the current Publishing Target Id, design-time only.

EditMode

Applies to design-time only. Gets whether the Http Request is for Previewing a Page in In-Context-Edit mode.

Factory

Gets the page factory used to retrieve pages.

Form

Gets the Form Posts collection.

IncludeAllPages

Gets whether all Pages are included when building Component and Navigation references. Only applies to CMS design-time. Default value is false.

IsPreview

Checks whether the Http Request is for Page Preview from CMS Design-time site.

PhysicallyCacheLinks

Applies navigation processors to cache link, linkset, assetlinkset, and ancestor/sibling/sequatial navigations.

QueryString

Gets QueryStrings collection.

RequestPath

Gets the relative path of the Http Request.

ServerVariables

Gets the Server Variables collection, specified by the CMS settings.

Site

Gets the Site branding of the Request.

StructuredURL

Gets the canonical structured URL of this Page.

TransformOption

Gets the what type of Page content the Request wants: Final Markup, Expanded XML, or Raw XML.

URL

Gets the absolute URL of the Http Request.

UserAgent

Gets the UserAgent branding of the Request

ViewMode

Gets the Mode of View. It is used to distinguish different View/XSLT template, when requesting the same Element. The value of this property is particularly important for In-Context-Edit markup update, especially for traditional XSLT implementations.