More EpiServer extension methods

Here's another extension method for returning a normal EpiServer Url to a page from a LinkItem (from a PropertyLinkCollection).

public static class LinkItemExtensions
{
    public static string ToExternal(this LinkItem item)
    {
        string externalUrl = item.Href;

        PermanentLinkMapStore.TryToMapped(item.Href, out externalUrl);

        return externalUrl;
    }
}

I'm using the PermanentLinkMapStore following a read of this post.

I've been using it when binding a LinkItemCollection to a ListView like this:

PropertyLinkCollection linksProperty = CurrentPage.ToProperty("Links");

var links = from l in linksProperty.Links
    select new
    {
        Href = l.ToExternal(),
        Title = l.Title,
        Text = l.Text,
        Extension = Path.GetExtension(l.Href)
    };

    lvLinks.DataSource = links;
    lvLinks.DataBind();