The LocalizationService acts as a "gateway" to Umbraco data for operations which are related to Dictionary items and Languages.
Browse the API documentation for ILocalizationService.
- Namespace:
Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services
- Assembly:
Umbraco.Core.dll
All samples in this document will require references to the following dll:
- Umbraco.Core.dll
All samples in this document will require the following using statements:
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services;
For Razor views:
@using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services
If you wish to use the localization service in a class, you need to specify the ILocalizationService
interface in your constructor:
public class MyClass
{
private ILocalizationService _localizationService;
public MyClass(ILocalizationService localizationService)
{
_localizationService = localizationService;
}
}
In Razor views, you can access the localization service through the @inject
directive:
@inject ILocalizationService LocalizationService
- Retrieving languages
See examples on how to retrieve languages via the localization service - either individually or as a collection.