merged

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Collections/DeepCloneableList.cs

@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Collections
                     var newList = new DeepCloneableList<T>(ListCloneBehavior.None);
                     foreach (var item in this)
                     {
-                        var dc = item as IDeepCloneable;
-                        if (dc != null)
+                        if (item is IDeepCloneable dc)
                         {
                             newList.Add((T)dc.DeepClone());
                         }
@@ -66,8 +65,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Collections
                     var newList2 = new DeepCloneableList<T>(ListCloneBehavior.Always);
                     foreach (var item in this)
                     {
-                        var dc = item as IDeepCloneable;
-                        if (dc != null)
+                        if (item is IDeepCloneable dc)
                         {
                             newList2.Add((T)dc.DeepClone());
                         }
@@ -121,6 +119,16 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Collections
             }
         }
 
+        public void DisableChangeTracking()
+        {
+            // noop
+        }
+
+        public void EnableChangeTracking()
+        {
+            // noop
+        }
+
         public void ResetWereDirtyProperties()
         {
             foreach (var dc in this.OfType<IRememberBeingDirty>())

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Configuration/IGlobalSettings.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Contains general settings information for the entire Umbraco instance based on information from  web.config appsettings 
+    /// Contains general settings information for the entire Umbraco instance based on information from  web.config appsettings
     /// </summary>
     public interface IGlobalSettings
     {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         /// Gets the path to umbraco's root directory (/umbraco by default).
         /// </summary>
         string Path { get; }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the configuration status. This will return the version number of the currently installed umbraco instance.
         /// </summary>
@@ -67,5 +67,10 @@
         /// Gets the location of temporary files.
         /// </summary>
         string LocalTempPath { get; }
+
+        string UmbracoPath { get; }
+        string UmbracoCssPath { get; }
+        string UmbracoScriptsPath { get; }
+        string UmbracoMediaPath { get; }
     }
 }

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Constants-AppSettings.cs

@@ -46,6 +46,26 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core
             /// </summary>
             public const string ReservedUrls = "Umbraco.Core.ReservedUrls";
 
+            /// <summary>
+            /// The path of backoffice.
+            /// </summary>
+            public const string UmbracoPath = "umbracoPath";
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// The path of the stylesheet folder.
+            /// </summary>
+            public const string UmbracoCssPath = "umbracoCssPath";
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// The path of script folder.
+            /// </summary>
+            public const string UmbracoScriptsPath = "umbracoScriptsPath";
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// The path of media folder.
+            /// </summary>
+            public const string UmbracoMediaPath = "umbracoMediaPath";
+
             /// <summary>
             /// The reserved paths from web.config
             /// </summary>

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Constants-SystemDirectories.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+namespace Umbraco.Core
+{
+    public static partial class Constants
+    {
+        public static class SystemDirectories
+        {
+            public const string Bin = "~/bin";
+
+            public const string Config = "~/config";
+
+            public const string Data = "~/App_Data";
+
+            public const string TempData = Data + "/TEMP";
+
+            public const string TempFileUploads = TempData + "/FileUploads";
+
+            public const string TempImageUploads = TempFileUploads + "/rte";
+
+            public const string Install = "~/install";
+
+            public const string AppCode = "~/App_Code";
+
+            public const string AppPlugins = "~/App_Plugins";
+
+            public const string MvcViews = "~/Views";
+
+            public const string PartialViews = MvcViews + "/Partials/";
+
+            public const string MacroPartials = MvcViews + "/MacroPartials/";
+
+            public const string Packages = Data + "/packages";
+
+            public const string Preview = Data + "/preview";
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/IO/IIOHelper.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.IO
     public interface IIOHelper
     {
         bool ForceNotHosted { get; set; }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a value indicating whether Umbraco is hosted.
         /// </summary>
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.IO
         Attempt<string> TryResolveUrl(string virtualPath);
         string MapPath(string path, bool useHttpContext);
         string MapPath(string path);
-        string ReturnPath(string settingsKey, string standardPath, bool useTilde);
-        string ReturnPath(string settingsKey, string standardPath);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Verifies that the current filepath matches a directory where the user is allowed to edit a file.
@@ -80,5 +78,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.IO
         /// <param name="path"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         string GetRelativePath(string path);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the root path of the application
+        /// </summary>
+        string Root
+        {
+            get;
+            set; //Only required for unit tests
+        }
     }
 }

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Manifest/IManifestFilter.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
+
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Manifest
 {
     /// <summary>

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Manifest/IManifestParser.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Manifest
+{
+    public interface IManifestParser
+    {
+        string Path { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets all manifests, merged into a single manifest object.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        PackageManifest Manifest { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parses a manifest.
+        /// </summary>
+        PackageManifest ParseManifest(string text);
+
+        IEnumerable<GridEditor> ParseGridEditors(string text);
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Manifest/ManifestContentAppDefinition.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
-using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
-using Umbraco.Core.IO;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Manifest
 {
@@ -65,11 +63,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Manifest
         /// Gets or sets the view for rendering the content app.
         /// </summary>
         [DataMember(Name = "view")]
-        public string View
-        {
-            get => _view;
-            set => _view = Current.IOHelper.ResolveVirtualUrl(value);
-        }
+        public string View { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the list of 'show' conditions for the content app.

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Manifest/ManifestDashboard.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+using Umbraco.Core.Dashboards;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Manifest
+{
+    [DataContract]
+    public class ManifestDashboard : IDashboard
+    {
+        [DataMember(Name = "alias", IsRequired = true)]
+        public string Alias { get; set; }
+
+        [DataMember(Name = "weight")]
+        public int Weight { get; set; } = 100;
+
+        [DataMember(Name = "view", IsRequired = true)]
+        public string View { get; set; }
+
+        [DataMember(Name = "sections")]
+        public string[] Sections { get; set; } = Array.Empty<string>();
+
+        [DataMember(Name = "access")]
+        public IAccessRule[] AccessRules { get; set; } = Array.Empty<IAccessRule>();
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Manifest/PackageManifest.cs

@@ -1,70 +1,71 @@
-using System;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Core.Manifest
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Represents the content of a package manifest.
-    /// </summary>
-    public class PackageManifest
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the source path of the manifest.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// <para>Gets the full absolute file path of the manifest,
-        /// using system directory separators.</para>
-        /// </remarks>
-        [JsonIgnore]
-        public string Source { get; set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the scripts listed in the manifest.
-        /// </summary>
-        [JsonProperty("javascript")]
-        public string[] Scripts { get; set; } = Array.Empty<string>();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the stylesheets listed in the manifest.
-        /// </summary>
-        [JsonProperty("css")]
-        public string[] Stylesheets { get; set; } = Array.Empty<string>();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the property editors listed in the manifest.
-        /// </summary>
-        [JsonProperty("propertyEditors")]
-        public IDataEditor[] PropertyEditors { get; set; } = Array.Empty<IDataEditor>();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the parameter editors listed in the manifest.
-        /// </summary>
-        [JsonProperty("parameterEditors")]
-        public IDataEditor[] ParameterEditors { get; set; } = Array.Empty<IDataEditor>();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the grid editors listed in the manifest.
-        /// </summary>
-        [JsonProperty("gridEditors")]
-        public GridEditor[] GridEditors { get; set; } = Array.Empty<GridEditor>();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the content apps listed in the manifest.
-        /// </summary>
-        [JsonProperty("contentApps")]
-        public ManifestContentAppDefinition[] ContentApps { get; set; } = Array.Empty<ManifestContentAppDefinition>();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the dashboards listed in the manifest.
-        /// </summary>
-        [JsonProperty("dashboards")]
-        public ManifestDashboard[] Dashboards { get; set; } = Array.Empty<ManifestDashboard>();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the sections listed in the manifest.
-        /// </summary>
-        [JsonProperty("sections")]
-        public ManifestSection[] Sections { get; set; } = Array.Empty<ManifestSection>();
-    }
-}
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+using Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Manifest
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents the content of a package manifest.
+    /// </summary>
+    [DataContract]
+    public class PackageManifest
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the source path of the manifest.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// <para>Gets the full absolute file path of the manifest,
+        /// using system directory separators.</para>
+        /// </remarks>
+        [IgnoreDataMember]
+        public string Source { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the scripts listed in the manifest.
+        /// </summary>
+        [DataMember(Name = "javascript")]
+        public string[] Scripts { get; set; } = Array.Empty<string>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the stylesheets listed in the manifest.
+        /// </summary>
+        [DataMember(Name = "css")]
+        public string[] Stylesheets { get; set; } = Array.Empty<string>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the property editors listed in the manifest.
+        /// </summary>
+        [DataMember(Name = "propertyEditors")]
+        public IDataEditor[] PropertyEditors { get; set; } = Array.Empty<IDataEditor>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the parameter editors listed in the manifest.
+        /// </summary>
+        [DataMember(Name = "parameterEditors")]
+        public IDataEditor[] ParameterEditors { get; set; } = Array.Empty<IDataEditor>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the grid editors listed in the manifest.
+        /// </summary>
+        [DataMember(Name = "gridEditors")]
+        public GridEditor[] GridEditors { get; set; } = Array.Empty<GridEditor>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the content apps listed in the manifest.
+        /// </summary>
+        [DataMember(Name = "contentApps")]
+        public ManifestContentAppDefinition[] ContentApps { get; set; } = Array.Empty<ManifestContentAppDefinition>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the dashboards listed in the manifest.
+        /// </summary>
+        [DataMember(Name = "dashboards")]
+        public ManifestDashboard[] Dashboards { get; set; } = Array.Empty<ManifestDashboard>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the sections listed in the manifest.
+        /// </summary>
+        [DataMember(Name = "sections")]
+        public ManifestSection[] Sections { get; set; } = Array.Empty<ManifestSection>();
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/ContentEditing/ContentAppBadge.cs

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.ContentEditing
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.ContentEditing
 {
-    using System.Runtime.Serialization;
-
-    using Umbraco.Core.Events;
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a content app badge
     /// </summary>

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/ContentEditing/ContentAppBadgeType.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.ContentEditing
+{
+    // TODO: This was marked with `[StringEnumConverter]` to inform the serializer
+    // to serialize the values to string instead of INT (which is the default)
+    // so we need to either invent our own attribute and make the implementation aware of it
+    // or ... something else?
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represent the content app badge types
+    /// </summary>
+    [DataContract(Name = "contentAppBadgeType")]
+    public enum ContentAppBadgeType
+    {
+        [EnumMember(Value = "default")]
+        Default = 0,
+
+        [EnumMember(Value = "warning")]
+        Warning = 1,
+
+        [EnumMember(Value = "alert")]
+        Alert = 2
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/ContentSchedule.cs

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
         /// Gets the unique identifier of the document targeted by the scheduled action.
         /// </summary>
         [DataMember]
-        public Guid Id { get; internal set; }
+        public Guid Id { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the culture of the scheduled action.

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/DictionaryTranslation.cs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
     [DataContract(IsReference = true)]
     public class DictionaryTranslation : EntityBase, IDictionaryTranslation
     {
-        internal Func<int, ILanguage> GetLanguage { get; set; }
+        public Func<int, ILanguage> GetLanguage { get; set; }
 
         private ILanguage _language;
         private string _value;
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
             Key = uniqueId;
         }
 
-        internal DictionaryTranslation(int languageId, string value)
+        public DictionaryTranslation(int languageId, string value)
         {
             _languageId = languageId;
             _value = value;
         }
 
-        internal DictionaryTranslation(int languageId, string value, Guid uniqueId)
+        public DictionaryTranslation(int languageId, string value, Guid uniqueId)
         {
             _languageId = languageId;
             _value = value;

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/Entities/EntityBase.cs

@@ -80,37 +80,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Entities
             _id = default;
             _key = Guid.Empty;
             _hasIdentity = false;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Updates the entity when it is being saved for the first time.
-        /// </summary>
-        internal virtual void AddingEntity()
-        {
-            var now = DateTime.Now;
-
-            // set the create and update dates, if not already set
-            if (IsPropertyDirty("CreateDate") == false || _createDate == default)
-                CreateDate = now;
-            if (IsPropertyDirty("UpdateDate") == false || _updateDate == default)
-                UpdateDate = now;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Updates the entity when it is being saved.
-        /// </summary>
-        internal virtual void UpdatingEntity()
-        {
-            var now = DateTime.Now;
-
-            // just in case
-            if (_createDate == default)
-                CreateDate = now;
-
-            // set the update date if not already set
-            if (IsPropertyDirty("UpdateDate") == false || _updateDate == default)
-                UpdateDate = now;
-        }
+        }     
 
         public virtual bool Equals(EntityBase other)
         {

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/Entities/EntityExtensions.cs

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Entities
 {
-    internal static class EntityExtensions
+    public static class EntityExtensions
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Updates the entity when it is being saved.
         /// </summary>
-        internal static void UpdatingEntity(this IEntity entity)
+        public static void UpdatingEntity(this IEntity entity)
         {
             var now = DateTime.Now;
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Entities
         /// <summary>
         /// Updates the entity when it is being saved for the first time.
         /// </summary>
-        internal static void AddingEntity(this IEntity entity)
+        public static void AddingEntity(this IEntity entity)
         {
             var now = DateTime.Now;
             var canBeDirty = entity as ICanBeDirty;

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/Entities/EntitySlim.cs

@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Entities
             throw new WontImplementException();
         }
 
+        public void DisableChangeTracking()
+        {
+            // noop
+        }
+
+        public void EnableChangeTracking()
+        {
+            // noop
+        }
+
         public bool WasDirty()
         {
             throw new WontImplementException();

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/Entities/ICanBeDirty.cs

@@ -26,5 +26,15 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Entities
         /// Resets dirty properties.
         /// </summary>
         void ResetDirtyProperties();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Disables change tracking.
+        /// </summary>
+        void DisableChangeTracking();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Enables change tracking.
+        /// </summary>
+        void EnableChangeTracking();
     }
 }

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/IContentBase.cs

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
         /// List of properties, which make up all the data available for this Content object
         /// </summary>
         /// <remarks>Properties are loaded as part of the Content object graph</remarks>
-        PropertyCollection Properties { get; set; }
+        IPropertyCollection Properties { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a value indicating whether the content entity has a property with the supplied alias.

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/IDataValueEditor.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Editors;
-using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors
 {
@@ -59,12 +58,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors
         /// <summary>
         /// Converts a property value to a value for the editor.
         /// </summary>
-        object ToEditor(Property property, IDataTypeService dataTypeService, string culture = null, string segment = null);
+        object ToEditor(IProperty property, string culture = null, string segment = null);
 
         // TODO: / deal with this when unplugging the xml cache
         // why property vs propertyType? services should be injected! etc...
-        IEnumerable<XElement> ConvertDbToXml(Property property, IDataTypeService dataTypeService, ILocalizationService localizationService, bool published);
-        XNode ConvertDbToXml(PropertyType propertyType, object value, IDataTypeService dataTypeService);
-        string ConvertDbToString(PropertyType propertyType, object value, IDataTypeService dataTypeService);
+        IEnumerable<XElement> ConvertDbToXml(IProperty property, bool published);
+        XNode ConvertDbToXml(IPropertyType propertyType, object value);
+        string ConvertDbToString(IPropertyType propertyType, object value);
     }
 }

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/IProperty.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Entities;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
+{
+    public interface IProperty : IEntity, IRememberBeingDirty
+    {
+
+        ValueStorageType ValueStorageType { get; }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the PropertyType, which this Property is based on
+        /// </summary>
+        IPropertyType PropertyType { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the list of values.
+        /// </summary>
+        IReadOnlyCollection<IPropertyValue> Values { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the Alias of the PropertyType, which this Property is based on
+        /// </summary>
+        string Alias { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the value.
+        /// </summary>
+        object GetValue(string culture = null, string segment = null, bool published = false);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Sets a value.
+        /// </summary>
+        void SetValue(object value, string culture = null, string segment = null);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Resets the entity identity.
+        /// </summary>
+        void ResetIdentity();
+
+        int PropertyTypeId { get; }
+        void PublishValues(string culture = "*", string segment = "*");
+        void UnpublishValues(string culture = "*", string segment = "*");
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/IPropertyCollection.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Specialized;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
+{
+    public interface IPropertyCollection : IEnumerable<IProperty>, IDeepCloneable, INotifyCollectionChanged
+    {
+        bool TryGetValue(string propertyTypeAlias, out IProperty property);
+        bool Contains(string key);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Ensures that the collection contains properties for the specified property types.
+        /// </summary>
+        void EnsurePropertyTypes(IEnumerable<IPropertyType> propertyTypes);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Ensures that the collection does not contain properties not in the specified property types.
+        /// </summary>
+        void EnsureCleanPropertyTypes(IEnumerable<IPropertyType> propertyTypes);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the property with the specified alias.
+        /// </summary>
+        IProperty this[string name] { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the property at the specified index.
+        /// </summary>
+        IProperty this[int index] { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds or updates a property.
+        /// </summary>
+        void Add(IProperty property);
+
+        int Count { get; }
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/IPropertyType.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Entities;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
+{
+    public interface IPropertyType : IEntity, IRememberBeingDirty
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets of sets the name of the property type.
+        /// </summary>
+        string Name { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets of sets the alias of the property type.
+        /// </summary>
+        string Alias { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets of sets the description of the property type.
+        /// </summary>
+        string Description { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the identifier of the datatype for this property type.
+        /// </summary>
+        int DataTypeId { get; }
+
+        Guid DataTypeKey { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the alias of the property editor for this property type.
+        /// </summary>
+        string PropertyEditorAlias { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the database type for storing value for this property type.
+        /// </summary>
+        ValueStorageType ValueStorageType { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the identifier of the property group this property type belongs to.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>For generic properties, the value is <c>null</c>.</remarks>
+        Lazy<int> PropertyGroupId { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets of sets a value indicating whether a value for this property type is required.
+        /// </summary>
+        bool Mandatory { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets of sets the sort order of the property type.
+        /// </summary>
+        int SortOrder { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the regular expression validating the property values.
+        /// </summary>
+        string ValidationRegExp { get; }
+
+        bool SupportsPublishing { get;  }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the content variation of the property type.
+        /// </summary>
+        ContentVariation Variations { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Determines whether the property type supports a combination of culture and segment.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="culture">The culture.</param>
+        /// <param name="segment">The segment.</param>
+        /// <param name="wildcards">A value indicating whether wildcards are valid.</param>
+        bool SupportsVariation(string culture, string segment, bool wildcards = false);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts a value assigned to a property.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// <para>The input value can be pretty much anything, and is converted to the actual CLR type
+        /// expected by the property (eg an integer if the property values are integers).</para>
+        /// <para>Throws if the value cannot be converted.</para>
+        /// </remarks>
+        object ConvertAssignedValue(object value);
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/IPropertyValue.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
+{
+    public interface IPropertyValue
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the culture of the property.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>The culture is either null (invariant) or a non-empty string. If the property is
+        /// set with an empty or whitespace value, its value is converted to null.</remarks>
+        string Culture { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the segment of the property.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>The segment is either null (neutral) or a non-empty string. If the property is
+        /// set with an empty or whitespace value, its value is converted to null.</remarks>
+        string Segment { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the edited value of the property.
+        /// </summary>
+        object EditedValue { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the published value of the property.
+        /// </summary>
+        object PublishedValue { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Clones the property value.
+        /// </summary>
+        IPropertyValue Clone();
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/MacroProperty.cs

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
         /// <param name="name"></param>
         /// <param name="sortOrder"></param>
         /// <param name="editorAlias"></param>
-        internal MacroProperty(int id, Guid key, string @alias, string name, int sortOrder, string editorAlias)
+        public MacroProperty(int id, Guid key, string @alias, string name, int sortOrder, string editorAlias)
         {
             _id = id;
             _alias = alias;

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/MemberTypePropertyProfileAccess.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     /// <summary>
     /// Used to track the property types that are visible/editable on member profiles
     /// </summary>
-    internal class MemberTypePropertyProfileAccess
+    public class MemberTypePropertyProfileAccess
     {
         public MemberTypePropertyProfileAccess(bool isVisible, bool isEditable, bool isSenstive)
         {

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/Membership/MembershipScenario.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
     /// </summary>
     public enum MembershipScenario
     {
+        //TODO: This will become obsolete when we get asp.net identity members in place
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The member is based on the native Umbraco members (IMember + Umbraco membership provider)
         /// </summary>

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/PublicAccessEntry.cs

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
             }
         }
         
-        internal IEnumerable<Guid> RemovedRules => _removedRules;
+        public IEnumerable<Guid> RemovedRules => _removedRules;
 
         public IEnumerable<PublicAccessRule> Rules => _ruleCollection;
 

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/PublishedContent/PublishedPropertyBase.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent
     /// Provides a base class for <c>IPublishedProperty</c> implementations which converts and caches
     /// the value source to the actual value to use when rendering content.
     /// </summary>
-    internal abstract class PublishedPropertyBase : IPublishedProperty
+    public abstract class PublishedPropertyBase : IPublishedProperty
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PublishedPropertyBase"/> class.

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/PublishedContent/RawValueProperty.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent
     /// <para>Does not support variations: the ctor throws if the property type
     /// supports variations.</para>
     /// </remarks>
-    internal class RawValueProperty : PublishedPropertyBase
+    public class RawValueProperty : PublishedPropertyBase
     {
         private readonly object _sourceValue; //the value in the db
         private readonly Lazy<object> _objectValue;

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/UmbracoDomain.cs

@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
         /// <summary>
         /// Readonly value of the language ISO code for the domain
         /// </summary>
-        public string LanguageIsoCode { get; internal set; }
+        public string LanguageIsoCode { get; set; }
     }
 }

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/UmbracoUserExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
+using Umbraco.Core.Services;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
+{
+    public static class UmbracoUserExtensions
+    {
+        public static IEnumerable<string> GetPermissions(this IUser user, string path, IUserService userService)
+        {
+            return userService.GetPermissionsForPath(user, path).GetAllPermissions();
+        }
+
+        public static bool HasSectionAccess(this IUser user, string app)
+        {
+            var apps = user.AllowedSections;
+            return apps.Any(uApp => uApp.InvariantEquals(app));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Determines whether this user is the 'super' user.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static bool IsSuper(this IUser user)
+        {
+            if (user == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(user));
+            return user.Id == Constants.Security.SuperUserId;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Determines whether this user belongs to the administrators group.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>The 'super' user does not automatically belongs to the administrators group.</remarks>
+        public static bool IsAdmin(this IUser user)
+        {
+            if (user == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(user));
+            return user.Groups != null && user.Groups.Any(x => x.Alias == Constants.Security.AdminGroupAlias);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the culture info associated with this user, based on the language they're assigned to in the back office
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="user"></param>
+        /// <param name="textService"></param>
+        /// <param name="globalSettings"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static CultureInfo GetUserCulture(this IUser user, ILocalizedTextService textService, IGlobalSettings globalSettings)
+        {
+            if (user == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(user));
+            if (textService == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(textService));
+            return GetUserCulture(user.Language, textService, globalSettings);
+        }
+
+        public static CultureInfo GetUserCulture(string userLanguage, ILocalizedTextService textService, IGlobalSettings globalSettings)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var culture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo(userLanguage.Replace("_", "-"));
+                // TODO: This is a hack because we store the user language as 2 chars instead of the full culture
+                // which is actually stored in the language files (which are also named with 2 chars!) so we need to attempt
+                // to convert to a supported full culture
+                var result = textService.ConvertToSupportedCultureWithRegionCode(culture);
+                return result;
+            }
+            catch (CultureNotFoundException)
+            {
+                //return the default one
+                return CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo(globalSettings.DefaultUILanguage);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Models/Validation/RequiredForPersistenceAttribute.cs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Validation
         /// <summary>
         /// Determines whether an object has all required values for persistence.
         /// </summary>
-        internal static bool HasRequiredValuesForPersistence(object model)
+        public static bool HasRequiredValuesForPersistence(object model)
         {
             return model.GetType().GetProperties().All(x =>
             {

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/PackageActions/PackageActionCollectionBuilder.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.PackageActions
 {
-    internal class PackageActionCollectionBuilder : LazyCollectionBuilderBase<PackageActionCollectionBuilder, PackageActionCollection, IPackageAction>
+    public class PackageActionCollectionBuilder : LazyCollectionBuilderBase<PackageActionCollectionBuilder, PackageActionCollection, IPackageAction>
     {
         protected override PackageActionCollectionBuilder This => this;
     }

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/ConflictingPackageData.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Packaging
 {
-    internal class ConflictingPackageData 
+    public class ConflictingPackageData 
     {
         private readonly IMacroService _macroService;
         private readonly IFileService _fileService;

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/PackageActionRunner.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Packaging
     /// <summary>
     /// Package actions are executed on package install / uninstall.
     /// </summary>
-    internal class PackageActionRunner : IPackageActionRunner
+    public class PackageActionRunner : IPackageActionRunner
     {
         private readonly ILogger _logger;
         private readonly PackageActionCollection _packageActions;

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Packaging/PackageExtraction.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using System.IO.Compression;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Packaging
 {
-    internal class PackageExtraction
+    public class PackageExtraction
     {
         public string ReadTextFileFromArchive(FileInfo packageFile, string fileToRead, out string directoryInPackage)
         {

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/PropertyEditors/ConfigurationField.cs

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
-using Umbraco.Core.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a datatype configuration field for editing.
     /// </summary>
+    [DataContract]
     public class ConfigurationField
     {
         private string _view;
@@ -50,37 +50,35 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the key of the field.
         /// </summary>
-        [JsonProperty("key", Required = Required.Always)]
+        [DataMember(Name = "key", IsRequired = true)]
         public string Key { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the name of the field.
         /// </summary>
-        [JsonProperty("label", Required = Required.Always)]
+        [DataMember(Name = "label", IsRequired = true)]
         public string Name { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the property name of the field.
         /// </summary>
-        [JsonIgnore]
         public string PropertyName { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the property CLR type of the field.
         /// </summary>
-        [JsonIgnore]
         public Type PropertyType { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the description of the field.
         /// </summary>
-        [JsonProperty("description")]
+        [DataMember(Name = "description")]
         public string Description { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to hide the label of the field.
         /// </summary>
-        [JsonProperty("hideLabel")]
+        [DataMember(Name = "hideLabel")]
         public bool HideLabel { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -90,23 +88,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors
         /// <para>Can be the full virtual path, or the relative path to the Umbraco folder,
         /// or a simple view name which will map to ~/Views/PreValueEditors/{view}.html.</para>
         /// </remarks>
-        [JsonProperty("view", Required = Required.Always)]
-        public string View
-        {
-            get => _view;
-            set => _view = Current.Factory.GetInstance<IIOHelper>().ResolveVirtualUrl(value);
-        }
+        [DataMember(Name = "view", IsRequired = true)]
+        public string View { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the validators of the field.
         /// </summary>
-        [JsonProperty("validation")]
+        [DataMember(Name = "validation")]
         public List<IValueValidator> Validators { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets extra configuration properties for the editor.
         /// </summary>
-        [JsonProperty("config")]
+        [DataMember(Name = "config")]
         public IDictionary<string, object> Config { get; set; }
     }
 }

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/PropertyEditors/GridEditor.cs

@@ -1,50 +1,38 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using Umbraco.Core.Configuration.Grid;
-using Umbraco.Core.IO;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors
 {
+
+    [DataContract]
     public class GridEditor : IGridEditorConfig
     {
-        private readonly IIOHelper _ioHelper;
-        private string _view;
-        private string _render;
-
-        public GridEditor(IIOHelper ioHelper)
+        public GridEditor()
         {
             _ioHelper = ioHelper;
             Config = new Dictionary<string, object>();
         }
 
-        [JsonProperty("name", Required = Required.Always)]
+        [DataMember(Name = "name", IsRequired = true)]
         public string Name { get; set; }
 
-        [JsonProperty("nameTemplate")]
+        [DataMember(Name = "nameTemplate")]
         public string NameTemplate { get; set; }
 
-        [JsonProperty("alias", Required = Required.Always)]
+        [DataMember(Name = "alias", IsRequired = true)]
         public string Alias { get; set; }
 
-        [JsonProperty("view", Required = Required.Always)]
-        public string View
-        {
-            get => _view;
-            set => _view = _ioHelper.ResolveVirtualUrl(value);
-        }
+        [DataMember(Name = "view", IsRequired = true)]
+        public string View{ get; set; }
 
-        [JsonProperty("render")]
-        public string Render
-        {
-            get => _render;
-            set => _render = _ioHelper.ResolveVirtualUrl(value);
-        }
+        [DataMember(Name = "render")]
+        public string Render { get; set; }
 
-        [JsonProperty("icon", Required = Required.Always)]
+        [DataMember(Name = "icon", IsRequired = true)]
         public string Icon { get; set; }
 
-        [JsonProperty("config")]
+        [DataMember(Name = "config")]
         public IDictionary<string, object> Config { get; set; }
 
         protected bool Equals(GridEditor other)

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/PropertyEditors/IPropertyIndexValueFactory.cs

@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors
         /// values. By default, there would be only one object: the property value. But some implementations may return
         /// more than one value for a given field.</para>
         /// </remarks>
-        IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, IEnumerable<object>>> GetIndexValues(Property property, string culture, string segment, bool published);
+        IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, IEnumerable<object>>> GetIndexValues(IProperty property, string culture, string segment, bool published);
     }
 }

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/PropertyEditors/ManifestValueValidatorCollectionBuilder.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors
+{
+    public class ManifestValueValidatorCollectionBuilder : LazyCollectionBuilderBase<ManifestValueValidatorCollectionBuilder, ManifestValueValidatorCollection, IManifestValueValidator>
+    {
+        protected override ManifestValueValidatorCollectionBuilder This => this;
+    }
+}

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/PropertyEditors/Validators/DecimalValidator.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors.Validators
     /// <summary>
     /// A validator that validates that the value is a valid decimal
     /// </summary>
-    internal sealed class DecimalValidator : IManifestValueValidator
+    public sealed class DecimalValidator : IManifestValueValidator
     {
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public string ValidationName => "Decimal";

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/PropertyEditors/Validators/EmailValidator.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors.Validators
     /// <summary>
     /// A validator that validates an email address
     /// </summary>
-    internal sealed class EmailValidator : IManifestValueValidator
+    public sealed class EmailValidator : IManifestValueValidator
     {
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public string ValidationName => "Email";

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/PropertyEditors/Validators/IntegerValidator.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors.Validators
     /// <summary>
     /// A validator that validates that the value is a valid integer
     /// </summary>
-    internal sealed class IntegerValidator : IManifestValueValidator
+    public sealed class IntegerValidator : IManifestValueValidator
     {
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public string ValidationName => "Integer";

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Services/ILocalizationService.cs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         /// Adds or updates a translation for a dictionary item and language
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="item"></param>
-        /// <param name="language"></param>
+        /// <param name="language"></param
         /// <param name="value"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         void AddOrUpdateDictionaryValue(IDictionaryItem item, ILanguage language, string value);

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Services/IUserService.cs

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
-using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.DatabaseModelDefinitions;
 using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Querying;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Services

src/Umbraco.Abstractions/Umbraco.Abstractions.csproj

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
+      <PackageReference Include="System.ComponentModel.Annotations" Version="4.6.0" />
       <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="4.6.0" />
     </ItemGroup>