Sitecore convert MediaItem to Image in glass mapper

Question

So, I am creating a content importer to pull content in from an external source into sitecore.

I create an image like so:

        MediaCreatorOptions options = new MediaCreatorOptions();
        options.FileBased = false;
        options.IncludeExtensionInItemName = false;
        options.KeepExisting = false;
        options.Versioned = false;
        options.Destination = sitecorePath +  mediaItemName;
        options.Database = Factory.GetDatabase("master");
        using (new SecurityDisabler())
        {
            MediaCreator creator = new MediaCreator();
            global::Sitecore.Data.Items.MediaItem mediaItem = creator.CreateFromFile(fileName, options);
        }

This does happily create the media item in sitecore and I can browse it in the media library.

The next step is to create the actual content page. I do stuff like this:

 var sitecoreModel = new NewsArticleForImport();
 sitecoreModel.Summary = articleContent.Summary;
 sitecoreModel.Headline = articleContent.Headline; 

 using (new SecurityDisabler()) {
        masterService.Create(newsRootItem, sitecoreModel);
 }

And this works fine.

The problem comes when I want to assign my image to my page. The question therefore is, how do I convert a MediaItem to a Glass.Mapper.Sc.Fields.Image, so I can assign it to my page?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 25 '16 at 15:03

Assuming the following models:

public class NewsFolder
{
    public virtual Guid Id { get; set; }
}

[SitecoreType(TemplateId = "{A874228E-B909-4164-8F4A-7DDA5ABA64AB}", AutoMap = true)]
public class NewsItem
{
    public virtual Guid Id { get; set; }
    public virtual Image Image { get; set; }
    public virtual string Name { get; set; }
}

The following code will assign a media item to the image field:

var database = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");
var sitecoreService = new SitecoreService(database);
var myNewImage = new MediaItem(database.GetItem("{831D2FDF-98A9-46AD-AFC8-AF4918213068}"));

var parent = sitecoreService.GetItem<NewsFolder>("/sitecore/content/home");

var newNews = new NewsItem();
newNews.Name = "New News";
newNews.Image = new Image();
newNews.Image.MediaId = myNewImage.ID.Guid;

using (new SecurityDisabler())
{
    sitecoreService.Create(parent, newNews);
}

Sitecore convert MediaItem to Image in glass mapper

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