#127 fleshed out helper method - uQuery database call no longer made

Author: Hendy

source/nuPickers/Helper.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     using System.Web;
     using System.Web.Hosting;
     using umbraco;
+    using Umbraco.Web;
 
     internal static class Helper
     {
@@ -129,16 +130,47 @@ internal static string GetDataFromUrl(string url)
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// replacement for built-in uQuery method (as that hits the database)
+        /// temp replacement for built-in uQuery method (as that hits the database)
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="id"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <param name="id">the id of a content, media or member item</param>
+        /// <returns>an enum instance of the UmbracoObjectType</returns>
         internal static uQuery.UmbracoObjectType GetUmbracoObjectType(int id)
         {
-            // TODO:
+            // return variable
+            uQuery.UmbracoObjectType umbracoObjectType = uQuery.UmbracoObjectType.Unknown;
 
-            // HACK: returning uQuery call, to prevent breaking
-            return uQuery.GetUmbracoObjectType(id);
+            UmbracoHelper umbracoHelper = new UmbracoHelper(UmbracoContext.Current);
+
+            // attempt to get content
+            if (umbracoHelper.TypedContent(id) != null)
+            {
+                umbracoObjectType = uQuery.UmbracoObjectType.Document;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // attempt to get media
+                if(umbracoHelper.TypedMedia(id) != null)
+                {
+                    umbracoObjectType = uQuery.UmbracoObjectType.Media;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // attempt to get member
+                    try
+                    {
+                        if (umbracoHelper.TypedMember(id) != null)
+                        {
+                            umbracoObjectType = uQuery.UmbracoObjectType.Member;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch
+                    {
+                        // HACK: suppress Umbraco error
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return umbracoObjectType;
         }
     }
 }