SharePoint Site Architecture

The key players in the SharePoint site architecture are listed in Table 5-1.

Table 5-1. Object Hierarchy for WSS Site Architecture

Object

Description

SPSite

The object represents a collection of sites on a virtual server, including a top-level site and all its subsites.

SPList

The object represents a list on a SharePoint Web site.

SPWebCollection

The object represents a collection of SPWeb objects.

SPWeb

The object represents a SharePoint Web site.

SPListCollection

The object represents a collection of SPList objects.

SPField

The object represents a field in a list on a SharePoint Web site.

SPListItem

The object represents an item, or row, in a list.

These objects are relatively easy to use. Most of the functionality that you implement ...

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