Getting all options for an EPiServer.SpecializedProperties.PropertyCheckBoxList from code

The addition of the EPiServer.SpecializedProperties.PropertyCheckBoxList (and its sister EPiServer.SpecializedProperties.PropertyDropDownList) in CMS 6 R2 was really nice.
Today I needed to list out all possitble options from code.

I had a look at these articles:

• New property types in EPiServer 6 CMS R2 Beta
• Setting custom settings for a property through code in EPiServer CMS R2 Beta

So I worte the following code:

public static Dictionary<string, string> GetCheckBoxListSettings(PageData pageData, string propertyName)
{
    var retval = new Dictionary<string,string>();

    if (pageData.Property[propertyName].GetType() == typeof(PropertyCheckBoxList))
    {
        var listProp = (PropertyCheckBoxList)pageData.Property[propertyName];
        var propRepository = new PropertySettingsRepository();

        PropertySettingsContainer container;
        if (propRepository.TryGetContainer(listProp.SettingsID, out container))
        {
            var multiSelectSettings =
                (container.Settings.Values
                    .Where(value => value.PropertySettings.GetType() == typeof (MultipleOptionsListSettings))
                ).FirstOrDefault();

            if (multiSelectSettings != null)
            {
                var settings = ((MultipleOptionsListSettings)multiSelectSettings.PropertySettings);
                retval = settings.ListOptions;
            }
        }
    }

    return retval;
}

Yes, I know this was simple; this blogpost is mostly a note to self.

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