I'm wondering if there's a way to define a default

Fallback

when I make calls to the

content.Value("propertyAlias")

instead of having to write

content.Value("propertyAlias", fallback: Fallback.ToDefaultLanguage)

every single time? Of course, I could write a custom extension method to handle this, but wondering if it's possible out-of-the-box?

There is this device called

IPublishedValueFallback

. You can inject it with dependency injection and you pass it into the constructor of your content type. You can add a decorator onto that type and see if that works. Other than that, I haven't seen any options.

Thanks Dennis. Could you clarify what you mean by "add a decorator onto that type"? Do you mean replacing the DI

IPublishedValueFallback

instance with my own?

One of two options. You can install Scrutor and then decorate the instance everywhere

csharp
public class MyComposer : IComposer
{
    public void Composer(IUmbracoBuilder builder)
    {
        builder.Services.Decorate<IPublishedValueFallback, DecoratorPublishedFallbackWithDefault>();
    }
}

public class DecoratorPublishedFallbackWithDefault : IPublishedValueFallback
{
    private readonly IPublishedValueFallback _decoratee;

    public DecoratorPublishedFallbackWithDefault(IPublishedValueFallback decoratee)
    {
        _decoratee = decoratee;
    }

    // implement interface through _decoratee, but make changes as necessary (I can't remember the interface methods)
}

Or you can decorate it in a more localized way:

csharp
public class MyContentController : RenderController
{
    private readonly IPublishedValueFallback _fallback;

    public MyContentController(IPublishedValueFallback fallback)
    {
        _fallback = fallback;
    }

    public IActionResult Index()
    {
        var content = new MyContent(CurrentPage, new DecoratorPublishedFallbackWithDefault(_fallback));
        return CurrentTemplate(content);
    }

    private sealed class DecoratorPublishedFallbackWithDefault : IPublishedValueFallback
    {
        private readonly IPublishedValueFallback _decoratee;

        public DecoratorPublishedFallbackWithDefault(IPublishedValueFallback decoratee)
        {
            _decoratee = decoratee
        }

        // implement interface through _decoratee, but make changes as necessary (I can't remember the interface methods)
    }
}

Ah okay, gotcha 👍 Thank you for the clarification and code snippets. 🙏