Taxonomy TermSets in SharePoint 2010

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In this article we will be seeing about the TermSet in SharePoint.

In this article we will be seeing the following:

Create a new TermSet for a group
Get all the termsets for a particular group

Steps Involved:

Open visual studio 2010.
Create a new console application.
Add the following references.

o Microsoft.SharePoint.dll
o Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.dll
Add the following namespaces.

o Using Microsoft.SharePoint;
o Using Microsoft.Sharepoint.Taxonomy;

Create a new TermSet for a group:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy;
namespace EMM
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:10/"))
            {
                TaxonomySession taxonomySession = new TaxonomySession(site);
                TermStore termStore = taxonomySession.TermStores["MMS"];
                Group group = termStore.Groups["SharePoint Group"];
                TermSet termSet = group.CreateTermSet("Word Automation Term Set");
                termStore.CommitAll();
            }
        }
    }
}

Get all the termsets of a particular group:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy;
namespace EMM
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:10/"))
{
TaxonomySession taxonomySession = new TaxonomySession(site);
TermStore termStore = taxonomySession.TermStores["MMS"];
Group group = termStore.Groups["SharePoint Group"];
TermSetCollection termSetCol = group.TermSets;
foreach (TermSet termSet in termSetCol)
{
Console.WriteLine(termSet.Name);
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
}