where can i find in reflector the initiations of a Page? - asp.net

if i have
public partial class MyLittlePage: System.Web.UI.Page
{...
and i have overriden for example the OnLoad...
my question : where in the code(reflector) does the compiler creates this :
System.Web.UI.Page= new MyLittlePage(); ??
i want to see all the chain of the polymorphic affect..
(or in other words : i'm overloading OnLoad for what virtual function ? )
i know the virtual function is on the Control Page
but i wasn't able to see the Polymorphic creation pattern of :
Class1 x = new Class2();

In the depths of ASP.NET 4...
HttpApplication uses the nested MaterializeHandlerExecutionStep class to populate HttpContext.Handler from an IHttpHandlerFactory.
Through a layer of caching, requests for Page (and all types implementing IHttpHandler) use an instance of System.Web.Configuration.HandlerFactoryWrapper.
HandlerFactoryWrapper.GetHandler() in turn calls HttpRuntime.CreateNonPublicInstance(), which uses Activator.CreateInstance() to instantiate the class.

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Access objects instantiated in Flex app's MXML file in other AS classes

I've got an object declared and instantiated in my Flex application's singular MXML file:
public var CDN:CDNClass = new CDNClass;
I would like to access this same CDN object (and its public methods and properties) in another class declared in a separate .as file as such:
package my.vp
{
import my.media.CDNClass;
public class SyncConnectorManager
{
private function syncMessageReceived(p_evt:SyncSwfEvent):void
{
switch (p_evt.data.msgNm)
{
case "startStream" :
// Play a stream
CDN.parsePlayList(p_evt.data.msgVal);
break;
But when I try to access the public method parsePlayList in the CDN object in a method in the class defined in the .as file, I get the following error:
Access of undefined property CDN
The reason I want to do this is to break up the logic of my application into multiple AS files and have minimal MXML files, probably only one.
Thanks - any help is much appreciated. Perhaps my OOD/OOP thinking is not correct here?
IT depends on your class architecture. For your code to work, the CDNClass instance must be defined and implemented inside your SyncConnectorManager.
Generally, you can always call down into components, but should never call up
One option is to pass the instance ofCDNClass to a variable inside SyncConnectorManager. Add this variable to your SyncConnectionManager class:
public var CDN:CDNClass = new CDNClass;
And at some point do this:
syncConnectorManagerInstance.CDN = CDN;
That way both classes will have access to the same CDN instance and can call methods on it.
Yes, your OOP thinking is not correct here. You should take in mind differences between classes and instances. This line declares a filed in a current class and initiates it with an instance:
public var CDN:CDNClass = new CDNClass;
So current instance of your MXML class (you can think about it as usual AS class with some other notation) has public field. To operate with CDN instance you need something from the following:
Read the value of CDN (as far as it is public) from the instance of your MXML class. You need some reference to it for that.
The instance of your MXML class can have a reference to the instance of SyncConnectorManager and SyncConnectorManager should have a way to inject the value of CDN there. Something like:
Your class:
package my.vp
{
import my.media.CDNClass;
public class SyncConnectorManager
{
private var CDN:CDNClass;
public function SyncConnectorManager(CDN:CDNClass)
{
this.CDN = CDN;
}
private function syncMessageReceived(p_evt:SyncSwfEvent):void
{
switch (p_evt.data.msgNm)
{
case "startStream" :
// Play a stream
CDN.parsePlayList(p_evt.data.msgVal);
break;
In your case SyncConnectorManager class hasn't CDN declared (the problem of the compiler error you mentioned) and instantiated (the problem of NPE even if you just declare field).
As the bottom line I can suggest you to follow ActionScript naming and coding conventions to talk other people and team members about your code :)

access a public function in .ascx

how can i access a public function in an .ascx file using C#?
Thanks
If the function is not static you will need to first obtain an instance of the class containing the function and then invoke the function on this instance. For example:
<%
// obtain an instance of the type containing the function
Foo instance = new Foo();
// invoke the function on this instance
string result = instance.Bar();
%>
Obviously it would be better to do this in the code behind file instead of polluting your markup.
Like other public functions in .NET Framework - via object reference. But sometimes Visual Studio doesn't automatically see your User Control's public members. Try to rebuild your user control and the site if IntelliSense window doesn't show it to you.
Where are you calling the function from? The containing page? Masterpage? Parent control? The control itself? Regardless, you'll need to somehow obtain a reference to the control instance (unless the method is static) in order to invoke this method. And the type of your reference must match that of the class that defines the method.
Edit:
MyControl myControl = (MyControl)Page.FindControl("Id_Of_The_Control");
if (myControl != null)
{
myControl.TheMethod();
}
if you don't want to add your ascx control into a placeholder programmatically, just implement IAttributeAccessor and IUserControlDesignerAccessor interfaces to your user control class like;
public partial class yourascxclassname: System.Web.UI.UserControl, IAttributeAccessor, IUserControlDesignerAccessor
you can access only public members of your ascx control.

Intercept Unity 2.0 HandlerAttribute without an interface

I'm a first-time user of the AOP features of Unity 2.0 and would like some advice. My goal is to be able to log method calls in an ASPX page, like so:
public partial class Page2 : Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
[Log]
private void Testing()
{
}
}
Here is the code for the LogAttribute:
public class LogAttribute : HandlerAttribute
{
public override ICallHandler CreateHandler(IUnityContainer container)
{
return new LogHandler(Order);
}
}
Now the LogHandler:
public class LogHandler : ICallHandler
{
public LogHandler(int order)
{
Order = order;
}
public IMethodReturn Invoke(IMethodInvocation input, GetNextHandlerDelegate getNext)
{
string className = input.MethodBase.DeclaringType.Name;
string methodName = input.MethodBase.Name;
string preMethodMessage = string.Format("{0}.{1}", className, methodName);
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(preMethodMessage);
return getNext()(input, getNext);
}
public int Order { get; set; }
}
The problem I have is how to use the [Log] attribute. I've seen plenty of example of how to configure the interception settings, for example:
container.AddNewExtension<Interception>();
container.Configure<Interception>().SetDefaultInterceptorFor<ILogger>(new InterfaceInterceptor());
But this implies that I have an interface to intercept, which I don't. I have the ASPX page which uses the [Log] attribute.
so how can I configure Unity to make use of the [Log] attribute? I've done this before using PostSharp and would like to be able to use Unity to do the same.
Cheers.
Jas.
You're unfortunately not going to get this to work in an ASP.NET page with Unity interception.
Unity interception uses a runtime interception model. Depending on the interceptor you choose, you'll either get a subclass with virtual method overrides to call the call handlers (VirtualMethodInterceptor) or a separate proxy object (Interface or TransparentProxyInterceptor) which execute the call handlers and then forward to the real object.
Here's the issue - ASP.NET controls creation and calls to your page, and there's no easy way to hook into them. Without controlling the creation of the page object, you can't use the VirtualMethodInterceptor, because that requires that you instantiate a subclass. And you can't use the proxy version either, because you need ASP.NET to make calls through the proxy.
PostSharp gets around this because it's actually rewriting your IL at compile time.
Assuming you could hook into the creation of the page object, you'd have to use the VirtualMethodInterceptor here. It's a private method, so you want logging on "self" calls (calls from one method of the object into another method on the same object). The proxy-based interceptors can't see those, since the proxy is a separate instance.
I expect there is a hook somewhere to customize how ASP.NET creates object - BuildManager maybe? But I don't know enough about the details, and I expect it'll require some pretty serious hacking to get work.
So, how do you get around this? My recommendation (actually, I'd recommend this anyway) is to use the Model-View-Presenter pattern for your ASP.NET pages. Make the page object itself dumb. All it does is forward calls to a separate object, the Presenter. The Presenter is where your real logic is, and is independent of the details of ASP.NET. You get a huge gain in testability, and you can intercept calls on the presenter without all the difficulty that ASP.NET gives you.

How to declare a GLOBAL variable an aspx website?

How to declare a global variable or a public sub in a web application that all aspx pages can have access to?
use a static variable in one of your code files.
"Global" variables can be kept in Cache using Cache.Add, or Application state using Application.Add.
"Globally-available" methods are generally an antipattern and should be avoided. If you need a utility function you can add a static method to a class, but beware the Ball of Mud antipattern.
1.You can use session variables which will be available to all pages in the scope of current session.
C#
Session("name")=value;
2.You can use application variables which will be available to entire application code untill application ends.
Application("name") = value;
Global.asax inherits from YourWebSiteApplicationClass...
public class YourWebSiteApplicationClass : HttpApplication
{
public string GlobalVariable;
public YourWebSiteApplicationClass()
{
GlobalVariable = "GLOBAL_VARIABLE";
}
}
...and in any .aspx or .cs(.vb) file...
<% = ((YourWebSiteApplicationClass)this.ApplicationInstance).GlobalVariable %>
Return "GLOBAL_VARIABLE".
Create a PageBase class and have your pages inherit from it.

Generics on ASP.NET page Class

I want to implement Generics in my Page Class like :
Public Class MyClass(Of TheClass)
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
But for this to work, I need to be able to instantiate the Class (with the correct Generic Class Type) and load the page, instead of a regular Response.Redirect. Is there a way to do this ?
I'm not sure to fully understand what you want to do.
If you want something like a generic Page, you can use a generic BasePage and put your generic methods into that BasePage:
Partial Public Class MyPage
Inherits MyGenericBasePage(Of MyType)
End Class
Public Class MyGenericBasePage(Of T As New)
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Public Function MyGenericMethod() As T
Return New T()
End Function
End Class
Public Class MyType
End Class
The answer that says to derive a type from the generic type is a good one. However, if your solution involves grabbing a page based upon a type determined at runtime then you should be able to handle the PreRequestHandlerExecute event on the current HttpApplication.
This event is called just before a Request is forwarded to a Handler, so I believe you can inject your page into the HttpContext.Current.Handler property. Then you can create the page however you wish.

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