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ParseChildrenAttribute.DefaultProperty Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets or sets the default property for the server control into which the elements are parsed.

public:
 property System::String ^ DefaultProperty { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
public string DefaultProperty { get; set; }
member this.DefaultProperty : string with get, set
Public Property DefaultProperty As String

Property Value

String

The name of the default collection property of the server control into which the elements are parsed.

Exceptions

NotSupportedException

The current ParseChildrenAttribute was invoked with childrenAsProperties set to false.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to query the DefaultProperty property. For definitions of the CollectionPropertyControl and Employee classes that are used in this code example, see ParseChildrenAttribute.

<%@ Page Language="C#" Debug="true" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="AspSample" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

  protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    
    // Verify attribute values.
    ParseChildrenAttribute p = 
      (ParseChildrenAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(typeof(CollectionPropertyControl),
      typeof(ParseChildrenAttribute));

    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    sb.Append("The DefaultProperty property is " + p.DefaultProperty.ToString() + "<br />");
    sb.Append("The ChildrenAsProperties property is " + p.ChildrenAsProperties.ToString() + "<br />");
    sb.Append("The IsDefaultAttribute method returns " + p.IsDefaultAttribute().ToString());
    Message.Text = sb.ToString();

  }
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>ParseChildrenAttribute Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
      <asp:Label ID="Message"
                 runat="server"/>
      <AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl id="CollectionPropertyControl1" 
                                           runat="server">
        <AspSample:Employee Name="Employee 1" 
                            Title="Title 1" 
                            Alias="Alias 1" />
        <AspSample:Employee Name="Employee 2" 
                            Title="Title 2" 
                            Alias="Alias 2" />
      </AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl>    
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="AspSample" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">
  
  Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    
    ' Verify attribute values.
    Dim p As ParseChildrenAttribute = _
    Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(GetType(CollectionPropertyControl), _
    GetType(ParseChildrenAttribute))

    Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
    sb.Append("The DefaultProperty property is " & p.DefaultProperty.ToString() & "<br />")
    sb.Append("The ChildrenAsProperties property is " & p.ChildrenAsProperties.ToString() & "<br />")
    sb.Append("The IsDefaultAttribute method returns " & p.IsDefaultAttribute().ToString())
    Message.Text = sb.ToString()

  End Sub
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>PersistChildrenAttribute</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="Form1" runat="server">
    <div>
      <asp:Label ID="Message"
                 runat="server"/>
      <AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl id="CollectionPropertyControl1" 
                                           runat="server">
        <AspSample:Employee Name="Employee 1" 
                            Title="Title 1" 
                            Alias="Alias 1" />
        <AspSample:Employee Name="Employee 2" 
                            Title="Title 2" 
                            Alias="Alias 2" />
      </AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

The DefaultProperty property is used only if a string is passed to the ParseChildrenAttribute constructor. When the ParseChildrenAttribute class is created, the DefaultProperty property defines the default property for the server control that is being parsed.

Applies to

See also