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DataBinding Class

Definition

Contains information about a single data-binding expression in an ASP.NET server control, which allows rapid-application development (RAD) designers, such as Microsoft Visual Studio, to create data-binding expressions at design time. This class cannot be inherited.

C#
public sealed class DataBinding
Inheritance
DataBinding

Examples

The following code example creates a DataBinding object and sets it equal to an existing object in the control's DataBindingCollection collection that has a propertyName parameter with a value of Text. If the collection contains a DataBinding object with a propertyName value of Text, this code returns the value of the object's Expression property. If there is no such object, it returns an empty string ("").

C#
// Create the custom class that accesses the DataBinding and
// DataBindingCollection classes at design time.
public class SimpleDesigner : System.Web.UI.Design.ControlDesigner
{
    // Create a Text property with accessors that obtain 
    // the property value from and set the property value
    // to the Text key in the DataBindingCollection class.
    public string Text
    {
        get
        {
            DataBinding myBinding = DataBindings["Text"];
            if (myBinding != null)
            {
                return myBinding.Expression;
            }
            return String.Empty;
        }
        set
        {

            if ((value == null) || (value.Length == 0))
            {
                DataBindings.Remove("Text");
            }
            else
            {

                DataBinding binding = DataBindings["Text"];

                if (binding == null)
                {
                    binding = new DataBinding("Text", typeof(string), value);
                }
                else
                {
                    binding.Expression = value;
                }
                // Call the DataBinding constructor, then add
                // the initialized DataBinding object to the 
                // DataBindingCollection for this custom designer.
                DataBinding binding1 = (DataBinding)DataBindings.SyncRoot;
                DataBindings.Add(binding);
                DataBindings.Add(binding1);
            }
            PropertyChanged("Text");
        }
    }
    protected void PropertyChanged(string propName)
    {
        IControlDesignerTag myHtmlControlDesignBehavior = this.Tag;
        
        DataBindingCollection myDataBindingCollection;
        DataBinding myDataBinding1, myDataBinding2;
        String myStringReplace1, myDataBindingExpression1, removedBinding, removedBindingAfterReplace, myDataBindingExpression2, myStringReplace2;
        string[] removedBindings1, removedBindings2;
        Int32 temp;

        if (myHtmlControlDesignBehavior == null)
            return;
        // Use the DataBindingCollection constructor to 
        // create the myDataBindingCollection1 object.
        // Then set this object equal to the
        // DataBindings property of the control created
        // by this custom designer.
        DataBindingCollection myDataBindingCollection1 = new DataBindingCollection();
        myDataBindingCollection1 = myDataBindingCollection = DataBindings;
        if (myDataBindingCollection.Contains(propName))
        {
            myDataBinding1 = myDataBindingCollection[propName];
            myStringReplace1 = propName.Replace(".", "-");
            if (myDataBinding1 == null)
            {
                myHtmlControlDesignBehavior.RemoveAttribute(myStringReplace1);
                return;
            }
            // DataBinding is not null.
            myDataBindingExpression1 = String.Concat("<%#", myDataBinding1.Expression, "%>");
            myHtmlControlDesignBehavior.SetAttribute(myStringReplace1, myDataBindingExpression1);
            int index = myStringReplace1.IndexOf("-");
        }
        else
        {
            // Use the DataBindingCollection.RemovedBindings 
            // property to set the value of the removedBindings
            // arrays.
            removedBindings2 = removedBindings1 = DataBindings.RemovedBindings;
            temp = 0;
            while (removedBindings2.Length > temp)
            {
                removedBinding = removedBindings2[temp];
                removedBindingAfterReplace = removedBinding.Replace('.', '-');
                myHtmlControlDesignBehavior.RemoveAttribute(removedBindingAfterReplace);
                temp = temp + 1;
            }
        }
        // Use the DataBindingCollection.GetEnumerator method
        // to iterate through the myDataBindingCollection object
        // and write the PropertyName, PropertyType, and Expression
        // properties to a file for each DataBinding object
        // in the MyDataBindingCollection object. 
        myDataBindingCollection = DataBindings;
        IEnumerator myEnumerator = myDataBindingCollection.GetEnumerator();

        while (myEnumerator.MoveNext())
        {
            myDataBinding2 = (DataBinding)myEnumerator.Current;
            String dataBindingOutput1, dataBindingOutput2, dataBindingOutput3;
            dataBindingOutput1 = String.Concat("The property name is ", myDataBinding2.PropertyName);
            dataBindingOutput2 = String.Concat("The property type is ", myDataBinding2.PropertyType.ToString(), "-", dataBindingOutput1);
            dataBindingOutput3 = String.Concat("The expression is ", myDataBinding2.Expression, "-", dataBindingOutput2);
            WriteToFile(dataBindingOutput3);

            myDataBindingExpression2 = String.Concat("<%#", myDataBinding2.Expression, "%>");
            myStringReplace2 = myDataBinding2.PropertyName.Replace(".", "-");
            myHtmlControlDesignBehavior.SetAttribute(myStringReplace2, myDataBindingExpression2);
            int index = myStringReplace2.IndexOf('-');
        }// while loop ends
    }
    public void WriteToFile(string input)
    {
        // The WriteToFile custom method writes
        // the values of the DataBinding properties
        // to a file on the C drive at design time.
        StreamWriter myFile = File.AppendText("C:\\DataBindingOutput.txt");
        ASCIIEncoding encoder = new ASCIIEncoding();
        byte[] ByteArray = encoder.GetBytes(input);
        char[] CharArray = encoder.GetChars(ByteArray);
        myFile.WriteLine(CharArray, 0, input.Length);
        myFile.Close();
    }
}

Remarks

Each data-binding expression in a server control is represented at design time by an instance of the DataBinding class. Any server control that contains one or more data-binding expressions has a DataBindingCollection object that contains the DataBinding objects. This collection is accessible through the Control class implementing the IDataBindingsAccessor interface. When you create a custom RAD designer, use that implementation to access the collection. Any DataBinding or DataBindingCollection objects associated with a server control exist only at design time. They do not exist at run time and, therefore, are not accessible during run time.

Constructors

DataBinding(String, Type, String)

Initializes a new instance of the DataBinding class.

Properties

Expression

Gets or sets the data-binding expression to be evaluated.

PropertyName

Gets the name of the ASP.NET server control property to bind data to.

PropertyType

Gets the .NET Framework type of the data-bound ASP.NET server control property.

Methods

Equals(Object)

Determines whether the specified object is the same instance of the DataBinding class as the current object.

GetHashCode()

Retrieves the hash code for an instance of the DataBinding object.

GetType()

Gets the Type of the current instance.

(Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

(Inherited from Object)
ToString()

Returns a string that represents the current object.

(Inherited from Object)

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

See also