ConnectionProviderAttribute Class
Definition
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Identifies the callback method in a server control acting as the provider in a Web Parts connection, and enables developers to specify details about the provider's connection point.
public ref class ConnectionProviderAttribute : Attribute[System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Method)]
public class ConnectionProviderAttribute : Attribute[<System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Method)>]
type ConnectionProviderAttribute = class
inherit AttributePublic Class ConnectionProviderAttribute
Inherits Attribute- Inheritance
- Attributes
Examples
The following code example demonstrates using the ConnectionProviderAttribute class, by showing how to declare the ConnectionProviderAttribute metadata element on a callback method in a provider control. Note that the simplest overload of the constructor is used; only the displayName parameter value is supplied.
[ConnectionProvider("Row")]
public IWebPartRow GetConnectionInterface()
{
return new RowProviderWebPart();
}
<ConnectionProvider("Row")> _
Public Function GetConnectionInterface() As IWebPartRow
Return New RowProviderWebPart()
End Function 'GetConnectionInterface
The following code examples demonstrate how to create a basic, static connection between two Web Parts controls using the WebPartConnection class. The provider and consumer code files should be put into the App_Code folder under the application folder that contains the .aspx page.
The first example shows a class acting as a provider. Notice that a method is designated as the callback method with the ConnectionProviderAttribute metadata element.
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
//This sample code creates a Web Parts control that acts as a provider of row data.
namespace My
{
public sealed class RowProviderWebPart : WebPart, IWebPartRow
{
private DataTable _table;
public RowProviderWebPart()
{
_table = new DataTable();
DataColumn col = new DataColumn();
col.DataType = typeof(string);
col.ColumnName = "Name";
_table.Columns.Add(col);
col = new DataColumn();
col.DataType = typeof(string);
col.ColumnName = "Address";
_table.Columns.Add(col);
col = new DataColumn();
col.DataType = typeof(int);
col.ColumnName = "ZIP Code";
_table.Columns.Add(col);
DataRow row = _table.NewRow();
row["Name"] = "John Q. Public";
row["Address"] = "123 Main Street";
row["ZIP Code"] = 98000;
_table.Rows.Add(row);
}
[ConnectionProvider("Row")]
public IWebPartRow GetConnectionInterface()
{
return new RowProviderWebPart();
}
public PropertyDescriptorCollection Schema
{
get {
return TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(_table.DefaultView[0]);
}
}
public void GetRowData(RowCallback callback)
{
callback(_table.Rows);
}
}
}
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts
'This sample code creates a Web Parts control that acts as a provider of row data.
Namespace MyCustomWebPart
Public NotInheritable Class RowProviderWebPart
Inherits WebPart
Implements IWebPartRow
Private _table As DataTable
Public Sub New()
_table = New DataTable()
Dim col As New DataColumn()
col.DataType = GetType(String)
col.ColumnName = "Name"
_table.Columns.Add(col)
col = New DataColumn()
col.DataType = GetType(String)
col.ColumnName = "Address"
_table.Columns.Add(col)
col = New DataColumn()
col.DataType = GetType(Integer)
col.ColumnName = "ZIP Code"
_table.Columns.Add(col)
Dim row As DataRow = _table.NewRow()
row("Name") = "John Q. Public"
row("Address") = "123 Main Street"
row("ZIP Code") = 98000
_table.Rows.Add(row)
End Sub
<ConnectionProvider("Row")> _
Public Function GetConnectionInterface() As IWebPartRow
Return New RowProviderWebPart()
End Function 'GetConnectionInterface
Public ReadOnly Property Schema() As PropertyDescriptorCollection _
Implements IWebPartRow.Schema
Get
Return TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(_table.DefaultView(0))
End Get
End Property
Public Sub GetRowData(ByVal callback As RowCallback) _
Implements IWebPartRow.GetRowData
callback(_table.Rows)
End Sub
End Class
The second example shows a class acting as a consumer.
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
// This sample code creates a Web Parts control that acts as a consumer of row data.
namespace My
{
public sealed class RowConsumerWebPart : WebPart {
private IWebPartRow _provider;
private ICollection _tableData;
private void GetRowData(object rowData)
{
_tableData = (ICollection)rowData;
}
protected override void OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
{
if (_provider != null)
{
_provider.GetRowData(new RowCallback(GetRowData));
}
}
protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter writer) {
if (_provider != null) {
PropertyDescriptorCollection props = _provider.Schema;
int count = 0;
if (props != null && props.Count > 0 && _tableData != null) {
foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in props)
{
foreach (DataRow o in _tableData)
{
writer.Write(prop.DisplayName + ": " + o[count]);
writer.WriteBreak();
writer.WriteLine();
count = count + 1;
}
}
}
else {
writer.Write("No data");
}
}
else {
writer.Write("Not connected");
}
}
[ConnectionConsumer("Row")]
public void SetConnectionInterface(IWebPartRow provider)
{
_provider = provider;
}
}
}
//}
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts
' This sample code creates a Web Parts control that acts as a consumer of row data.
Namespace MyCustomWebPart
Public NotInheritable Class RowConsumerWebPart
Inherits WebPart
Private _provider As IWebPartRow
Private _tableData As ICollection
Private Sub GetRowData(ByVal rowData As Object)
_tableData = CType(rowData, ICollection)
End Sub
Protected Overrides Sub OnPreRender(ByVal e As EventArgs)
If Not (_provider Is Nothing) Then
' _provider.GetRowData(AddressOf (New RowCallback(GetRowData)))
_provider.GetRowData(AddressOf GetRowData)
' _provider.GetRowData(New RowCallback(AddressOf GetRowData))
End If
End Sub
Protected Overrides Sub RenderContents(ByVal writer As HtmlTextWriter)
If Not (_provider Is Nothing) Then
Dim props As PropertyDescriptorCollection = _provider.Schema
Dim count As Integer = 0
If Not (props Is Nothing) AndAlso props.Count > 0 AndAlso Not (_tableData Is Nothing) Then
Dim prop As PropertyDescriptor
For Each prop In props
Dim o As DataRow
For Each o In _tableData
writer.Write(prop.DisplayName & ": " & o(count))
writer.WriteBreak()
writer.WriteLine()
count = count + 1
Next o
Next prop
Else
writer.Write("No data")
End If
Else
writer.Write("Not connected")
End If
End Sub
<ConnectionConsumer("Row")> _
Public Sub SetConnectionInterface(ByVal provider As IWebPartRow)
_provider = provider
End Sub
End Class
The final example shows the ASP.NET page that contains the two controls.
<%@ page language="C#" %>
<%@ register TagPrefix="my" Namespace="My" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>IRow Test Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<!-- A static or dynamic connection is required to link two Web Parts controls. --->
<asp:webpartmanager ID="WebPartManager1" runat="server">
<staticconnections>
<asp:webpartconnection ID="wp1" ProviderID="provider1" ConsumerID="consumer1" >
</asp:webpartconnection>
</staticconnections>
</asp:webpartmanager>
<asp:webpartzone ID="WebPartZone1" runat="server">
<ZoneTemplate>
<!-- The following two lines specify the two connected controls. --->
<my:RowProviderWebPart ID="provider1" runat="server" ToolTip="Row Provider Control" />
<my:RowConsumerWebPart ID="consumer1" runat="server" ToolTip="Row Consumer Control" />
</ZoneTemplate>
</asp:webpartzone>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ page language="VB" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="my" Namespace="MyCustomWebPart" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>IRow Test Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<!-- A static or dynamic connection is required to link two Web Parts controls. --->
<asp:webpartmanager ID="WebPartManager1" runat="server">
<staticconnections>
<asp:webpartconnection ID="wp1" ProviderID="provider1" ConsumerID="consumer1" >
</asp:webpartconnection>
</staticconnections>
</asp:webpartmanager>
<asp:webpartzone ID="WebPartZone1" runat="server">
<ZoneTemplate>
<my:RowProviderWebPart ID="provider1" runat="server" ToolTip="Row Provider Control" />
<my:RowConsumerWebPart ID="consumer1" runat="server" ToolTip="Row Consumer Control" />
</ZoneTemplate>
</asp:webpartzone>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
A Web Parts connection consists of two server controls residing in a WebPartZoneBase zone and sharing data by means of an interface instance passed from one control to the other. The control that serves the interface instance is called the provider, and the control that receives the interface instance and processes or displays the data is called the consumer. For details on connections, see the WebPartConnection class and Web Parts Connections Overview.
The provider control in a connection can be a WebPart control or any type of server or user control, but it must have a method designated as a callback method. The callback method is invoked during the connection process, and its purpose is to return to the consumer an interface instance that contains data. To designate the method that serves as the callback method in a provider, you must add a ConnectionProviderAttribute metadata element to the method (the element is based on the ConnectionProviderAttribute class).
In addition to designating the callback method in a provider, the ConnectionProviderAttribute object also enables you to specify certain details about a provider's connection point. A provider connection point is an instance of the ProviderConnectionPoint class that encapsulates all the details about a provider needed to establish a connection, including the provider's control type, whether it can connect to multiple consumers at the same time, what type of interface the provider serves to consumers, details about the callback method, and a display name that represents the provider connection point in the user interface (UI). Every Web Parts connection includes a provider connection point that is associated with the provider control.
When you add the ConnectionProviderAttribute metadata element to the callback method in a provider, you can also use it to specify the following details about the provider connection point: a display name for the connection point (for details, see the DisplayName property), whether the provider can connect to multiple consumers at the same time (for details, see the AllowsMultipleConnections property), an ID for the connection point (for details, see the ID property), and the type of the connection point that the provider uses (for details, see the ConnectionPointType property). The four overloads of the constructor for the ConnectionProviderAttribute class each have parameters that allow you to specify values for one or more of these connection point properties when a new instance of the class is created. Most of the properties for a provider connection point can also be set programmatically; setting them using the ConnectionProviderAttribute element is optional.
Note
When you add the ConnectionProviderAttribute metadata element to a callback method in a provider, the only required parameter that you must always specify is the displayName parameter (for details, see the ConnectionProviderAttribute(String) constructor overload). The value of this parameter is assigned to the DisplayName property, and when a user opens the connection UI (created by the ConnectionsZone control), the display name represents the provider connection point in the UI. If you designate multiple callback methods in a provider control, you will have multiple possible connection points to choose from, and when you add the ConnectionProviderAttribute metadata element to each callback method, you should also specify a value for the id parameter, so that each provider connection point has a known, unique identifier.
Constructors
| ConnectionProviderAttribute(String, String, Type) |
Initializes a new instance of the ConnectionProviderAttribute class, specifying a display name, an ID, and a specific type of connection point object to use for the provider connection point. |
| ConnectionProviderAttribute(String, String) |
Initializes a new instance of the ConnectionProviderAttribute class, specifying a display name and an ID for the provider connection point. |
| ConnectionProviderAttribute(String, Type) |
Initializes a new instance of the ConnectionProviderAttribute class, specifying a display name and a specific type of connection point object to use for the provider connection point. |
| ConnectionProviderAttribute(String) |
Initializes a new instance of the ConnectionProviderAttribute class, specifying a display name for the provider connection point. |
Properties
| AllowsMultipleConnections |
Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the connection point allows multiple connections. |
| ConnectionPointType |
Gets the type of the connection point associated with a provider control. |
| DisplayName |
Gets the friendly name of the provider connection point. |
| DisplayNameValue |
Gets or sets the string used as the value of the DisplayName property, for use in localization scenarios. |
| ID |
Gets a string that represents the unique identity of the provider connection point object. |
| TypeId |
When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute) |
Methods
| Equals(Object) |
Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute) |
| GetHashCode() |
Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute) |
| GetType() |
Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object) |
| IsDefaultAttribute() |
When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute) |
| Match(Object) |
When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute) |
| MemberwiseClone() |
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object) |
| ToString() |
Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object) |
Explicit Interface Implementations
| _Attribute.GetIDsOfNames(Guid, IntPtr, UInt32, UInt32, IntPtr) |
Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers. (Inherited from Attribute) |
| _Attribute.GetTypeInfo(UInt32, UInt32, IntPtr) |
Retrieves the type information for an object, which can be used to get the type information for an interface. (Inherited from Attribute) |
| _Attribute.GetTypeInfoCount(UInt32) |
Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1). (Inherited from Attribute) |
| _Attribute.Invoke(UInt32, Guid, UInt32, Int16, IntPtr, IntPtr, IntPtr, IntPtr) |
Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object. (Inherited from Attribute) |
