DataBinding.Expression Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.UI

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

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

public string Expression { get; set; }

Property Value

String

The data-binding expression to be evaluated.

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 ("").

// 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");
    }
}