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UrlMapping Class

.NET Framework 4.5

Maps a URL that is displayed to users to the URL of a page in your Web application. This class cannot be inherited.

Namespace:  System.Web.Configuration
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
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public sealed class UrlMapping : ConfigurationElement

The UrlMapping type exposes the following members.

  NameDescription
Public methodUrlMappingInitializes a new instance of the UrlMapping class.
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Public propertyCurrentConfigurationGets a reference to the top-level Configuration instance that represents the configuration hierarchy that the current ConfigurationElement instance belongs to. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Public propertyElementInformationGets an ElementInformation object that contains the non-customizable information and functionality of the ConfigurationElement object. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Protected propertyElementPropertyGets the ConfigurationElementProperty object that represents the ConfigurationElement object itself. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Protected propertyItem[ConfigurationProperty]Gets or sets a property or attribute of this configuration element. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Protected propertyItem[String]Gets or sets a property, attribute, or child element of this configuration element. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Public propertyLockAllAttributesExceptGets the collection of locked attributes. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Public propertyLockAllElementsExceptGets the collection of locked elements. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Public propertyLockAttributesGets the collection of locked attributes (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Public propertyLockElementsGets the collection of locked elements. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Public propertyLockItemGets or sets a value indicating whether the element is locked. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Public propertyMappedUrlA URL in your Web application.
Protected propertyPropertiesGets the collection of properties. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Public propertyUrlGets the URL that is displayed to the user.
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Protected methodDeserializeElementReads XML from the configuration file. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Public methodEqualsCompares the current ConfigurationElement instance to the specified object. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Public methodGetHashCodeGets a unique value representing the current ConfigurationElement instance. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Public methodGetTypeGets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodInitSets the ConfigurationElement object to its initial state. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Protected methodInitializeDefaultUsed to initialize a default set of values for the ConfigurationElement object. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Protected methodIsModifiedIndicates whether this configuration element has been modified since it was last saved or loaded, when implemented in a derived class. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Public methodIsReadOnlyGets a value indicating whether the ConfigurationElement object is read-only. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Protected methodResetResets the internal state of the ConfigurationElement object, including the locks and the properties collections. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Protected methodResetModifiedResets the value of the IsModified method to false when implemented in a derived class. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Protected methodSerializeElementWrites the contents of this configuration element to the configuration file when implemented in a derived class. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Protected methodSerializeToXmlElementWrites the outer tags of this configuration element to the configuration file when implemented in a derived class. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Protected methodSetReadOnlySets the IsReadOnly property for the ConfigurationElement object and all subelements. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
Public methodToStringReturns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodUnmergeModifies the ConfigurationElement object to remove all values that should not be saved. (Inherited from ConfigurationElement.)
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The UrlMapping class allows you to map a URL that is displayed to users to a URL that exists in your Web application. Adding a UrlMapping object to a UrlMappingCollection is the programmatic equivalent to including an add element in the urlMappings section of a configuration file.

Each UrlMapping object contains two properties identifying a URL. One property specifies the URL shown to the user; the other specifies a URL in your Web application. Trailing white-space characters are ignored in both the Url and MappedUrl properties.

NoteNote

The UrlMapping property can write information into the related section of the configuration file according to the restrictions defined by the section property AllowDefinition whose value is MachineToApplication. Any attempt to write in a configuration file at a level not allowed in the hierarchy will result in an error message generated by the parser. However, you can use this class to read configuration information at any level in the hierarchy.

The following example uses the UrlMappingsSection of the Web.config file to map two URLs, and adds a mapping for an additional URL. When you modify and save the Web.config file, your application restarts.

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<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Configuration" %>

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

<script runat="server">
    int showVal = 0;

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // Get the parameter value from the QueryString
        if (Request.Params["show"] != null)
            showVal = Int32.Parse(Request.Params["show"]);

        // Show a page depending on the parameter value
        NoShowPanel.Visible = (showVal == 0);
        ShowHomePage.Visible = (showVal == 1);
        ShowProductsPage.Visible = (showVal == 2);
        ShowEventsPage.Visible = (showVal == 3);

        UrlMapping urlMap = null;

        // Open Web.config
        Configuration config =
            WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("~");
        // Get the UrlMappings section
        UrlMappingsSection urlMapSection =
            (UrlMappingsSection)config.GetSection(
                "system.web/urlMappings");

        // Modify UrlMapping in Web.config first time through
        if (!Page.IsPostBack)
        {
            // If not already added, add a UrlMapping to the section
            if (urlMapSection.UrlMappings.Count == 2)
            {
                urlMap = new UrlMapping("~/events.aspx", 
                    "~/default.aspx?show=3");
                urlMapSection.UrlMappings.Add(urlMap);

                // This line assumes permission to write to disk
                config.Save();
            }
        }

        if (showVal > 0)
        {
            urlMap = (UrlMapping)urlMapSection.UrlMappings[showVal - 1];
            realURL.Text = urlMap.MappedUrl;
        }
    }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>UrlMapping Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>

    <asp:Panel ID="NoShowPanel" runat="server" Visible="true">
        <h2>Show no page</h2>
        <p><a href="home.aspx">Home.aspx</a></p>
        <p><a href="products.aspx">Products.aspx</a></p>
        <p><a href="events.aspx">Events.aspx</a></p>
    </asp:Panel>
    <asp:Panel ID="ShowHomePage" runat="server" Visible="false">
        <h2>Home Page</h2>
        <p><a href="products.aspx">Products.aspx</a></p>
        <p><a href="events.aspx">Events.aspx</a></p>
    </asp:Panel>
    <asp:Panel ID="ShowProductsPage" runat="server" Visible="false">
        <h2>Products Page</h2>
        <p><a href="home.aspx">Home.aspx</a></p>
        <p><a href="events.aspx">Events.aspx</a></p>
    </asp:Panel>
    <asp:Panel ID="ShowEventsPage" runat="server" Visible="false">
        <h2>Events Page</h2>
        <p><a href="home.aspx">Home.aspx</a></p>
        <p><a href="products.aspx">Products.aspx</a></p>
    </asp:Panel>
    <p>The real URL for this page is 
        <asp:Label ID="realURL" runat="server">[None]</asp:Label></p>

    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
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<configuration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0">
  <appSettings />
  <connectionStrings />

  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" />
    <customErrors mode="Off" />

    <authentication />
    <authorization>
      <deny users="?" />
    </authorization>
    <identity impersonate="true" />

    <urlMappings enabled="true">
      <add url="~/home.aspx" mappedUrl="~/default.aspx?show=1" />
      <add url="~/products.aspx" mappedUrl="~/default.aspx?show=2" />
    </urlMappings>
  </system.web>
</configuration>

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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