The BuildSiteMap method is the one abstract member of the StaticSiteMapProvider class. The BuildSiteMap method is called to load and build the site map node from persistent storage. When you implement the BuildSiteMap method, ensure that it is thread-safe, because multiple concurrent page requests can result indirectly in multiple calls to load site map information.
Notes to Inheritors:
When overriding the BuildSiteMap method in a derived class, be sure to normalize the URLs of SiteMapNode objects that you add to your site map provider, so that the FindSiteMapNode method can retrieve a site map node regardless of whether the URL for the site map node is supplied as an absolute virtual path or application relative path. Site map provider implementers using the AddNode method should normalize any URLs before storing SiteMapNode objects in the internal hash tables on behalf of the site map provider.
Security trimming behavior is included in the SiteMapProvider and StaticSiteMapProvider class implementations. However, for security trimming to function in derived classes, you must set the Roles property of any SiteMapNode objects that you create while building a site map provider when you override the BuildSiteMap method.
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BuildSiteMap method is called by the default implementation of the FindSiteMapNode, GetChildNodes, and GetParentNode methods. If you override the BuildSiteMap method in a derived class, ensure that it loads site map data only once and returns on subsequent calls.
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