Serves as the base class for controls that represent data sources to data-bound controls.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
<BindableAttribute(False)> _ <AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Level := AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _ <AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Level := AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _ Public MustInherit Class DataSourceControl _ Inherits Control _ Implements IDataSource, IListSource
Dim instance As DataSourceControl
[BindableAttribute(false)] [AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)] [AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)] public abstract class DataSourceControl : Control, IDataSource, IListSource
[BindableAttribute(false)] [AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction::LinkDemand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel::Minimal)] [AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction::InheritanceDemand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel::Minimal)] public ref class DataSourceControl abstract : public Control, IDataSource, IListSource
public abstract class DataSourceControl extends Control implements IDataSource, IListSource
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ASP.NET supports a control data-binding architecture that enables Web server controls to bind to data in a consistent fashion. Web server controls that bind to data are referred to as data-bound controls, and the classes that facilitate that binding are called data source controls. Data source controls can represent any data source: a relational database, a file, a stream, a business object, and so on. Data source controls present data in a consistent way to data-bound controls, regardless of the source or format of the underlying data.
You use the data source controls that are provided with ASP.NET, including SqlDataSource, AccessDataSource, and XmlDataSource, to perform most Web development tasks. You use the base DataSourceControl class when you want to implement your own custom data source control.
While any class that implements the IDataSource interface is a data source control, most ASP.NET data source controls extend the abstract DataSourceControl class, which provides a base implementation of the IDataSource interface. The DataSourceControl class also provides an implementation of the IListSource interface, which enables you to programmatically assign the data source control to the DataSource property of a data-bound control and return data to the control as a basic list.
Any ASP.NET control that derives from the DataBoundControl class can bind to a data source control. When a DataBoundControl is bound to a data source control, data binding is performed automatically at run time. You can also use data source controls with ASP.NET controls that expose a DataSource or DataSourceID property and support basic data binding, but are not derived from DataBoundControl. When using these data-bound controls, you must explicitly call the DataBind method. For more information on data binding, see Accessing Data with ASP.NET.
You can think of a data source control as the combination of the DataSourceControl object and its associated lists of data, called data source views. Each list of data is represented by a DataSourceView object. Because the underlying data storage contains one or more lists of data, a DataSourceControl is always associated with one or more named DataSourceView objects. The IDataSource interface defines the methods that all data source controls use to interact with data source views: the GetViewNames method is used to enumerate the data source views currently associated with the data source control, and the GetView method is used to retrieve a specific data source view instance by name.
You can also think of the data source control as two distinct interfaces that callers use to access data. The DataSourceControl class is the interface that page developers interact with directly when developing a Web Forms page, and the DataSourceView class is the interface that data-bound controls and data-bound control authors interact with. Because the DataSourceView object is available only at run time, any state persisted for the data source control or data source view must be exposed directly by the data source control.
There is no visual rendering of ASP.NET data source controls; they are implemented as controls so you can create them declaratively, and to optionally allow them to participate in state management. As a result, data source controls do not support visual features such as EnableTheming or SkinID.
The following code example demonstrates how a class can extend the DataSourceControl class. The CsvDataSource control represents comma-separated file data stored in a .csv file. The CsvDataSource class provides its own implementations of the GetView, GetViewNames, and other methods, because the base class implementations are not functional.
Imports System Imports System.Collections Imports System.Data Imports System.IO Imports System.Security.Permissions Imports System.Web Imports System.Web.UI Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls ' The CsvDataSource is a data source control that retrieves its ' data from a comma-separated value file. <AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Level:=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _ Public Class CsvDataSource Inherits DataSourceControl Public Sub New() End Sub 'New ' The comma-separated value file to retrieve data from. Public Property FileName() As String Get Return CType(Me.GetView([String].Empty), CsvDataSourceView).SourceFile End Get Set ' Only set if it is different. If CType(Me.GetView([String].Empty), CsvDataSourceView).SourceFile <> value Then CType(Me.GetView([String].Empty), CsvDataSourceView).SourceFile = value RaiseDataSourceChangedEvent(EventArgs.Empty) End If End Set End Property ' Do not add the column names as a data row. Infer columns if the CSV file does ' not include column names. Public Property IncludesColumnNames() As Boolean Get Return CType(Me.GetView([String].Empty), CsvDataSourceView).IncludesColumnNames End Get Set ' Only set if it is different. If CType(Me.GetView([String].Empty), CsvDataSourceView).IncludesColumnNames <> value Then CType(Me.GetView([String].Empty), CsvDataSourceView).IncludesColumnNames = value RaiseDataSourceChangedEvent(EventArgs.Empty) End If End Set End Property ' Return a strongly typed view for the current data source control. Private view As CsvDataSourceView = Nothing Protected Overrides Function GetView(viewName As String) As DataSourceView If view Is Nothing Then view = New CsvDataSourceView(Me, String.Empty) End If Return view End Function 'GetView ' The ListSourceHelper class calls GetList, which ' calls the DataSourceControl.GetViewNames method. ' Override the original implementation to return ' a collection of one element, the default view name. Protected Overrides Function GetViewNames() As ICollection Dim al As New ArrayList(1) al.Add(CsvDataSourceView.DefaultViewName) Return CType(al, ICollection) End Function 'GetViewNames End Class 'CsvDataSource ' The CsvDataSourceView class encapsulates the ' capabilities of the CsvDataSource data source control. Public Class CsvDataSourceView Inherits DataSourceView Public Sub New(owner As IDataSource, name As String) MyBase.New(owner, DefaultViewName) End Sub 'New ' The data source view is named. However, the CsvDataSource ' only supports one view, so the name is ignored, and the ' default name used instead. Public Shared DefaultViewName As String = "CommaSeparatedView" ' The location of the .csv file. Private aSourceFile As String = [String].Empty Friend Property SourceFile() As String Get Return aSourceFile End Get Set ' Use MapPath when the SourceFile is set, so that files local to the ' current directory can be easily used. Dim mappedFileName As String mappedFileName = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(value) aSourceFile = mappedFileName End Set End Property ' Do not add the column names as a data row. Infer columns if the CSV file does ' not include column names. Private columns As Boolean = False Friend Property IncludesColumnNames() As Boolean Get Return columns End Get Set columns = value End Set End Property ' Get data from the underlying data source. ' Build and return a DataView, regardless of mode. Protected Overrides Function ExecuteSelect(selectArgs As DataSourceSelectArguments) _ As System.Collections.IEnumerable Dim dataList As IEnumerable = Nothing ' Open the .csv file. If File.Exists(Me.SourceFile) Then Dim data As New DataTable() ' Open the file to read from. Dim sr As StreamReader = File.OpenText(Me.SourceFile) Try ' Parse the line Dim dataValues() As String Dim col As DataColumn ' Do the following to add schema. dataValues = sr.ReadLine().Split(","c) ' For each token in the comma-delimited string, add a column ' to the DataTable schema. Dim token As String For Each token In dataValues col = New DataColumn(token, System.Type.GetType("System.String")) data.Columns.Add(col) Next token ' Do not add the first row as data if the CSV file includes column names. If Not IncludesColumnNames Then data.Rows.Add(CopyRowData(dataValues, data.NewRow())) End If ' Do the following to add data. Dim s As String Do s = sr.ReadLine() If Not s Is Nothing Then dataValues = s.Split(","c) data.Rows.Add(CopyRowData(dataValues, data.NewRow())) End If Loop Until s Is Nothing Finally sr.Close() End Try data.AcceptChanges() Dim dataView As New DataView(data) If Not selectArgs.SortExpression Is String.Empty Then dataView.Sort = selectArgs.SortExpression End If dataList = dataView Else Throw New System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException("File not found, " + Me.SourceFile) End If If dataList is Nothing Then Throw New InvalidOperationException("No data loaded from data source.") End If Return dataList End Function 'ExecuteSelect Private Function CopyRowData([source]() As String, target As DataRow) As DataRow Try Dim i As Integer For i = 0 To [source].Length - 1 target(i) = [source](i) Next i Catch iore As IndexOutOfRangeException ' There are more columns in this row than ' the original schema allows. Stop copying ' and return the DataRow. Return target End Try Return target End Function 'CopyRowData ' The CsvDataSourceView does not currently ' permit deletion. You can modify or extend ' this sample to do so. Public Overrides ReadOnly Property CanDelete() As Boolean Get Return False End Get End Property Protected Overrides Function ExecuteDelete(keys As IDictionary, values As IDictionary) As Integer Throw New NotSupportedException() End Function 'ExecuteDelete ' The CsvDataSourceView does not currently ' permit insertion of a new record. You can ' modify or extend this sample to do so. Public Overrides ReadOnly Property CanInsert() As Boolean Get Return False End Get End Property Protected Overrides Function ExecuteInsert(values As IDictionary) As Integer Throw New NotSupportedException() End Function 'ExecuteInsert ' The CsvDataSourceView does not currently ' permit update operations. You can modify or ' extend this sample to do so. Public Overrides ReadOnly Property CanUpdate() As Boolean Get Return False End Get End Property Protected Overrides Function ExecuteUpdate(keys As IDictionary, _ values As IDictionary, _ oldValues As IDictionary) As Integer Throw New NotSupportedException() End Function 'ExecuteUpdate End Class 'CsvDataSourceView End Namespace
using System; using System.Collections; using System.Data; using System.IO; using System.Security.Permissions; using System.Web; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; // The CsvDataSource is a data source control that retrieves its // data from a comma-separated value file. [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Level=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)] public class CsvDataSource : DataSourceControl { public CsvDataSource() : base() {} // The comma-separated value file to retrieve data from. public string FileName { get { return ((CsvDataSourceView)this.GetView(String.Empty)).SourceFile; } set { // Only set if it is different. if ( ((CsvDataSourceView)this.GetView(String.Empty)).SourceFile != value) { ((CsvDataSourceView)this.GetView(String.Empty)).SourceFile = value; RaiseDataSourceChangedEvent(EventArgs.Empty); } } } // Do not add the column names as a data row. Infer columns if the CSV file does // not include column names. public bool IncludesColumnNames { get { return ((CsvDataSourceView)this.GetView(String.Empty)).IncludesColumnNames; } set { // Only set if it is different. if ( ((CsvDataSourceView)this.GetView(String.Empty)).IncludesColumnNames != value) { ((CsvDataSourceView)this.GetView(String.Empty)).IncludesColumnNames = value; RaiseDataSourceChangedEvent(EventArgs.Empty); } } } // Return a strongly typed view for the current data source control. private CsvDataSourceView view = null; protected override DataSourceView GetView(string viewName) { if (null == view) { view = new CsvDataSourceView(this, String.Empty); } return view; } // The ListSourceHelper class calls GetList, which // calls the DataSourceControl.GetViewNames method. // Override the original implementation to return // a collection of one element, the default view name. protected override ICollection GetViewNames() { ArrayList al = new ArrayList(1); al.Add(CsvDataSourceView.DefaultViewName); return al as ICollection; } } // The CsvDataSourceView class encapsulates the // capabilities of the CsvDataSource data source control. public class CsvDataSourceView : DataSourceView { public CsvDataSourceView(IDataSource owner, string name) :base(owner, DefaultViewName) { } // The data source view is named. However, the CsvDataSource // only supports one view, so the name is ignored, and the // default name used instead. public static string DefaultViewName = "CommaSeparatedView"; // The location of the .csv file. private string sourceFile = String.Empty; internal string SourceFile { get { return sourceFile; } set { // Use MapPath when the SourceFile is set, so that files local to the // current directory can be easily used. string mappedFileName = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(value); sourceFile = mappedFileName; } } // Do not add the column names as a data row. Infer columns if the CSV file does // not include column names. private bool columns = false; internal bool IncludesColumnNames { get { return columns; } set { columns = value; } } // Get data from the underlying data source. // Build and return a DataView, regardless of mode. protected override IEnumerable ExecuteSelect(DataSourceSelectArguments selectArgs) { IEnumerable dataList = null; // Open the .csv file. if (File.Exists(this.SourceFile)) { DataTable data = new DataTable(); // Open the file to read from. using (StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(this.SourceFile)) { // Parse the line string s = ""; string[] dataValues; DataColumn col; // Do the following to add schema. dataValues = sr.ReadLine().Split(','); // For each token in the comma-delimited string, add a column // to the DataTable schema. foreach (string token in dataValues) { col = new DataColumn(token,typeof(string)); data.Columns.Add(col); } // Do not add the first row as data if the CSV file includes column names. if (! IncludesColumnNames) data.Rows.Add(CopyRowData(dataValues, data.NewRow())); // Do the following to add data. while ((s = sr.ReadLine()) != null) { dataValues = s.Split(','); data.Rows.Add(CopyRowData(dataValues, data.NewRow())); } } data.AcceptChanges(); DataView dataView = new DataView(data); if (selectArgs.SortExpression != String.Empty) { dataView.Sort = selectArgs.SortExpression; } dataList = dataView; } else { throw new System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException("File not found, " + this.SourceFile); } if (null == dataList) { throw new InvalidOperationException("No data loaded from data source."); } return dataList; } private DataRow CopyRowData(string[] source, DataRow target) { try { for (int i = 0;i < source.Length;i++) { target[i] = source[i]; } } catch (System.IndexOutOfRangeException) { // There are more columns in this row than // the original schema allows. Stop copying // and return the DataRow. return target; } return target; } // The CsvDataSourceView does not currently // permit deletion. You can modify or extend // this sample to do so. public override bool CanDelete { get { return false; } } protected override int ExecuteDelete(IDictionary keys, IDictionary values) { throw new NotSupportedException(); } // The CsvDataSourceView does not currently // permit insertion of a new record. You can // modify or extend this sample to do so. public override bool CanInsert { get { return false; } } protected override int ExecuteInsert(IDictionary values) { throw new NotSupportedException(); } // The CsvDataSourceView does not currently // permit update operations. You can modify or // extend this sample to do so. public override bool CanUpdate { get { return false; } } protected override int ExecuteUpdate(IDictionary keys, IDictionary values, IDictionary oldValues) { throw new NotSupportedException(); } }
The following code example demonstrates how to use the CsvDataSource control in a Web form.
<%@ Page Language="VB" %> <%@ Register Tagprefix="aspSample" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" %> <!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>ASP.NET Example</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <asp:gridview id="GridView1" runat="server" allowsorting="True" datasourceid="CsvDataSource1" /> <aspSample:CsvDataSource id = "CsvDataSource1" runat = "server" filename = "sample.csv" includescolumnnames="True" /> </form> </body> </html>
<%@ Page Language="C#" %> <%@ Register Tagprefix="aspSample" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls" %> <!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>ASP.NET Example</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <asp:gridview id="GridView1" runat="server" allowsorting="True" datasourceid="CsvDataSource1" /> <aspSample:CsvDataSource id = "CsvDataSource1" runat = "server" filename = "sample.csv" includescolumnnames="True" /> </form> </body> </html>
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