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TemplateContainerAttribute Class

.NET Framework 4

Declares the base type of the container control of a property that returns an ITemplate interface and is marked with the TemplateContainerAttribute attribute. The control with the ITemplate property must implement the INamingContainer interface. This class cannot be inherited.

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    System.Web.UI.TemplateContainerAttribute

Namespace:  System.Web.UI
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
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[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Property)]
public sealed class TemplateContainerAttribute : Attribute

The TemplateContainerAttribute type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method TemplateContainerAttribute(Type) Initializes a new instance of the TemplateContainerAttribute class using the specified container type.
Public method TemplateContainerAttribute(Type, BindingDirection) Initializes a new instance of the TemplateContainerAttribute class using the specified container type and the BindingDirection property.
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  Name Description
Public property BindingDirection Gets the binding direction of the container control.
Public property ContainerType Gets the container control type.
Public property TypeId When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute.)
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  Name Description
Public method Equals Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method 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.)
Public method Match When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.GetIDsOfNames Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.GetTypeInfo Retrieves the type information for an object, which can be used to get the type information for an interface. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.GetTypeInfoCount Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1). (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.Invoke Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
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The Type object that is passed in as a parameter of the TemplateContainerAttribute object is used by the parser as the type of Container object that is used in data-binding expressions. The control whose property returns an ITemplate interface and is marked with the TemplateContainerAttribute, must implement the INamingContainer interface.

For more information about using attributes, see Extending Metadata Using Attributes.

The following code example demonstrates how to create a templated control named TemplatedFirstControl and associate it with a container named FirstTemplateContainer. This allows the creation of custom controls that display the server time when the template is not specified and the template's content when the template is specified.

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using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Collections;

namespace Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls
{
	[ParseChildren(true)]
	public class TemplatedFirstControl : Control, INamingContainer
	{
		private ITemplate firstTemplate;
		private String text = null;
		private Control myTemplateContainer;

		[System.Security.Permissions.PermissionSet(System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAction.Demand, Name = "FullTrust")]
		protected override void OnDataBinding(EventArgs e)
		{
			EnsureChildControls();
			base.OnDataBinding(e);
		}


		[TemplateContainer(typeof(FirstTemplateContainer))]
		public ITemplate FirstTemplate
		{
			get
			{
				return firstTemplate;
			}
			set
			{
				firstTemplate = value;
			}
		}

		public String Text
		{
			get
			{
				return text;
			}
			set
			{
				text = value;
			}
		}

		public String DateTime
		{
			get
			{
				return System.DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString();
			}

		}

		public Control MyTemplateContainer
		{
			get
			{
				return myTemplateContainer;
			}
		}

		[System.Security.Permissions.PermissionSet(System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAction.Demand, Name = "FullTrust")]
		protected override void CreateChildControls()
		{
			if (FirstTemplate != null)
			{
				myTemplateContainer = new FirstTemplateContainer(this);
				FirstTemplate.InstantiateIn(myTemplateContainer);
				Controls.Add(myTemplateContainer);
			}
			else
			{
				Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(Text + " " + DateTime));
			}
		}

	}


    public class FirstTemplateContainer : Control, INamingContainer
    {
      private TemplatedFirstControl parent;
      public FirstTemplateContainer(TemplatedFirstControl parent)
      {
        this.parent = parent;
      }

      public String Text
      {
        get
        {
          return parent.Text;
        }
      }

      public String DateTime
      {
        get 
        {
          return parent.DateTime;
        }

      }
    }

  }

The following Web form demonstrates how to use the custom control created in the preceding code example. Two instances of the TemplatedFirstControl are placed on the page:

  • The first instance includes the template <FirstTemplate>.

  • The second instance does not include <FirstTemplate>; therefore, it shows just the time.

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<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Reflection" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="aspSample" Namespace="Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls" %>

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

<script runat="server">

  protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {

    // Get the class type for which to access metadata.
    Type clsType = typeof(TemplatedFirstControl);
    // Get the PropertyInfo object for FirstTemplate.
    PropertyInfo pInfo = clsType.GetProperty("FirstTemplate");
    // See if the TemplateContainer attribute is defined for this property.
    bool isDef = Attribute.IsDefined(pInfo, typeof(TemplateContainerAttribute));
    // Display the result if the attribute exists.
    if (isDef)
    {
      TemplateContainerAttribute tca =
        (TemplateContainerAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(pInfo, typeof(TemplateContainerAttribute));
      Response.Write("The binding direction is: " + tca.BindingDirection.ToString());
    }

  }
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>TemplateContainerAttribute Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
      <aspSample:TemplatedFirstControl id="TemplatedFirstControl1" runat="server">
         <FirstTemplate>This is the first template.</FirstTemplate>
      </aspSample:TemplatedFirstControl>
      <br />
      <aspSample:TemplatedFirstControl id="TemplatedFirstControl2" runat="server">
      </aspSample:TemplatedFirstControl>    
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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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