HierarchicalDataBoundControl Class (System.Web.UI.WebControls)

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HierarchicalDataBoundControl Class

Serves as the base class for all ASP.NET version 2.0 data-bound controls that display their data in hierarchical form.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Web.UI.Control
    System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl
      System.Web.UI.WebControls.BaseDataBoundControl
        System.Web.UI.WebControls.HierarchicalDataBoundControl
          System.Web.UI.WebControls.Menu
          System.Web.UI.WebControls.TreeView

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Syntax

Visual Basic
Public MustInherit Class HierarchicalDataBoundControl _
	Inherits BaseDataBoundControl
C#
public abstract class HierarchicalDataBoundControl : BaseDataBoundControl
Visual C++
public ref class HierarchicalDataBoundControl abstract : public BaseDataBoundControl
F#
[<AbstractClass>]
type HierarchicalDataBoundControl =  
    class
        inherit BaseDataBoundControl
    end
ASP.NET
<asp:HierarchicalDataBoundControl />

The HierarchicalDataBoundControl type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Protected method HierarchicalDataBoundControl Initializes a new instance of the HierarchicalDataBoundControl class.
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Properties

  Name Description
Public property AccessKey Gets or sets the access key that allows you to quickly navigate to the Web server control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Protected property Adapter Gets the browser-specific adapter for the control. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property AppRelativeTemplateSourceDirectory Gets or sets the application-relative virtual directory of the Page or UserControl object that contains this control. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property Attributes Gets the collection of arbitrary attributes (for rendering only) that do not correspond to properties on the control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property BackColor Gets or sets the background color of the Web server control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property BindingContainer Infrastructure. Gets the control that contains this control's data binding. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property BorderColor Gets or sets the border color of the Web control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property BorderStyle Gets or sets the border style of the Web server control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property BorderWidth Gets or sets the border width of the Web server control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Protected property ChildControlsCreated Gets a value that indicates whether the server control's child controls have been created. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property ClientID Gets the control ID for HTML markup that is generated by ASP.NET. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property ClientIDMode Gets or sets the algorithm that is used to generate the value of the ClientID property. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected property ClientIDSeparator Gets a character value representing the separator character used in the ClientID property. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected property Context Gets the HttpContext object associated with the server control for the current Web request. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property Controls Gets a ControlCollection object that represents the child controls for a specified server control in the UI hierarchy. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property ControlStyle Gets the style of the Web server control. This property is used primarily by control developers. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property ControlStyleCreated Gets a value indicating whether a Style object has been created for the ControlStyle property. This property is primarily used by control developers. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property CssClass Gets or sets the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) class rendered by the Web server control on the client. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property DataItemContainer Gets a reference to the naming container if the naming container implements IDataItemContainer. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property DataKeysContainer Gets a reference to the naming container if the naming container implements IDataKeysControl. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property DataSource Gets or sets the object from which the data-bound control retrieves its list of data items. (Inherited from BaseDataBoundControl.)
Public property DataSourceID Gets or sets the ID of the control from which the data-bound control retrieves its list of data items. (Overrides BaseDataBoundControl.DataSourceID.)
Protected property DesignMode Gets a value indicating whether a control is being used on a design surface. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property Enabled Gets or sets a value indicating whether the Web server control is enabled. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property EnableTheming Gets or sets a value indicating whether themes apply to this control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property EnableViewState Gets or sets a value indicating whether the server control persists its view state, and the view state of any child controls it contains, to the requesting client. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected property Events Gets a list of event handler delegates for the control. This property is read-only. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property Font Gets the font properties associated with the Web server control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property ForeColor Gets or sets the foreground color (typically the color of the text) of the Web server control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property HasAttributes Gets a value indicating whether the control has attributes set. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Protected property HasChildViewState Gets a value indicating whether the current server control's child controls have any saved view-state settings. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property Height Gets or sets the height of the Web server control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property ID Gets or sets the programmatic identifier assigned to the server control. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected property IdSeparator Infrastructure. Gets the character used to separate control identifiers. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected property Initialized Gets a value indicating whether the data-bound control has been initialized. (Inherited from BaseDataBoundControl.)
Protected property IsBoundUsingDataSourceID Gets a value indicating whether the DataSourceID property is set. (Inherited from BaseDataBoundControl.)
Protected property IsChildControlStateCleared Gets a value indicating whether controls contained within this control have control state. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected property IsEnabled Gets a value indicating whether the control is enabled. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Protected property IsTrackingViewState Gets a value that indicates whether the server control is saving changes to its view state. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected property IsViewStateEnabled Gets a value indicating whether view state is enabled for this control. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected property LoadViewStateByID Gets a value indicating whether the control participates in loading its view state by ID instead of index. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property NamingContainer Gets a reference to the server control's naming container, which creates a unique namespace for differentiating between server controls with the same Control.ID property value. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property Page Gets a reference to the Page instance that contains the server control. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property Parent Gets a reference to the server control's parent control in the page control hierarchy. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property RenderingCompatibility Gets a value that specifies the ASP.NET version that rendered HTML will be compatible with. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected property RequiresDataBinding Gets or sets a value indicating whether the DataBind method should be called. (Inherited from BaseDataBoundControl.)
Public property Site Gets information about the container that hosts the current control when rendered on a design surface. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property SkinID Gets or sets the skin to apply to the control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property Style Gets a collection of text attributes that will be rendered as a style attribute on the outer tag of the Web server control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property SupportsDisabledAttribute Gets a value that indicates whether the control should set the disabled attribute of the rendered HTML element to "disabled" when the control's IsEnabled property is false. (Inherited from BaseDataBoundControl.)
Public property TabIndex Gets or sets the tab index of the Web server control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Protected property TagKey Gets the HtmlTextWriterTag value that corresponds to this Web server control. This property is used primarily by control developers. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Protected property TagName Gets the name of the control tag. This property is used primarily by control developers. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property TemplateControl Gets or sets a reference to the template that contains this control. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property TemplateSourceDirectory Gets the virtual directory of the Page or UserControl that contains the current server control. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property ToolTip Gets or sets the text displayed when the mouse pointer hovers over the Web server control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public property UniqueID Gets the unique, hierarchically qualified identifier for the server control. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected property ViewState Gets a dictionary of state information that allows you to save and restore the view state of a server control across multiple requests for the same page. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected property ViewStateIgnoresCase Gets a value that indicates whether the StateBag object is case-insensitive. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property ViewStateMode Gets or sets the view-state mode of this control. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property Visible Gets or sets a value that indicates whether a server control is rendered as UI on the page. (Inherited from Control.)
Public property Width Gets or sets the width of the Web server control. (Inherited from WebControl.)
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Methods

  Name Description
Protected method AddAttributesToRender Adds HTML attributes and styles that need to be rendered to the specified HtmlTextWriterTag. This method is used primarily by control developers. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Protected method AddedControl Called after a child control is added to the Controls collection of the Control object. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method AddParsedSubObject Notifies the server control that an element, either XML or HTML, was parsed, and adds the element to the server control's ControlCollection object. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method ApplyStyle Copies any nonblank elements of the specified style to the Web control, overwriting any existing style elements of the control. This method is primarily used by control developers. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public method ApplyStyleSheetSkin Applies the style properties defined in the page style sheet to the control. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method BuildProfileTree Infrastructure. Gathers information about the server control and delivers it to the Trace property to be displayed when tracing is enabled for the page. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method ClearCachedClientID Infrastructure. Sets the cached ClientID value to null. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method ClearChildControlState Deletes the control-state information for the server control's child controls. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method ClearChildState Deletes the view-state and control-state information for all the server control's child controls. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method ClearChildViewState Deletes the view-state information for all the server control's child controls. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method ClearEffectiveClientIDMode Infrastructure. Sets the ClientIDMode property of the current control instance and of any child controls to Inherit. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method ConfirmInitState Sets the initialized state of the data-bound control. (Inherited from BaseDataBoundControl.)
Public method CopyBaseAttributes Copies the properties not encapsulated by the Style object from the specified Web server control to the Web server control that this method is called from. This method is used primarily by control developers. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Protected method CreateChildControls Called by the ASP.NET page framework to notify server controls that use composition-based implementation to create any child controls they contain in preparation for posting back or rendering. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method CreateControlCollection Creates a new ControlCollection object to hold the child controls (both literal and server) of the server control. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method CreateControlStyle Creates the style object that is used internally by the WebControl class to implement all style related properties. This method is used primarily by control developers. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public method DataBind() Binds a data source to the invoked server control and all its child controls. (Inherited from BaseDataBoundControl.)
Protected method DataBind(Boolean) Binds a data source to the invoked server control and all its child controls with an option to raise the DataBinding event. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method DataBindChildren Binds a data source to the server control's child controls. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method Dispose Enables a server control to perform final clean up before it is released from memory. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method EnsureChildControls Determines whether the server control contains child controls. If it does not, it creates child controls. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method EnsureDataBound Calls the DataBind method if the DataSourceID property is set and the data-bound control is marked to require binding. (Inherited from BaseDataBoundControl.)
Protected method EnsureID Creates an identifier for controls that do not have an identifier assigned. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
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 FindControl(String) Searches the current naming container for a server control with the specified id parameter. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method FindControl(String, Int32) Infrastructure. Searches the current naming container for a server control with the specified id and an integer, specified in the pathOffset parameter, which aids in the search. You should not override this version of the FindControl method. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method Focus Sets input focus to a control. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method GetData Retrieves a HierarchicalDataSourceView object that the data-bound control uses to perform data operations.
Protected method GetDataSource Retrieves the IHierarchicalDataSource that the data-bound control is associated with, if any.
Protected method GetDesignModeState Infrastructure. Gets design-time data for a control. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetRouteUrl(Object) Gets the URL that corresponds to a set of route parameters. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method GetRouteUrl(RouteValueDictionary) Gets the URL that corresponds to a set of route parameters. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method GetRouteUrl(String, Object) Gets the URL that corresponds to a set of route parameters and a route name. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method GetRouteUrl(String, RouteValueDictionary) Gets the URL that corresponds to a set of route parameters and a route name. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetUniqueIDRelativeTo Returns the prefixed portion of the UniqueID property of the specified control. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method HasControls Determines if the server control contains any child controls. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method HasEvents Returns a value indicating whether events are registered for the control or any child controls. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method IsLiteralContent Infrastructure. Determines if the server control holds only literal content. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method LoadControlState Restores control-state information from a previous page request that was saved by the SaveControlState method. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method LoadViewState Restores view-state information from a previous request that was saved with the SaveViewState method. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Protected method MapPathSecure Retrieves the physical path that a virtual path, either absolute or relative, maps to. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method MarkAsDataBound Sets the state of the control in view state as successfully bound to data.
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method MergeStyle Copies any nonblank elements of the specified style to the Web control, but will not overwrite any existing style elements of the control. This method is used primarily by control developers. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Protected method OnBubbleEvent Determines whether the event for the server control is passed up the page's UI server control hierarchy. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method OnDataBinding Raises the DataBinding event. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method OnDataBound Raises the DataBound event. (Inherited from BaseDataBoundControl.)
Protected method OnDataPropertyChanged Called when one of the base data source identification properties is changed, to re-bind the data-bound control to its data. (Overrides BaseDataBoundControl.OnDataPropertyChanged().)
Protected method OnDataSourceChanged Called when the IHierarchicalDataSource instance that the data-bound control works with raises the DataSourceChanged event.
Protected method OnInit Handles the Init event. (Inherited from BaseDataBoundControl.)
Protected method OnLoad Handles the Load event. (Overrides Control.OnLoad(EventArgs).)
Protected method OnPagePreLoad Sets the initialized state of the data-bound control before the control is loaded. (Overrides BaseDataBoundControl.OnPagePreLoad(Object, EventArgs).)
Protected method OnPreRender Handles the PreRender event. (Inherited from BaseDataBoundControl.)
Protected method OnUnload Raises the Unload event. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method OpenFile Gets a Stream used to read a file. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method PerformDataBinding When overridden in a derived class, binds data from the data source to the control.
Protected method PerformSelect Retrieves data from the associated data source. (Overrides BaseDataBoundControl.PerformSelect().)
Protected method RaiseBubbleEvent Assigns any sources of the event and its information to the control's parent. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method RemovedControl Called after a child control is removed from the Controls collection of the Control object. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method Render Renders the control to the specified HTML writer. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public method RenderBeginTag Renders the HTML opening tag of the control to the specified writer. This method is used primarily by control developers. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Protected method RenderChildren Outputs the content of a server control's children to a provided HtmlTextWriter object, which writes the content to be rendered on the client. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method RenderContents Renders the contents of the control to the specified writer. This method is used primarily by control developers. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Public method RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter) Outputs server control content to a provided HtmlTextWriter object and stores tracing information about the control if tracing is enabled. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter, ControlAdapter) Outputs server control content to a provided HtmlTextWriter object using a provided ControlAdapter object. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method RenderEndTag Renders the HTML closing tag of the control into the specified writer. This method is used primarily by control developers. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Protected method ResolveAdapter Gets the control adapter responsible for rendering the specified control. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method ResolveClientUrl Gets a URL that can be used by the browser. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method ResolveUrl Converts a URL into one that is usable on the requesting client. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method SaveControlState Saves any server control state changes that have occurred since the time the page was posted back to the server. (Inherited from Control.)
Protected method SaveViewState Saves any state that was modified after the TrackViewState method was invoked. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Protected method SetDesignModeState Sets design-time data for a control. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method SetRenderMethodDelegate Infrastructure. Assigns an event handler delegate to render the server control and its content into its parent control. (Inherited from Control.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method TrackViewState Causes the control to track changes to its view state so they can be stored in the object's ViewState property. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Protected method ValidateDataSource Verifies that the object a data-bound control binds to is one it can work with. (Overrides BaseDataBoundControl.ValidateDataSource(Object).)
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Events

  Name Description
Public event DataBinding Occurs when the server control binds to a data source. (Inherited from Control.)
Public event DataBound Occurs after the server control binds to a data source. (Inherited from BaseDataBoundControl.)
Public event Disposed Occurs when a server control is released from memory, which is the last stage of the server control lifecycle when an ASP.NET page is requested. (Inherited from Control.)
Public event Init Occurs when the server control is initialized, which is the first step in its lifecycle. (Inherited from Control.)
Public event Load Occurs when the server control is loaded into the Page object. (Inherited from Control.)
Public event PreRender Occurs after the Control object is loaded but prior to rendering. (Inherited from Control.)
Public event Unload Occurs when the server control is unloaded from memory. (Inherited from Control.)
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Extension Methods

  Name Description
Public Extension Method EnablePersistedSelection Enables selection to be persisted in data controls that support selection and paging. (Defined by DynamicDataExtensions.)
Public Extension Method FindDataSourceControl Returns the data source that is associated with the data control for the specified control. (Defined by DynamicDataExtensions.)
Public Extension Method FindFieldTemplate Returns the field template for the specified column in the specified control's naming container. (Defined by DynamicDataExtensions.)
Public Extension Method FindMetaTable Returns the metatable object for the containing data control. (Defined by DynamicDataExtensions.)
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Explicit Interface Implementations

  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IAttributeAccessor.GetAttribute Infrastructure. Gets an attribute of the Web control with the specified name. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IAttributeAccessor.SetAttribute Sets an attribute of the Web control to the specified name and value. (Inherited from WebControl.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private property IControlBuilderAccessor.ControlBuilder For a description of this member, see IControlBuilderAccessor.ControlBuilder. (Inherited from Control.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IControlDesignerAccessor.GetDesignModeState For a description of this member, see IControlDesignerAccessor.GetDesignModeState. (Inherited from Control.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IControlDesignerAccessor.SetDesignModeState For a description of this member, see IControlDesignerAccessor.SetDesignModeState. (Inherited from Control.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IControlDesignerAccessor.SetOwnerControl Infrastructure. For a description of this member, see IControlDesignerAccessor.SetOwnerControl. (Inherited from Control.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private property IControlDesignerAccessor.UserData For a description of this member, see IControlDesignerAccessor.UserData. (Inherited from Control.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private property IDataBindingsAccessor.DataBindings For a description of this member, see IDataBindingsAccessor.DataBindings. (Inherited from Control.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private property IDataBindingsAccessor.HasDataBindings For a description of this member, see IDataBindingsAccessor.HasDataBindings. (Inherited from Control.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private property IExpressionsAccessor.Expressions For a description of this member, see IExpressionsAccessor.Expressions. (Inherited from Control.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private property IExpressionsAccessor.HasExpressions For a description of this member, see IExpressionsAccessor.HasExpressions. (Inherited from Control.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method IParserAccessor.AddParsedSubObject For a description of this member, see IParserAccessor.AddParsedSubObject. (Inherited from Control.)
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Remarks

The HierarchicalDataBoundControl class is the base class used for ASP.NET controls that retrieve data from an ASP.NET hierarchical data source control and bind user-interface elements of the control to that data for display. The TreeView and Menu classes derive from HierarchicalDataBoundControl.

Page developers do not use the HierarchicalDataBoundControl class directly; instead, they use controls that derive from this class.

Controls developers extend this class to create data-bound controls that work with classes that implement the IHierarchicalDataSource interface and classes that derive from the HierarchicalDataSourceControl and HierarchicalDataSourceView classes. When deriving a class from the HierarchicalDataBoundControl class, override the PerformDataBinding method to bind the user-interface elements of your control to data retrieved by the GetData method. In most cases, the PerformDataBinding method is the only method you will override in your derived class.

For ASP.NET 2.0 data-bound controls, the PerformSelect method is the equivalent of the DataBind method, and is called to bind data at run time. The PerformSelect method calls the GetData and PerformDataBinding methods.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to derive a class from the HierarchicalDataBoundControl class to create a custom data-bound control. The GeneologyTree control renders a pre HTML section with a text tree for the data retrieved from an associated data source control.

Visual Basic

Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Security.Permissions
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls

Namespace Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls

    <AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, _
      Level:=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal), _
      AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, _
      Level:=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _
    Public Class GeneologyTree
        Inherits HierarchicalDataBoundControl

        Dim MaxDepth As Integer = 0

        Private aRootNode As TreeNode
        Public ReadOnly Property RootNode() As TreeNode
            Get
                If aRootNode Is Nothing Then
                    aRootNode = New TreeNode(String.Empty)
                End If
                Return aRootNode
            End Get
        End Property

        Private alNodes As ArrayList
        Public ReadOnly Property Nodes() As ArrayList
            Get
                If alNodes Is Nothing Then
                    alNodes = New ArrayList()
                End If
                Return alNodes
            End Get
        End Property

        Public Property DataTextField() As String
            Get
                Dim o As Object = ViewState("DataTextField")
                If o Is Nothing Then
                    Return String.Empty
                Else
                    Return CStr(o)
                End If
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As String)
                ViewState("DataTextField") = value
                If Initialized Then
                    OnDataPropertyChanged()
                End If
            End Set
        End Property

        Protected Overrides Sub PerformDataBinding()
            MyBase.PerformDataBinding()

            ' Do not attempt to bind data if there is no
            ' data source set.
            If Not IsBoundUsingDataSourceID AndAlso DataSource Is Nothing Then
                Return
            End If

            Dim view As HierarchicalDataSourceView = GetData(RootNode.DataPath)

            If view Is Nothing Then
                Throw New InvalidOperationException _
                ("No view returned by data source control.")
            End If

            Dim enumerable As IHierarchicalEnumerable = view.Select()
            If Not (enumerable Is Nothing) Then

                Nodes.Clear()

                Try
                    RecurseDataBindInternal(RootNode, enumerable, 1)
                Finally
                End Try
            End If

        End Sub ' PerformDataBinding

        Private Sub RecurseDataBindInternal(ByVal node As TreeNode, _
            ByVal enumerable As IHierarchicalEnumerable, _
            ByVal depth As Integer)

            Dim item As Object
            For Each item In enumerable

                Dim data As IHierarchyData = enumerable.GetHierarchyData(item)

                If Not data Is Nothing Then

                    ' Create an object that represents the bound data
                    ' to the control.
                    Dim newNode As New TreeNode()
                    Dim rvnode As New RootViewNode()

                    rvnode.Node = newNode
                    rvnode.Depth = depth

                    ' The dataItem is not just a string, but potentially
                    ' an XML node or some other container. 
                    ' If DataTextField is set, use it to determine which 
                    ' field to render. Otherwise, use the first field.                    
                    If DataTextField.Length > 0 Then
                        newNode.Text = DataBinder.GetPropertyValue _
                        (data, DataTextField, Nothing)
                    Else
                        Dim props As PropertyDescriptorCollection = _
                        TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(data)

                        ' Set the "default" value of the node.
                        newNode.Text = String.Empty

                        ' Set the true data-bound value of the TextBox,
                        ' if possible.
                        If props.Count >= 1 Then
                            If Not props(0).GetValue(data) Is Nothing Then
                                newNode.Text = props(0).GetValue(data).ToString()
                            End If
                        End If
                    End If

                    Nodes.Add(rvnode)

                    If data.HasChildren Then
                        Dim newEnumerable As IHierarchicalEnumerable = _
                            data.GetChildren()
                        If Not (newEnumerable Is Nothing) Then
                            RecurseDataBindInternal(newNode, _
                            newEnumerable, depth + 1)
                        End If
                    End If

                    If MaxDepth < depth Then
                        MaxDepth = depth
                    End If
                End If
            Next item

        End Sub 'RecurseDataBindInternal

        Protected Overrides Sub Render(ByVal writer As HtmlTextWriter)

            writer.WriteLine("<PRE>")
            Dim currentDepth As Integer = 1
            Dim currentTextLen As Integer = 0

            Dim rvnode As RootViewNode
            For Each rvnode In Nodes
                If rvnode.Depth = currentDepth Then
                    Dim output As String = "  " + rvnode.Node.Text + "  "
                    writer.Write(output)
                    currentTextLen = currentTextLen + output.Length
                Else
                    writer.WriteLine("")

                    ' Some very basic whitespace formatting.
                    ' The implicit conversion to an Integer is fine, as 
                    ' a general estimate is acceptable for this 
                    ' simple example.
                    Dim halfLine As Integer = CInt(currentTextLen / 2)
                    Dim i As Integer
                    For i = 0 To halfLine
                        writer.Write(" "c)
                    Next i
                    writer.Write("|"c)
                    writer.WriteLine("")
                    currentDepth += 1
                    Dim j As Integer
                    For j = 0 To halfLine
                        writer.Write(" "c)
                    Next j
                    Dim output As String = "  " + rvnode.Node.Text + "  "
                    writer.Write(output)
                    currentTextLen = currentTextLen + output.Length
                End If
            Next rvnode
            writer.WriteLine("</PRE>")

        End Sub 'Render


        Private Class RootViewNode
            Public Node As TreeNode
            Public Depth As Integer
        End Class 'RootViewNode
    End Class 'GeneologyTree
End Namespace


C#

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Security.Permissions;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

namespace Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls {

    [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, 
        Level=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
    [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, 
        Level=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
    public class GeneologyTree : HierarchicalDataBoundControl {

        private TreeNode rootNode;
        public TreeNode RootNode {
            get {
                if (rootNode == null) {
                    rootNode = new TreeNode(String.Empty);
                }
                return rootNode;
            }
        }

        private ArrayList nodes;
        public ArrayList Nodes {
            get {
                if (null == nodes) {
                    nodes = new ArrayList();
                }
                return nodes;
            }
        }
        public string DataTextField {
            get {
                object o = ViewState["DataTextField"];
                return((o == null) ? string.Empty : (string)o);
            }
            set {
                ViewState["DataTextField"] = value;
                if (Initialized) {
                    OnDataPropertyChanged();
                }
            }
        }
        private int _maxDepth = 0;
        protected override void PerformDataBinding() {
            base.PerformDataBinding();

            // Do not attempt to bind data if there is no
            // data source set.
            if (!IsBoundUsingDataSourceID && (DataSource == null)) {
                return;
            }

            HierarchicalDataSourceView view = GetData(RootNode.DataPath);

            if (view == null) {
                throw new InvalidOperationException
                    ("No view returned by data source control.");
            }                                  

            IHierarchicalEnumerable enumerable = view.Select();
            if (enumerable != null) {

                Nodes.Clear();

                try {
                    RecurseDataBindInternal(RootNode, enumerable, 1);
                }
                finally {

                }
            }
        }
        private void RecurseDataBindInternal(TreeNode node, 
            IHierarchicalEnumerable enumerable, int depth) {                                    

            foreach(object item in enumerable) {
                IHierarchyData data = enumerable.GetHierarchyData(item);

                if (null != data) {
                    // Create an object that represents the bound data
                    // to the control.
                    TreeNode newNode = new TreeNode();
                    RootViewNode rvnode = new RootViewNode();

                    rvnode.Node = newNode;
                    rvnode.Depth = depth;

                    // The dataItem is not just a string, but potentially
                    // an XML node or some other container. 
                    // If DataTextField is set, use it to determine which 
                    // field to render. Otherwise, use the first field.                    
                    if (DataTextField.Length > 0) {
                        newNode.Text = DataBinder.GetPropertyValue
                            (data, DataTextField, null);
                    }
                    else {
                        PropertyDescriptorCollection props = 
                            TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(data);

                        // Set the "default" value of the node.
                        newNode.Text = String.Empty;                        

                        // Set the true data-bound value of the TextBox,
                        // if possible.
                        if (props.Count >= 1) {                        
                            if (null != props[0].GetValue(data)) {
                                newNode.Text = 
                                    props[0].GetValue(data).ToString();
                            } 
                        }
                    }

                    Nodes.Add(rvnode);                    

                    if (data.HasChildren) {
                        IHierarchicalEnumerable newEnumerable = 
                            data.GetChildren();
                        if (newEnumerable != null) {                            
                            RecurseDataBindInternal(newNode, 
                                newEnumerable, depth+1 );
                        }
                    }

                    if ( _maxDepth < depth) _maxDepth = depth;

                }
            }
        }
        protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) {

            writer.WriteLine("<PRE>");                        
            int currentDepth = 1;
            int currentTextLen = 0;

            foreach (RootViewNode rvnode in Nodes) {
                if (rvnode.Depth == currentDepth) {
                    string output = "  " + rvnode.Node.Text + "  ";
                    writer.Write(output);
                    currentTextLen = currentTextLen + output.Length;
                }
                else {
                    writer.WriteLine("");
                    // Some very basic whitespace formatting
                    int halfLine = currentTextLen / 2;
                    for (int i=0;i<halfLine;i++) {
                        writer.Write(' ');
                    }
                    writer.Write('|');
                    writer.WriteLine("");
                    ++currentDepth; 
                    currentTextLen = 0;
                    for (int j=0;j<halfLine;j++) {
                        writer.Write(' ');
                    }
                    string output = "  " + rvnode.Node.Text + "  ";
                    writer.Write(output);
                    currentTextLen = currentTextLen + output.Length;                    
                }                                                           
            }
            writer.WriteLine("</PRE>");
        }

        private class RootViewNode { 
            public TreeNode Node;
            public int Depth;
        }
    }
}


The following code example demonstrates how to use the GeneologyTree control, defined in the previous example, and bind it to an XmlDataSource control.

Visual Basic

<%@Page language="VB" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="aspSample" 
    Namespace="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" 
    Assembly="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>
    <title>VB Example</title>
  </head>

  <body>
    <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">

        <aspSample:geneologytree
          id="GeneologyTree1"
          runat="server"
          datatextfield="title"
          datasourceid="XmlDataSource1" />

        <asp:xmldatasource
          id="XmlDataSource1"
          datafile="geneology.xml"          
          runat="server" />

    </form>
  </body>
</html>


C#

<%@Page language="c#" %>
<%@ 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">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head>
    <title>C# Example</title>
  </head>

  <body>
    <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">

        <aspSample:geneologytree
          id="GeneologyTree1"
          runat="server"
          datatextfield="title"
          datasourceid="XmlDataSource1" />

        <asp:xmldatasource
          id="XmlDataSource1"
          datafile="geneology.xml"          
          runat="server" />

    </form>
  </body>
</html>


The geneology.xml file accessed in the code example contains the following data.

<family>
  <member title="great-grandfather">
    <member title="grandfather" >
      <member title="child" />
      <member title="father" >
         <member title="son" />
      </member>
    </member>
  </member>
</family>
Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
Platforms

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.
Thread Safety

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

Reference