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BuildManager::GetObjectFactory Method

Gets an object factory for the specified virtual path.

Namespace:  System.Web.Compilation
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public:
static IWebObjectFactory^ GetObjectFactory(
	String^ virtualPath, 
	bool throwIfNotFound
)

Parameters

virtualPath
Type: System::String
The virtual path.
throwIfNotFound
Type: System::Boolean
true to throw an error if the virtual path does not exist; otherwise, false. If the virtual path does not exist and throwIfNotFound is false, this method returns nullptr.

Return Value

Type: System.Web.Util::IWebObjectFactory
The object factory.

ExceptionCondition
HttpException

The virtual path does not exist.

-or-

A higher-level exception already existed when this method was called.

-or-

This method was called while the compilation process was building top-level files.

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This is a precompiled application and the virtual path was not found in the cache.

-or-

A circular reference was detected.

This method returns an object that enables you to generate a type by compiling the virtual path. It returns an object regardless of whether the Web site is precompiled.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, 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.
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