BuildProviderCollection Class
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)
The BuildProviderCollection is used to compile custom resource files. You can have any number of build providers. The BuildProviderCollection does not refer to any actual element in the underlying configuration file. It is a construct that allows easy access to the compilation information it contains.
This section provides two code examples. The first demonstrates how to declaratively specify values for several properties of the BuildProviderCollection class. The second demonstrates how to use members of the BuildProviderCollection class.
The following configuration file example shows how to declaratively specify values for several properties of the BuildProviderCollection class.
<system.web>
<compilation>
<buildProviders>
<add extension=".aspx"
type="System.Web.Compilation.PageBuildProvider"
appliesTo="Web" />
<add extension=".ascx"
type="System.Web.Compilation.UserControlBuildProvider"
appliesTo="Web" />
<add extension=".master"
type="System.Web.Compilation.MasterPageBuildProvider"
appliesTo="Web" />
<add extension=".asix"
type="System.Web.Compilation.ImageGeneratorBuildProvider"
appliesTo="Web" />
<add extension=".asmx"
type="System.Web.Compilation.WebServiceBuildProvider"
appliesTo="Web" />
<add extension=".ashx"
type="System.Web.Compilation.WebHandlerBuildProvider"
appliesTo="Web" />
<add extension=".soap"
type="System.Web.Compilation.WebServiceBuildProvider"
appliesTo="Web" />
<add extension=".resx"
type="System.Web.Compilation.ResXBuildProvider"
appliesTo="Resources" />
<add extension=".resources"
type="System.Web.Compilation.ResourcesBuildProvider"
appliesTo="Code, Resources" />
<add extension=".wsdl"
type="System.Web.Compilation.WsdlBuildProvider"
appliesTo="Code" />
<add extension=".xsd"
type="System.Web.Compilation.XsdBuildProvider"
appliesTo="Code" />
</buildProviders>
</compilation>
</system.web>
The following code example demonstrates how to use members of the BuildProviderCollection class.
#region Using directives using System; using System.Configuration; using System.Web.Configuration; #endregion namespace Samples.Aspnet.SystemWebConfiguration { class UsingBuildProviderCollection { static void Main(string[] args) { try { // Set the path of the config file. string configPath = ""; // Get the Web application configuration object. Configuration config = WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(configPath); // Get the section related object. CompilationSection configSection = (CompilationSection)config.GetSection ("system.web/compilation"); // Display title and info. Console.WriteLine("ASP.NET Configuration Info"); Console.WriteLine(); // Display Config details. Console.WriteLine("File Path: {0}", config.FilePath); Console.WriteLine("Section Path: {0}", configSection.SectionInformation.Name); // Display BuildProviderCollection count. Console.WriteLine("BuildProviderCollection count: {0}", configSection.BuildProviders.Count); // Create a new BuildProvider. BuildProvider myBuildProvider = new BuildProvider(".myres", "System.Web.Compilation.ResourcesBuildProvider"); // Add an BuildProvider to the collection. configSection.BuildProviders.Add(myBuildProvider); // Create a second BuildProvider. BuildProvider myBuildProvider2 = new BuildProvider(".myres2", "System.Web.Compilation.ResourcesBuildProvider"); // Add an BuildProvider to the collection. configSection.BuildProviders.Add(myBuildProvider2); // BuildProvider Collection int i = 1; int j = 1; foreach (BuildProvider BuildProviderItem in configSection.BuildProviders) { Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("BuildProviders {0} Details:", i); Console.WriteLine("Type: {0}", BuildProviderItem.ElementInformation.Type); Console.WriteLine("Source: {0}", BuildProviderItem.ElementInformation.Source); Console.WriteLine("LineNumber: {0}", BuildProviderItem.ElementInformation.LineNumber); Console.WriteLine("Properties Count: {0}", BuildProviderItem.ElementInformation.Properties.Count); j = 1; foreach (PropertyInformation propertyItem in BuildProviderItem.ElementInformation.Properties) { Console.WriteLine("Property {0} Name: {1}", j, propertyItem.Name); Console.WriteLine("Property {0} Value: {1}", j, propertyItem.Value); j++; } i++; } // Remove a BuildProvider. configSection.BuildProviders.Remove(".myres2"); // Remove an BuildProvider. configSection.BuildProviders.RemoveAt( configSection.BuildProviders.Count - 1); // Update if not locked. if (!configSection.SectionInformation.IsLocked) { config.Save(); Console.WriteLine("** Configuration updated."); } else { Console.WriteLine("** Could not update, section is locked."); } } catch (Exception e) { // Unknown error. Console.WriteLine(e.ToString()); } // Display and wait. Console.ReadLine(); } } }
System.Configuration.ConfigurationElement
System.Configuration.ConfigurationElementCollection
System.Web.Configuration.BuildProviderCollection