ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed

Chapter 25. Working with the HTTP Runtime

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Creating a Custom BuildProvider

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Creating a Custom ExpressionBuilder

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Creating HTTP Handlers

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Working with HTTP Applications and HTTP Modules

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Summary

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This chapter tackles a number of advanced topics by digging deeper into the mechanics of how an ASP.NET page is processed. In this first section, you learn how to create a custom BuildProvider. A BuildProvider is a .NET class that generates source code from a file automatically. You learn how to create a custom BuildProvider that builds custom data access components automatically.

Next, you learn ...