Creating HTTP Handlers
An HTTP Handler is a .NET class that executes whenever you make a request for a file at a certain path. Each type of resource that you can request from an ASP.NET application has a corresponding handler. For example, when you request an ASP.NET page, the Page
class executes. The Page
class is actually an HTTP Handler because it implements the IHttpHandler
interface.
Other examples of HTTP Handlers are the TraceHandler
class, which displays application-level trace information when you request the Trace.axd
page, and the ForbiddenHandler
class, which displays an Access Forbidden message when you attempt to request source code files from the browser.
You can implement your own HTTP handlers. For example, imagine that you ...
Get ASP.NET 4 Unleashed now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.