Programming ASP.NET 3.5, 4th Edition

Hierarchical Data Controls

Controls derived from the HierarchicalDataBoundControl, as listed in Table 8-1, display their data in hierarchical form, such as in a menu or a tree view. They might typically be bound to a SiteMapDataSource, XmlDataSource, or LinqDataSource control presenting data from a hierarchical source (such as an XML document) but they could equally use data from a database or business object to present a flat list of items as desired.

Table 8-1. Hierarchical data controls

Control name	Read/write?	Notes
Menu, TreeView	Read-only	Both the Menu and TreeView controls are used for website navigation. See Chapter 13 for more information.