Programming Microsoft® ASP.NET 3.5

The Page Class

In the .NET Framework, the Page class provides the basic behavior for all objects that an ASP.NET application builds by starting from .aspx files. Defined in the System.Web.UI namespace, the class derives from TemplateControl and implements the IHttpHandler interface:

public class Page : TemplateControl, IHttpHandler

In particular, TemplateControl is the abstract class that provides both ASP.NET pages and user controls with a base set of functionality. At the upper level of the hierarchy, we find the Control class. It defines the properties, methods, and events shared by all ASP.NET server-side elements—pages, controls, and user controls.

Derived from a class—TemplateControl—that implements INamingContainer, Page also serves as the ...