Request/Response Programming
The server control architecture is built on top of a more fundamental processing architecture, which may be called request/response. Understanding request/response is important to solidify our overall grasp of ASP.NET. Also, in certain programming situations request/response is the natural approach.
HttpRequest Class
The System.Web namespace contains a useful class HttpRequest that can be used to read the various HTTP values sent by a client during a Web request. These HTTP values would be used by a classical CGI program in acting upon a Web request, and they are the foundation upon which higher level processing is built. Table 14-1 shows some of the public instance properties of HttpRequest. If you are familiar with ...
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