ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to extend the ASP.NET Framework by extending different parts of the HTTP Runtime. In the first section, you learned how to create a custom BuildProvider. For example, you learned how to create a BuildProvider that dynamically generates a data access component from an XML file.

Next, you explored the topic of ExpressionBuilders. You learned how to use an ExpressionBuilder to automatically replace one expression with another. For example, we created a custom ExpressionBuilder that enables you to look up a value from an XML file.

The topic of HTTP Handlers was also explored. You learned two methods of creating custom HTTP Handlers. You learned how to create a Generic Handler and how to create an HTTP Handler ...