ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed

Chapter 27. Working with the HTTP Runtime

<feature>

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Creating a Custom BuildProvider

• Creating a Custom ExpressionBuilder

• Creating HTTP Handlers

• Working with HTTP Applications and HTTP Modules

• Summary

</feature>

This chapter tackles a number of advanced topics by digging deeper into the mechanics of how an ASP.NET page is processed. In this first section, you learn how to create a custom BuildProvider. A BuildProvider is a .NET class that generates source code from a file automatically. You learn how to create a custom BuildProvider that builds custom data access components automatically.

Next, you learn how to create a custom ExpressionBuilder. An ExpressionBuilder is responsible for parsing an expression into code. For example, when ...