ASP.NET Server Control Property Attribute must be required

Question

I have a custom ASP.NET server control CustomControl with a property attribute Path.

If the Path is not explicitly specified, then I want an exception to be thrown.

For example,

<myControls:CustomControl Path="somedirectory/someotherdirectory/somefile.ext" runat="server" />

should compile, and

<myControls:CustomControl runat="server" /> should throw an exception.

I realize I can do this in the getter of the Path property, but is there some attribute that necessitates this?

Update

Is there any mechanism for validating the values of the property attributes other than using in the getter methods of the code-behind properties?

possible duplicate of Flag control properties as required in design view — ChrisLively
– ChrisLively, Commented Mar 11, 2011 at 21:11

Waqas Raja · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-11 18:53:21Z

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You can check this in init event of the custom control, and throw an exception.

Update

There is; Check it in init event. As init of control's called after host's (page or user control) init event. So you can throw an exception if its null or empty

edited Mar 11, 2011 at 18:53

answered Mar 11, 2011 at 18:33

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ChrisLively · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-11 18:33:24Z

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I don't think this should be a compile time check.

After all, the property value might be supplied in the code behind during page_load or a similiar event.

answered Mar 11, 2011 at 18:33

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smartcaveman Over a year ago

for my use case this is not a concern.

light · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-11 18:33:03Z

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There is not an attribute that necessitates this. The best place to do this is in the getter of the Path property.

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light Over a year ago

You could always write your own attribute though

smartcaveman Over a year ago

Writing attributes doesn't do much good if nothing processes them.

kprobst · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-11 18:33:39Z

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No, there's no way to force the page framework to do this. You need to do it in your code at runtime and raise an exception if the value wasn't provided. Otherwise we'd never run into the "crap, I forgot the runat=server part" error :)

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