19 January 2014

Session Add, Remove, Clear, RemoveAll and Abandon in ASP.NET

Session Add, Remove,  Clear, RemoveAll  and Abandon in ASP.NET

1. Session Add

To add in the Session
For ex
Session.Add("UserID",1);
   or
Session["UserID"]=1;

UserID is Session ID
1 is Session value

2. Session Remove

Session.Remove(“UserID”);
It removes the specific session’s specific key value i.e) It removes the SessionID UserID


3. Session Clear

Session.Clear()
It clears all session value i.e) It clears all the key value pairs stored in the session state collection.

4. Session RemoveAll

Session.RemoveAll();
This Method calls above clear method in its implementation,
public sealed class HttpSessionState : ICollection, IEnumerable
{
   .....
   public void RemoveAll()
   {
       this.Clear();
   }
   .....
}

5. Session Abandon

Session.Abandon() destroy everything in the session. While logout you have to clear everything in session.




Handling Session in Common Class in ASP.NET WebForms or ASP.NET MVC

Handling Session in Common Class in ASP.NET WebForms or  ASP.NET MVC

SessionVariables.cs
using System;
using System.Web;
namespace WebApplication1
{
    public class SessionVariables
    {

        ///
        ///  Store EmpID in Session
        ///
        public static Int64 EmpID
        {
            get
            {
                return (Int64)HttpContext.Current.Session["EmpID"];
            }

            set
            {
                HttpContext.Current.Session["EmpID"] = value;
            }
        }
       
       
        ///
        /// Store EmpName in Session
        ///
        public static string EmpName
        {
            get
            {
                return (string)HttpContext.Current.Session["EmpName"];
            }

            set
            {
                HttpContext.Current.Session["EmpName"] = value;
            }
        }
     
    }

}

You can get or set the session variables in Webforms or MVC

using System;
using System.Web.UI;

namespace WebApplication1
{
    public partial class HandlingSession : Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            SessionVariables.EmpID = 1;

            SessionVariables.EmpName = "ArunPrakash";
        }
    }
}

Advantages:
1. Reduces duplicate Session variables declaration
2. Type conversion is in common functions.

ActionResult in MVC 4

ActionResult in MVC 4

The ActionResult class is the base class for action results.

An action method responds to user input by performing work and returning an action result. An action result represents a command that the framework will perform on behalf of the action method.

The following types derive from ActionResult:

ContentResult - Represents a user-defined content type that is the result of an action method.

EmptyResult - Represents a result that does nothing, such as a controller action method that returns nothing.

FileResult - Represents a base class that is used to send binary file content to the response.

HttpUnauthorizedResult - Represents the result of an unauthorized HTTP request.

JavaScriptResult - Sends JavaScript content to the response.

JsonResult - Represents a class that is used to send JSON-formatted content to the response.

RedirectResult - Controls the processing of application actions by redirecting to a specified URI.

RedirectToRouteResult - Represents a result that performs a redirection by using the specified route values dictionary.

ViewResultBase - The ViewResultBase class is the abstract base class for both the ViewResult and PartialViewResult classes. The class contains methods for finding the view to be rendered and for executing the result. This class also contains properties that identify the view to be rendered, the name of the view, view data, temporary data, and a collection for view engines for the application.

Reference
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mvc.actionresult(v=vs.118).aspx

9 January 2014

Set the selected item in an ASP.NET dropdown via the display text

Set the selected item in an ASP.NET dropdown via the display text

Method 1:
ddlItemdetails.Items.FindByText("Shirts").Selected = true;

Method 2:

ddlItemdetails.SelectedValue = ddItems.Items.FindByText("Shirts").Value;


29 December 2013

HttpRequest.UrlReferrer in C# - To get clients previous request that linked to the current URL

HttpRequest.UrlReferrer in C#

Gets information about the URL of the client's previous request that linked to the current URL.

public Uri UrlReferrer { get; }

Uri MyUrl = Request.UrlReferrer;
Response.Write("Referrer URL Port: " + Server.HtmlEncode(MyUrl.Port.ToString()) + "< br >");
Response.Write("Referrer URL Protocol: " + Server.HtmlEncode(MyUrl.Scheme) + "< br >");




25 December 2013

Marshalling

Marshalling

Marshalling (sometimes spelled marshaling) is the process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission, and it is typically used when data must be moved between different parts of a computer program or from one program to another.

Marshalling is similar to serialization and is used to communicate to remote objects with an object.


It simplifies complex communication, using custom/complex objects to communicate instead of primitives.
The opposite, or reverse, of marshalling is called unmarshalling.


XML VS JSON

XML VS JSON

XML - Extensible Markup Language
JSON - Javascript Object Notation

JSON
JSON uses JavaScript syntax for describing data objects, but JSON is still language and platform independent.

JSON is more lighter and efficient than XML

JSON does not provide any display capabilities because it is not a document markup language.

XML

XML’s strength is extensibility and the avoidance of namespace clashes. It holds any data type and can be used to transport full documents with formatting information included. XML is best used when transporting something like a patient chart or text document with markup included.

XML provide display capabilities.

XML structures are based on elements (which can be nested), attributes (which cannot), raw content text, entities, DTDs, and other meta structures.

Finally,

JSON is a better data exchange format. XML is a better document exchange format. Use the right one for the right job.

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