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Implementing Model-View-Presenter in ASP.NET

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Three implementations of Model-View-Presenter in ASP.NET 2.0.
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using Presentation;
using Presentation.Interfaces;

/// <remarks>
///		Class Views_EmployeesView is our IEmployeesView. It is the View in the MVP relationship. 
///		This view knows about its presenter. It must instantiate the presenter, 
///		passing into it an instance of itself and the model. It is also responsible for
///		responding to presenter events, such as redirects, ect. 
/// </remarks>
public partial class Views_EmployeesView : System.Web.UI.UserControl, IEmployeesView 
{
	private EmployeesPresenter presenter;

	protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
	{
		presenter = new EmployeesPresenter(this, new Model.EmployeeDAO());
		presenter.RequestEmployeeEdit += new EventHandler<SingleValueEventArgs<int>>(RequestEmployeeEditListener);
		presenter.InitView(Page.IsPostBack);
	}

	private void RequestEmployeeEditListener(object sender, SingleValueEventArgs<int> e)
	{
		int employeeID = e.Value;
		Response.Redirect("EmployeeEdit.aspx?employee=" + employeeID, true);
	}

	#region IEmployeesView Members

	public void SetEmployees(IDataReader employeesReader)
	{
		ddlEmployees.DataSource = employeesReader;
		ddlEmployees.DataValueField = "EmployeeID";
		ddlEmployees.DataTextField = "LastName";
		ddlEmployees.DataBind();
		ddlEmployees.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("Select Employee", "0"));
	}

	public void SetEmployeeDetails(Model.Data.Interfaces.IEmployee employee)
	{
		if (employee == null)
		{
			lblEmployeeID.Text = string.Empty;
			lblEmployeeLastName.Text = string.Empty;
			lblEmployeeFirstName.Text = string.Empty;
			lblTitle.Text = string.Empty;
		}
		else
		{
			lblEmployeeID.Text = employee.EmployeeID.ToString();
			lblEmployeeLastName.Text = employee.LastName;
			lblEmployeeFirstName.Text = employee.FirstName;
			lblTitle.Text = employee.Title;
		}
	}

	public void SetRefreshTime(DateTime dateTime)
	{
		lblTime.Text = dateTime.ToString();
	}

	#endregion
	protected void ddlEmployees_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
	{
		presenter.UpdateEmployeeDetails(ddlEmployees.SelectedValue);
		if (int.Parse(ddlEmployees.SelectedValue) > 0)
		{
			btnEdit.Visible = true;
		}
		else
		{
			btnEdit.Visible = false;
		}
	}
	protected void btnEdit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
	{
		presenter.EditEmployee(int.Parse(ddlEmployees.SelectedValue));
	}
}

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