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Model View Presenter via ASP.NET

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11 Oct 2009CPOL6 min read 39.4K   291   24  
Following on from articles on adding generics support to ASP.NET, how to pass through arbitrary types to data sources, and implementing MVP in a type safe fashion, today Steve Gray takes readers through how to implement the various elements of a modular, re-usable MVP framework for ASP.NET.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Web.UI;
using CobaltSoftware.Foundation.ModelViewPresenter;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace CobaltSoftware.Foundation.Web.Patterns.ModelViewPresenter
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     The OrchestratorImplementation class is a dynamic substitute for the Orchestrator
    ///     that is strong-typed with the presenter and view contract types. 
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    ///     <para>
    ///         <list>
    ///             <listheader>Version History</listheader>
    ///             <item>11 October, 2009 - Steve Gray - Initial Draft</item>
    ///         </list>
    ///     </para>
    /// </remarks>
    /// <typeparam name="TPresenterContract">Presenter contract interface</typeparam>
    /// <typeparam name="TViewContract">View contract interface</typeparam>    
    [ParseChildren(true)]
    [PersistChildren(true)]
    public class OrchestratorImplementation<TPresenterContract, TViewContract> : Orchestrator
        where TPresenterContract : IPresenter<TPresenterContract, TViewContract>
        where TViewContract : IView<TViewContract, TPresenterContract>
    {
        #region ASP .NET Page Lifecycle

        /// <summary>
        ///     When the orchestrator initializes.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="e">Event Arguments</param>
        protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnInit(e);
            PerformWireup();
        }

        #endregion

        #region Methods

        /// <summary>
        ///     Perform the various MVP wireup tasks.
        /// </summary>
        protected void PerformWireup()
        {
            try
            {
                this.TraceInformation("PerformWireup::Starting");

                // Validate state
                if (Presenter == null || Presenter.Count == 0)
                    throw new ArgumentNullException("Presenter", "There are no presenters in the Presenter collection.");
                if (Presenter.Count > 1)
                    throw new ArgumentException("Too many presenters specified. Can only set a single presenter.", "Presenter");
                if (Views == null || Views.Count == 0)
                    throw new ArgumentNullException("Views", "No views specified - cannot perform wireup.");

                // Create the presenter
                TPresenterContract presenter = Presenter.First().GetPresenterInstance<TPresenterContract, TViewContract>(this);

                // Wireup each view.
                foreach (IViewLoader viewLoader in Views)
                {
                    viewLoader.Connect<TViewContract, TPresenterContract>(this, presenter);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                this.TraceWarning("PerformWireup::Failed due to exception:" + ex.ToString());
                throw;
            }
            finally
            {
                this.TraceInformation("PerformWireup::Finished");
            }
        }


        #endregion


        #region Properties

        /// <summary>
        ///     Presenter source.
        /// </summary>
        [PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)]
        public List<IPresenterLoader> Presenter { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Views collection
        /// </summary>
        [PersistenceMode(PersistenceMode.InnerProperty)]
        [MergableProperty(false)]
        public List<IViewLoader> Views { get; set; }

        #endregion

    }
}

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Written By
Software Developer (Senior) Insurance Industry
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Steve Gray is a Senior Developer at a British insurance company, working on a popular aggregator. When he's not writing ASP .NET, it's because there's SQL or WCF to write instead.

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