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ASP.NET DaST to wrestle with MVC and WebForms

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DaST is a new architectural pattern for building highly dynamic Web 2.0 applications. A web page is rendered as a set of randomly nested rectangles where each rectangle is controlled individually and every combination of rectangles can be partially updated via AJAX.
// --------------------------- COPYRIGHT NOTICE ---------------------------------
// ASP.NET DaST - LittleNonsense DEMO
// Copyright (C) 2011 by Roman Gubarenko
// http://www.makeitsoft.com/
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
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//
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// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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// Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
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//
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

using AspNetDaST.Web;

/// <summary>
/// Summary description for NonsenseAdvanced
/// </summary>
public class NonsenseExample2Controller : ScopeController
{
  public override string ProvideTemplate() 
  {
    return Utils.LoadTemplate("NonsenseExample2.htm"); // load temlate content from anywhere
  }

  public override void InitializeModel(ControllerModelBuilder model)
  {
    // scope binding handlers
    model.SetDataBind(new DataBindHandler(DataBind_ROOT));
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater").SetDataBind(new DataBindHandler(DataBind_CustomerRepeater));
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer").SetDataBind(new DataBindHandler(DataBind_Customer));
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer", "OrderRepeater").SetDataBind(new DataBindHandler(DataBind_OrderRepeater));
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer", "OrderRepeater", "Order").SetDataBind(new DataBindHandler(DataBind_Order));
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer", "OrderRepeater", "Order", "ItemRepeater").SetDataBind(new DataBindHandler(DataBind_ItemRepeater));
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer", "OrderRepeater", "Order", "ItemRepeater", "Item").SetDataBind(new DataBindHandler(DataBind_Item));

    // set child controllers
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Header").SetController(new ScopeHeaderController());
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer", "Header").SetController(new ScopeHeaderController());
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer", "OrderRepeater", "Header").SetController(new ScopeHeaderController());
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer", "OrderRepeater", "Order", "Header").SetController(new ScopeHeaderController());
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer", "OrderRepeater", "Order", "ItemRepeater", "Header").SetController(new ScopeHeaderController());
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer", "OrderRepeater", "Order", "ItemRepeater", "Item", "Header").SetController(new ScopeHeaderController());

    // handle client actions
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Header").HandleAction("RaisedFromChild", new ActionHandler(Action_RaisedFromChild));
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer", "Header").HandleAction("RaisedFromChild", new ActionHandler(Action_RaisedFromChild));
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer", "OrderRepeater", "Header").HandleAction("RaisedFromChild", new ActionHandler(Action_RaisedFromChild));
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer", "OrderRepeater", "Order", "Header").HandleAction("RaisedFromChild", new ActionHandler(Action_RaisedFromChild));
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer", "OrderRepeater", "Order", "ItemRepeater", "Header").HandleAction("RaisedFromChild", new ActionHandler(Action_RaisedFromChild));
    model.Select("CustomerRepeater", "Customer", "OrderRepeater", "Order", "ItemRepeater", "Item", "Header").HandleAction("RaisedFromChild", new ActionHandler(Action_RaisedFromChild));
  }


  #region Action Handlers

  private void Action_RaisedFromChild(object arg)
  {
    if ((string)arg == "parent")
    {
      CurrPath(-1).Refresh(); // refresh parent scope of the root scope of header controller
      CtrlPath().MessageClient("RefreshedFromServer", new { ScopeID = CurrPath(-1).ClientID }); // notify client of refreshed scope
    }
    else if ((string)arg == "child")
    {
      // find name of the next scope depending on current scope
      string nextScope = null;
      string currScope = CurrPath(-1).ClientID.Split('-').Last();
      switch (currScope) 
      {
        case "CustomerRepeater": nextScope = "Customer"; break;
        case "Customer": nextScope = "OrderRepeater"; break;
        case "OrderRepeater": nextScope = "Order"; break;
        case "Order": nextScope = "ItemRepeater"; break;
        case "ItemRepeater": nextScope = "Item"; break;
      }
      // invoke action on Header scope of the first child scope
      if (nextScope != null)
      {
        CurrPath(-1, nextScope, "Header").InvokeAction("InvokedFromParent", null);
      }
    }
  }

  #endregion


  #region Binding Handlers

  private void DataBind_ROOT()
  {
    CurrPath().Replace("{TodayDate}", DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")); // output some example values
    CurrPath().Replace("{ScopeID}", CurrPath().ClientID); // bind scope client id
  }

  private void DataBind_CustomerRepeater()
  {
    var customers = DataLayer.GetCustomers(); // get all customers
    CurrPath().RepeatStart(); 
    foreach (var customer in customers)  // repeat scope for each customer
    {
      CurrPath().Repeat(); 
      CurrPath("Customer").StoredParams.Set("CustomerID", customer.GetValue("ID")); // pass customer ID to each child Customer scope
    }
  }

  private void DataBind_Customer()
  {
    var customerID = CurrPath().StoredParams.Get<string>("CustomerID"); // get customer ID set in previous binding handler
    var customer = DataLayer.GetCustomer(customerID); // get customer object by ID
    CurrPath().Replace("{CustomerID}", customer.GetValue("ID")); 
    CurrPath().Replace("{CustomerName}", customer.GetValue("Name")); 
  }

  private void DataBind_OrderRepeater()
  {
    var customerID = CurrPath(-1).StoredParams.Get<string>("CustomerID"); // get customer ID from parent Customer scope
    var orders = DataLayer.GetOrders(customerID); // get orders by customer ID
    CurrPath().RepeatStart(); 
    foreach (var order in orders) // repeat scope for each order
    {
      CurrPath().Repeat();
      CurrPath("Order").StoredParams.Set("OrderID", order.GetValue("ID")); // pass order ID to each child Order scope
    }
  }

  private void DataBind_Order()
  {
    var orderID = CurrPath().StoredParams.Get<string>("OrderID"); // get order ID set in previous binding handler 
    var order = DataLayer.GetOrder(orderID); // get order object by ID
    CurrPath().Replace("{OrderID}", order.GetValue("ID"));
    CurrPath().Replace("{OrderDate}", order.GetValue("Date"));
  }

  private void DataBind_ItemRepeater()
  {
    var orderID = CurrPath(-1).StoredParams.Get<string>("OrderID"); // get order ID from parent Order scope
    var items = DataLayer.GetOrderItems(orderID); // get order items by order ID
    CurrPath().RepeatStart(); 
    foreach (var item in items) // repeat scope for each item
    {
      CurrPath().Repeat();
      CurrPath("Item").StoredParams.Set("ItemID", item.GetValue("ID"));  // pass item ID to each child Item scope
    }
  }

  private void DataBind_Item()
  {
    var itemID = CurrPath().StoredParams.Get<string>("ItemID"); // get item ID set in previous binding handler 
    var item = DataLayer.GetOrderItem(itemID); // get item object by ID
    CurrPath().Replace("{ItemID}", item.GetValue("ID"));
    CurrPath().Replace("{ItemName}", item.GetValue("Name"));
  }

  #endregion
}

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