Accessing ObjectDataSource programmatically

Question

User714796689 posted

Hi,

Is there a way of accessing an underlying instance of a class specified in the Type attribute of an ObjectDataSource?

Thanks,

Leszek

Answer 1

User1918509225 posted

Hi ata6502,

Thanks for your post here.

I am not quite sure why need to access the a class specified in the Type attribute of an ObjectDataSource?

I suggest that you could refer to the tutorial in the link below:

http://weblogs.asp.net/vardi/436712

Best Regards,

Kevin Shen.

Answer 2

User714796689 posted

Thanks Kevin for your response and the link. Unfortunately, I can't use the suggested solution as I have little control over the middle-tier object. In fact, that's why I need to access it. It requires some kind of initialization i.e., after creating it I need to call an Initialize method with certain parameters. Then, through the page lifetime, I need to access some properties of this instance.

It seems I have found a suitable candidate for a solution: the ObjectDataSource.OnObjectCreating event handler. An idea is to manually create an instance of my middle-tier component, call the Initialize method, and then assign it to a page scope field for other methods to access. Do you think this is a good idea?

Thanks,

Leszek