State Management

Agenda View state Application cache Session state ProfilesCookies

View State Mechanism for persisting relatively small pieces of data across postbacks Used by pages and controls to persist state Also available to you for persisting state Relies on hidden input field (__VIEWSTATE) Accessed through ViewState property Tamper-proof; optionally encryptable

Reading and Writing View State // Write the price of an item to view state ViewState["Price"] = price; // Read the price back following a postback decimal price = (decimal) ViewState["Price"];

View State and Data Types What data types can you store in view state? Primitive types (strings, integers, etc.) Types accompanied by type converters Serializable types (types compatible with BinaryFormatter) System.Web.UI.LosFormatter performs serialization and deserialization Optimized for compact storage of strings, integers, booleans, arrays, and hash tables

Application Cache Intelligent in-memory data store Item prioritization and automatic eviction Time-based expiration and cache dependencies Cache removal callbacks Application scope (available to all users) Accessed through Cache property Page.Cache - ASPX HttpContext.Cache - Global.asax Great tool for enhancing performance

Using the Application Cache // Write a Hashtable containing stock prices to the cache Hashtable stocks = new Hashtable (); stocks.Add ("AMZN", 10.00m); stocks.Add ("INTC", 20.00m); stocks.Add ("MSFT", 30.00m); Cache.Insert ("Stocks", stocks);. // Fetch the price of Microsoft stock Hashtable stocks = (Hashtable) Cache["Stocks"]; if (stocks != null) // Important! decimal msft = (decimal) stocks["MSFT"];. // Remove the Hashtable from the cache Cache.Remove ("Stocks");

Cache.Insert public void Insert ( string key, // Key that identifies item object value, // The item itself CacheDependency dependencies, // Cache dependencies (if any) DateTime absoluteExpiration, // When should item expire (absolute)? TimeSpan slidingExpiration, // When should item expire (sliding)? CacheItemPriority priority, // Item's priority relative to other items CacheItemRemovedCallback onRemoveCallback // Removal callback delegate );

Temporal Expiration Cache.Insert ("Stocks", stocks, null, DateTime.Now.AddMinutes (5), Cache.NoSlidingExpiration); Cache.Insert ("Stocks", stocks, null, Cache.NoAbsoluteExpiration, TimeSpan.FromMinutes (5)); Expire after 5 minutes Expire if 5 minutes elapse without the item being retrieved from the cache

Cache Dependencies Cache.Insert ("Stocks", stocks, new CacheDependency (Server.MapPath ("Stocks.xml"))); Cache.Insert ("Stocks", stocks, new SqlCacheDependency ("Stocks", "Prices")); Expire if and when Stocks.xml changes Expire if and when the "Stocks" database's "Prices" table changes

Application Cache

Session State Read/write per-user data store Accessed through Session property Page.Session - ASPX HttpApplication.Session - Global.asax Provider-based for flexible data storage In-process (default) State server process SQL Server Cookied or cookieless

Using Session State // Write a ShoppingCart object to session state ShoppingCart cart = new ShoppingCart (); Session["Cart"] = cart;. // Read this user's ShoppingCart from session state ShoppingCart cart = (ShoppingCart) Session["Cart"];. // Remove this user's ShoppingCart from session state Session.Remove ("Cart");

In-Process Session State... Web Server ASP.NET Session State Session state stored inside ASP.NET's worker process

State Server Session State <sessionState mode="StateServer" stateConnectionString="tcpip= :42424" />... Web Server ASP.NET State Server ASP.NET state service (aspnet_- state.exe) aspnet_state Process aspnet_state Process

SQL Server Session State <sessionState mode="SQLServer" sqlConnectionString="server=orion;integrated security=true" />... Web Server ASP.NET Database Server ASPState Database ASPState Database Created with InstallSqlState.sql or InstallPersistSql- State.sql

Session Events Session_Start event signals new session Session_End event signals end of session Process with handlers in Global.asax void Session_Start () { // Create a shopping cart and store it in session state // each time a new session is started Session["Cart"] = new ShoppingCart (); } void Session_End () { // Do any cleanup here when session ends }

Session Time-Outs Sessions end when predetermined time period elapses without any requests from session's owner Default time-out = 20 minutes Time-out can be changed in Web.config...

Profile Service Stores per-user data persistently Strongly typed access (unlike session state) On-demand lookup (unlike session state) Long-lived (unlike session state) Supports authenticated and anonymous users Accessed through dynamically compiled HttpProfileBase derivatives (HttpProfile) Provider-based for flexible data storage

Profile Schema Profiles Profile Data Stores SQL Server Other Data Stores HttpProfileBase HttpProfile (Autogenerated HttpProfileBase-Derivative) HttpProfile (Autogenerated HttpProfileBase-Derivative) AccessProfileProvider Other Providers Profile Providers SqlProfileProvider Access HttpProfile (Autogenerated HttpProfileBase-Derivative) HttpProfile (Autogenerated HttpProfileBase-Derivative)

Defining a Profile

Using a Profile // Increment the current user's post count Profile.Posts = Profile.Posts + 1; // Update the current user's last post date Profile.LastPost = DateTime.Now;

How Profiles Work public partial class page_aspx : System.Web.UI.Page {... protected ASP.HttpProfile Profile { get { return ((ASP.HttpProfile)(this.Context.Profile)); } }... } Autogenerated class representing the page Autogenerated class derived from HttpProfileBase Profile property included in autogenerated page class

Profile Groups Properties can be grouped element defines groups element defines groups......

Defining a Profile Group

Accessing a Profile Group // Increment the current user's post count Profile.Forums.Posts = Profile.Forums.Posts + 1; // Update the current user's last post date Profile.Forums.LastPost = DateTime.Now;

Custom Data Types Profiles support base types String, Int32, Int64, DateTime, Decimal, etc. Profiles also support custom types Use type attribute to specify type Use serializeAs attribute to specify serialization mode: Binary, Xml (default), or String serializeAs="Binary" types must be serializable serializeAs="String" types need type converters

Using a Custom Data Type

Anonymous User Profiles By default, profiles aren't available for anonymous (unauthenticated) users Data keyed by authenticated user IDs Anonymous profiles can be enabled Step 1: Enable anonymous identification Step 2: Specify which profile properties are available to anonymous users Data keyed by user anonymous IDs

Profiles for Anonymous Users

Profile Providers Profile service is provider-based Beta 1 ships with two providers AccessProfileProvider (Access)* SqlProfileProvider (SQL Server) Use custom providers to add support for other data stores * Will be replaced by SQL Express provider in beta 2

Using the SQL Server Provider

Profiles

Cookies Mechanism for persisting textual data Described in RFC 2109 For relatively small pieces of data HttpCookie class encapsulates cookies HttpRequest.Cookies collection enables cookies to be read from requests HttpResponse.Cookies collection enables cookies to be written to responses

HttpCookie Properties NameDescription NameCookie name (e.g., "UserName=Jeffpro") ValueCookie value (e.g., "UserName=Jeffpro") ValuesCollection of cookie values (multivalue cookies only) HasKeysTrue if cookie contains multiple values DomainDomain to transmit cookie to ExpiresCookie's expiration date and time SecureTrue if cookie should only be transmitted over HTTPS PathPath to transmit cookie to

Creating a Cookie HttpCookie cookie = new HttpCookie ("UserName", "Jeffpro"); Response.Cookies.Add (cookie); Cookie name Cookie value

Reading a Cookie HttpCookie cookie = Request.Cookies["UserName"]; if (cookie != null) { string username = cookie.Value; // "Jeffpro"... }

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