Business objects with no properties and data binding

[Alex Ivanoff]

Is it possible to data bind a web control (DropDownList) to a list of
business objects which do not have properties but accessor methods instead:

public class State
{
private String _abbr;
private String _name;

public String GetAbbr()
{
return this._abbr;
}

public String GetName()
{
return this._name;
}
}

Thank you,
Alex

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[Efran Cobisi]

Hi,

Afaik this is not possible, because bound values are gathered using the
System.Web.UI.DataBinder:GetDataItem() method, which expects public
properties.
You could, however, write a proxy for your object, which could abstract
the logic required to access data in your object, allowing to retrieve
using public properties.

HTH,

Efran Cobisi
http://www.cobisi.com

Alex Ivanoff wrote:
> Is it possible to data bind a web control (DropDownList) to a list of
> business objects which do not have properties but accessor methods instead:
>
> public class State
> {
> private String _abbr;
> private String _name;
>
> public String GetAbbr()
> {
> return this._abbr;
> }
>
> public String GetName()
> {
> return this._name;
> }
> }
>
> Thank you,
> Alex
>
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[Marc Brooks]

> Getters usually do not change the state of the object.

But they can do some significant (delayed) work to get the correct value.

> Properties are not encapsulation. They are syntactical sugar of a language.

Properties are the public-level abstraction the to the fields of an
object, they are most definately useful to encapsulate some attributes
of the object. You don't like them, but you are fighting against the
"current" of the CLR databinding merely because you don't need the
sugar.... not for any real danger in using them.

--
"I am Dyslexic of Borg. Resistors are fertile. Prepare to have your
ass laminated." -- Dan Nitschke

Marc C. Brooks
http://musingmarc.blogspot.com

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