Does anyone know the syntax for creating a custom HtmlHelperextension method which behaves like..
<% using (Html.BeginForm()) {%>
<p>Loads of html stuff here </p>
<% } %>
I'm thinking of something along the lines of....
Any ideas?
Cheers,
ETFairfax
You need to create a class that implements IDisposable
interface and return that from your HtmlHelper
.
public static class HtmlHelperTableExtensions {
private class TableRenderer : IDisposable {
HtmlHelper html;
public TableRenderer(HtmlHelper html) {
this.html = html;
}
public void Dispose() {
HtmlHelperTableExtensions.EndTable(html);
}
}
public static IDisposable BeginTable(this HtmlHelper html) {
// print begin table here...
return new TableRenderer(html);
}
public static void EndTable(this HtmlHelper html) {
// print end table here...
}
}
You'd need to have a method something like this:
public static IDisposable BeginTable(this HtmlHelper html, ...)
{
// write the start of the table here
return new EndTableWriter();
}
Where the EndTableWriter
is something like this:
private class EndTableWriter : IDisposable
{
public void Dispose()
{
// write the end of the table here
}
}