Interface IDynamicContent

Developers wishing to display dynamic content in an EPiServer XHTML string should implement this interface.

Namespace: EPiServer.DynamicContent
Assembly: EPiServer.dll
Version: 8.11.0
Syntax
[Obsolete("Implement IDynamicContentControl instead to make a custom Web Forms implementation, or IDynamicContentView to support both web forms and MVC")]
public interface IDynamicContent : IDynamicContentBase

Properties

RendersWithControl

Return true if the class uses a control to render, otherwise return false to render directly from this clas via the Render method

Declaration
bool RendersWithControl { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

Methods

GetControl(PageBase)

Return a control to render the dynamic content on the page. This method will only be called by EPiServer if the

RendersWithControl
property returns true

Declaration
Control GetControl(PageBase hostPage)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PageBase hostPage

A reference to the EPiServer page hosting the dynamic content.

Returns
Type Description
System.Web.UI.Control

A control that renders the dynamic content

Render(PageBase)

Return the dynamic content as a string. This method will only be called by EPiServer if the

RendersWithControl
property returns false

Declaration
string Render(PageBase hostPage)
Parameters
Type Name Description
PageBase hostPage

A reference to the EPiServer page hosting the dynamic content. This can be null as Render can be called when there is no page in context

Returns
Type Description
System.String

A string containing your content

Extension Methods