ASP.NET ViewStateParameter

I like the ASP.NET 2.0 DataSource controls. They are very flexible and easy to use. It has some great parameters like SessionParameter and ControlParameter. It doesn't have a ViewStateParameter. I have written it myself to fill this gap.

using System; 
using System.Data; 
using System.Configuration; 
using System.Web; 
using System.Web.Security; 
using System.Web.UI; 
using System.Web.UI.WebControls; 
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts; 
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls; 

namespace ClassLibrary1 { 

    public class ViewStateParameter : Parameter { 

        private String _key; 

        public String Key { 
            get { 
                return _key; 
            } 
            set { 
                _key = value; 
            } 
        } 

        protected override object Evaluate(HttpContext context, Control control) { 
            Type t = control.Page.GetType(); 
            System.Reflection.PropertyInfo pi = t.GetProperty("ViewState", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic); 
            StateBag pageViewState = pi.GetValue(control.Page, null) as StateBag; 
            return pageViewState[Key]; 
        } 
    } 
}

My solution uses Reflection to retrieve the ViewState out of the Page. You will need FullTrust to use the code, bummer.

Download the source + sample website here.

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