Business entity and C# extension methods
In place of writing something like:
protected string GetUrl(Information info)
{
if (info is News)
return ResolveUrl(string.Format("~/news.aspx/{0}", info.NormalizedTitle));
else if (info is Publication)
return ResolveUrl(string.Format("~/publications.aspx/{0}", info.NormalizedTitle));
else
return string.Empty;
}
I would use on the presentation layer only an extension method on my business entity class of type Information to add a GetUrl method!
It would keep the business entity light on the different other layers, and add web responsibilities on the presentation layer.
And would end like so:
<a href="<%# ((Information)Container.DataItem)).GetUrl() %>" title="<%#Eval("Title")%>">
<%#Eval("Title")%>
</a>
Something to test when I will install Visual Studio 2008!