Nov 16
.NET and the Provider Model
If you have been using the new features of the ASP.NET 2.0 web framework like Membership, Roles, SiteMap, Profiles and others, you have probably heard about the Provider Model. If not, have no fear, you have been using it all along. The Provider Model is a set of API’s that were build into the .NET 2.0 Framework that gives both windows and web developers the ability to build applications that allow certain features/functionality to be replaced, at runtime, via the application’s configuration file. The only requirement is that the new feature must implement all of the interfaces of the feature being replaced. This is all done through a set of abstract classes.
Without going through much detail, Miguel Castro was a guest on DnrTV and he really goes into detail on a real word example ( Credit Card Processing ) on how you would use the Provider Model for this senario. This was a really great show and it’s the real reason why I was encouraged to blog about this.
Happy Coding!
