ImageGear .NET v25.1 - Updated
MarkupImageDataProvider Class
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ImageGear.Web.Services Assembly > ImageGear.Web.DataProviders Namespace : MarkupImageDataProvider Class
ImageDataProvider is a base class derived from the System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase class ( System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase ). It is an abstract class which forms the foundation of a mechanism by which image/document and annotation data can be requested by the client viewer given a Data Provider Name (optional, can use default data provider), a Document Identifier, and/or a Markup Layer Record ID. Any implementation of a Data Provider must create derivations of all 5 abstract data provider base classes.

The structure of a MarkupImageDataProvider is heirarchical such that a MarkupImageDataProvider derives from Microsoft's ProviderBase and is instantiated from settings specified in Web.confg. Through the OpenImageData() and OpenArtData() methods, the MarkupImageDataProvider opens a MarkupImageDataConnection or MarkupArtDataConnection. This is done so that the connection classes may store contextual information pertinent to that particular provider, ex. (and SQL Data Provider which requires a connection to an SQL database, or an FTP data provider, also requiring a connection). From the connection, a Document Data Connection is opened for a document with a particular identifier. The Document Data Connection classes contain methods that facilitate file operations. Both the Data Connection and Document Data Connection classes implement the IDisposable interface.

ImageGear.Web.DataProviders.MarkupImageDataConnectionT:ImageGear.Web.DataProviders.MarkupArtDataConnectionMarkupArtDocumentDataConnection
Object Model
MarkupImageDataProvider ClassMarkupArtMiddleware ClassMarkupArtDataConnection ClassMarkupImageDataConnection Class
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public MustInherit Class MarkupImageDataProvider 
   Inherits System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase
'Usage
 
Dim instance As MarkupImageDataProvider
public abstract class MarkupImageDataProvider : System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase 
public __gc abstract class MarkupImageDataProvider : public System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase 
public ref class MarkupImageDataProvider abstract : public System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase 
Remarks
ImageGear.Web.DataProviders.MarkupImageDataConnectionT:ImageGear.Web.DataProviders.MarkupArtDataConnectionMarkupArtDocumentDataConnectionIf you are writing a custom image data provider, then your custom data provider class must derive from this class.

Also, if creating a custom provider in a separate assembly, make sure that you add a reference to the .NET assembly "System.Configuration" in the references of the Visual Studio Solution Explorer as Data Providers derive from ProviderBase.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderBase
      ImageGear.Web.DataProviders.MarkupImageDataProvider
         ImageGear.Web.DataProviders.MarkupFileImageDataProvider
         ImageGear.Web.DataProviders.MarkupSqlImageDataProvider

See Also

Reference

MarkupImageDataProvider Members
ImageGear.Web.DataProviders Namespace