Extend System.Web.HttpResponse with a WriteLine method
While working with Console applications, you always use Console.WriteLine. I always got bothered why the HttpResponse has only Write or WriteFile. Why can't we have WriteLine? Many times you need to print something on a web page and also print a break line, and you always had to append a "<br>".
Now, with the Extension Methods that ship as part of C# 3.0, we can add the WriteLine method as follows. Create a new Class Library and place this code inside it:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Data.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.CodeDom;
using System.Reflection;
using System.IO;
namespace Utils
{
public static class CodeSuiteExtensionMethods
{
#region HttpResponse Extension Methods
/// <summary>
/// This method prints the contents of a string s followed
/// by a new line.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="response">An <see cref="System.Web.HttpResponse" object/></param>
/// <param name="s">A <see cref="=System.String"/> to be printed</param>
public static void WriteLine(this System.Web.HttpResponse response, string s)
{
// Call default Write method
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(s);
// Add a new line
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<br>");
}
/// <summary>
/// This method prints the contents of a character ch followed
/// by a new line.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="response">An <see cref="System.Web.HttpResponse" object/></param>
/// <param name="ch">A <see cref="=System.char"/> to be printed</param>
public static void WriteLine(this System.Web.HttpResponse response, char ch)
{
// Call default Write method
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(ch);
// Add a new line
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<br>");
}
/// <summary>
/// This method prints the contents of a buffer of characters followed
/// by a new line.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="response">An <see cref="System.Web.HttpResponse" object/></param>
/// <param name="buffer">An array of characters</param>
/// <param name="index">An <see cref="System.Integer"/> to start printing from</param>
/// <param name="count">An <see cref="=System.Integer"/> that states number of characters to print</param>
/// <param name="s">A <see cref="=System.String" to be printed/></param>
public static void WriteLine(this System.Web.HttpResponse response, char[] buffer, int index, int count)
{
// Call default Write method
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(buffer, index, count);
// Add a new line
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<br>");
}
/// <summary>
/// This method prints the ToString of an object obj followed
/// by a new line.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="response">An <see cref="System.Web.HttpResponse" object/></param>
/// <param name="obj">A <see cref="=System.Object"/> to be printed</param>
public static void WriteLine(this System.Web.HttpResponse response, object obj)
{
// Call default Write method
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(obj);
// Add a new line
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<br>");
}
#endregion
}
}
I have create Extension Methods for all the overloads of the Write method. What I do is simply call the original Write method, then add another call to write a break line.
How to use it? Add this namespace to your current page:
using Utils; // name of the namespace containing the extension methods.
Before importing the namespace make sure you Add a Reference to that namespace.
Now, in your code you can do something:
Response.WriteLine("Hello world"); // This will print the statement Hello world with a break line!!
Even if you wanted to use the Response.WriteLine same as Console.WriteLine to customize it with parameters, you can do something as:
Response.WriteLine(string.Format("Hello {0}", "Bilal"));
Hope this helps,
Regards