Can I create an inline function/method inside of a user control?

Question

I want to create an inline function/method inside of my user control, so that I can do this:

Inside my test.ascx:

<asp:Repeater ...>
  <itemTemplate>
     <p><%# MyInlineMethod(Eval("hello").ToString())%> </p>
  <itemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

is this possible?

Answer 1

Yes it is possible but it has to be static method. And you will have to access it with fully qualified name or import the namespace.

<%@ Import Namespace="RootNamespace.SubNamespace1" %>

<asp:Repeater ...>
  <itemTemplate>
     <p><%# MyClass.MyInlineMethod(Eval("hello").ToString())%> </p>
  <itemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

Method definition

namespace RootNamespace.SubNamespace1
{
     public class MyClass
     {
         public static string MyInlineMethod(string input){
            return string.Format("{0}!!!",input);
         }
     }
}