[Solved] Inheriting Grid (best practices)

[Eric Villemure]

Hi, we have inherited the Prometheus Grid and we are wondering what are the best practices when it comes to use events.

Is it better to use event handlers or override the On... function?

For example

   public class Grid : Telerik.Web.UI.RadGrid
    {
       
        protected override bool OnNeedDataSource(Telerik.Web.UI.GridNeedDataSourceEventArgs e)
        {
            bool baseValue = base.OnNeedDataSource(e);

             do stuff here

            return baseValue;
        }

    }


Or I could have done in the Grid() constructor adding a event and implementing the previous code in the event handler.

I am wondering what is the best practice?

Thanks

[Rosen]

Hello Eric Villemure,

Basically same practices as for building custom controls and general objects apply here too.
Therefore I think it's more suitable to override the methods as you are "building" the control as opposite to wrapping the control for example as part of CompositeControl.

Best wishes,
Rosen
the Telerik team

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