What should LoadStateFromStorage return when empty?

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  1. gpe
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    Mar 2014

    Posted 04 Mar 2014 Link to this post

    I'm using the clean sample of a CookieStateStorageProvider from http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/persistence-framework/examples/custom-storage-provider/defaultcs.aspx

    When the CookieStateStorageProvider tries is called upon a key it does not know, returning null leads to an exception in the PersistenceManager. The thing is that I don't want my view to have to check if this key is already existing or not. It makes more sense that only the CookieStateStorageProvider knows about how to store the state. But what should its method return when the key is not valid/existing?

    I tried returning null or String.Empty but none is appreciated my the PersistenceManager.
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  3. Per
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    Posted 22 Sep 2014 in reply to gpe Link to this post

    Hi

    There is a bug in the example.
    Replace "LoadStateFromStorage" with this and it will work...

        public string LoadStateFromStorage(string key)
        {
          if (HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies[StorageKey] == null)
            throw new PersistenceFrameworkStorageException("Unable to read cookie storage content. ");

          return DecompressString(HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies[StorageKey].Value.ToString());
        }

    Regards
    Per
  5. Vessy
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    Posted 25 Sep 2014 Link to this post

    Hi Per,

    Thank you for your observation - we will update the example right away.

    As a sign of gratitude we have also updated your Telerik points accordingly.

    Regards,
    Vessy
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  7. Gary
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    Oct 2012

    Posted 09 Apr 2015 Link to this post

    The example has still not been updated.

    Gary

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  9. Daniel
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    Posted 14 Apr 2015 Link to this post

    Hello Gary,

    Thank you for your suggestion. I'm afraid we could not modify the live demo to throw an exception.
    Also, we have an explicit check on the click of the Load button here:
    protected void LoadButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (Request.Cookies[CookieName] != null)
        {
            RadPersistenceManager1.LoadState();
            RadGrid1.Rebind();
        }
    }

    As to the case you mentioned, it is possible to avoid the exception inside the state serialization provider if you have one. It would be something like this:
    public class YourStateSerializer : IStateSerializer
    {
             public List<RadControlState> DeserializeCollection(string stateData)
             {
                  if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(stateData))
                  {
                           return new List<RadControlState>();
                  }
        ...

    This will work if you return an empty string from the LoadStateFromStorage method in the storage provider.

    I hope this helps.

    Regards,
    Daniel
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