I set a break point in the constructor of my controller and I noticed that the controller is getting called several times on the startup of my project.
In my _Layout I have a menu control setup like:
@(Html.Kendo().Menu()
.Name("myMenu")
.Animation(a =>
{
a.Open(o =>
{
o.Expand(ExpandDirection.Vertical);
o.SlideIn(SlideDirection.Down);
o.Fade(FadeDirection.In);
});
})
.HoverDelay(100)
.Items(i =>
{
i.Add().Text("Job Profiles")
.Items(child =>
{
child.Add().Text("Item 1").Action("Act1", "Home");
child.Add().Text("Item 2").Action("Act2", "Home");
child.Add().Text("Item 3").Action("Act3", "Home");
child.Add().Text("Item 4").Action("Act4", "BadController");
child.Add().Text("Item 5").Action("BadAction", "Home");
});
})
)
So in my Home Controller I will see it being called 4 times.
Why does this happen? It's not like it's validating the action/controller at this time, because Item 4 and Item 5 should blow up. (It will blow up, but only when the user clicks on the items).
This is causing poor performance due to initialization that I have occurring in the constructor.
Please advise.
3 Answers, 1 is accepted
Hello Jim,
This may be related to the Menu security trimming, which is enabled by default. See the troubleshooting help topic for more information.
Regards,Alex Gyoshev
Telerik
Rank 1
In general should the initialization be taken out of the constructor?
I can see by toggling the SecurityTrimming the calls are reduced, but I would prefer not to disable it for fear that I'll forget to re-enable it on deployment.
Hello Jim,
The multiple calls are only triggered in debug mode -- in production, the authorization is cached. You can conditionally toggle the security trimming only in production mode, but in that case, you will not observe its behavior on the site.
Regards,Alex Gyoshev
Telerik