Property. Control or View State?

[shapper]

Hello,

I am creating a control which I will compile in a class.
I am having problems when I use a property in the View State:

' Items
<Bindable(True) , Category("Data" ), DefaultValue("" ),
Localizable(Tru e)_
Property Items() As Generic.List(Of String)
Get
If ViewState("Item s") Is Nothing Then
Return New Generic.List(Of String)
Else
Return ViewState("Item s")
End If
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As Generic.List(Of String))
ViewState("Item s") = Value
End Set
End Property ' Items

But I don't get problems if I use it in Control State:

Private _Items As New Generic.List(Of String)
Public Property Items() As Generic.List(Of String)
Get
Return _Items
End Get
Set(ByVal value As Generic.List(Of String))
_Items = value
End Set
End Property ' Items

Anyway, this is a little bit confusing to me.
Could someone tell me which one should I use?
I am working on ASP.NET 2.0.

Thanks,
Miguel

[marss]

shapper wrote:

Hello,

I am creating a control which I will compile in a class.
I am having problems when I use a property in the View State:

' Items
<Bindable(True) , Category("Data" ), DefaultValue("" ),
Localizable(Tru e)_
Property Items() As Generic.List(Of String)
Get
If ViewState("Item s") Is Nothing Then
Return New Generic.List(Of String)
Else
Return ViewState("Item s")
End If
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As Generic.List(Of String))
ViewState("Item s") = Value
End Set
End Property ' Items

I guess all the problems are caused by continuous creation of a new
List object
every time you ask for Items property. Try this:

Property Items() As Generic.List(Of String)
Get
If ViewState("Item s") Is Nothing Then ViewState("Item s") = New
Generic.List(Of String)
Return ViewState("Item s")
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As Generic.List(Of String))
ViewState("Item s") = Value
End Set
End Property

Regards, Mykola
http://marss.co.ua