Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Special Edition
Introduction to the Provider Model
Before you begin using the provider model introduced in ASP.NET 2.0, take a step back. You probably already know that ASP.NET is a way to build applications for the Internet. For the Internet means that an application’s display code travels over HTTP- which is a stateless protocol. ASP.NET works with a disconnected architecture. The simple nature of this model means that requests come in and then responses are sent back. On top of that, ASP.NET does not differentiate one request from another. The server containing an ASP.NET application is simply reacting to any request thrown at it.
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