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Last post Dec 01, 2013 09:44 AM by Siva Krishna Macha

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Why care about HTTP Handlers? Are there any real advantages?

Dec 01, 2013 09:27 AM|rpk2006|LINK
I am reading about HTTP Handlers in ASP.NET. With what I read in few blogs, I can sum up as:
1. Default is a Page Handler which processes all requests to asp.net pages.
2. You can create a custom handler to perform any specific operation. For example, if someone clicks an image on a web page, I can capture the image file name and process any specific request for this image.
From the time I started leaning ASP.NET, I didn't find any scenario where there is a necessity to use custom handlers.

Can someone let me know any real-life scenarios where the use of handlers can boost performance or make life easier?
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Re: Why care about HTTP Handlers? Are there any real advantages?

Dec 01, 2013 09:44 AM|Siva Krishna Macha|LINK

A real world example: http://petelepage.com/blog/2005/12/simple-file-handler-for-asp-net-2-0/

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