Newbie : Setting Application Wide Data

[Ash]

Where is the best place to define application wide data (not necessarily
config settings), and why? eg. suppose I wanted to define an array of valid
image file types (*.bmp, *.gif, *.jpg), is it best to store this as an
application array in the global.asax, or set of XML nodes in the appSettings
of the web.config file, or neither.

tia
Ash

 

[Munsifali Rashid]

You could store this information in web.config, but you'd probably have to
write a custom handler to parse the data. I find the easiest way is to have
a class which exposes global application-wide data through static methods or
properties (so you don't have to instantiate the class to get the data).

Mun