Why don't all System.Web.UI.WebControl classes with Text properties implement ITextControl?

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Published on 2010-04-09T16:19:00Z Indexed on 2010/04/09 16:23 UTC
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I'm curious why only some System.Web.UI.WebControl controls implement certain interfaces when they have the same properties of an interface.

For instance, there are plenty of controls that have a Text property but only the following implement ITextControl:

  • Label
  • Literal
  • DataBoundLiteral
  • TextBox
  • ListControl

(TextBox and ListControl actually implement IEditableTextControl which implements ITextControl)

TableCell, Button, HyperLink and others don't so I have to write code like this

ITextControl textControl = control as ITextControl;
TableCell tableCell = control as TableCell;

if (textControl != null)
{
    textControl.Text = value;
}
else if (tableCell != null)
{
    tableCell.Text = value;
}

instead of this

control.Text = value;

Was this a design decision or an oversight?

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