access master page property from class file

Question

How do I access Master page property from .cs file? I tried the following code but I couldn't access it.Please let me know.

Master Page property:

public int TypeID
{
    get
    {
        return Convert.ToInt32(this.ViewState["TypeID"]);
    }
    set
    {
        this.ViewState.Remove("TypeID");
        this.ViewState.Add("TypeID", value);
    }
}

data.cs

var pageHandler = HttpContext.Current.CurrentHandler;
if (pageHandler  is  System.Web.UI.Page)
{
    typeId = Convert.ToInt32((System.Web.UI.Page)pageHandler).Master.TypeID;
}

Answer 1

The Master property of a page is typed as System.Web.UI.MasterPage. In order to see the TypeId property, you need to cast the Master to the type of your specific master page.

var page = (System.Web.UI.Page)pageHandler
var master = (MyMasterType)page.Master; //Replace MyMasterType with the class name from your masterpage.cs file.
var typeId = master.TypeId;

You'll want to be careful casting it to a specific master type if you have multiple master types in your application or if some pages don't have a master page.