How to hide standard (existing) HtmlHelper

I have created a set of custom HtmlHelper extensions.

I would like to know if it is possible to prevent other developers in the same project from using the standard HtmlHelpers.

Eg: Say, I have..

public static string CustomDropDown(this HtmlHelper html)
{
   //Custom code here
}

I want only <% Html.CustomDropDown(..)%> to be visible to developers and not the standard <% Html.DropDownList(..)%开发者_如何学Python> or any of its overloads.

Anybody having any clue if this is possible and how?

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Consider using EditorTemplates and/or DisplayTemplates instead. This way, all your developers need to do is to always call the

Html.EditorFor(model => model.MySpecialProperty);

or

Html.DisplayFor(model => model.MySpecialProperty);

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Why not just tell them?

"Hey guys, these custom helpers are a lot better and you should use them".

If you have management support this shouldn't be a problem.

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I doubt there is any failsafe solution and maybe it's not a very wise thing to do either...

But you could consider taking out the

<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />

section out of the in the web.config.

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ASP.NET MVC is an open project - you can download source code and manually remove some methods from HtmlHelper class, rebuild and supply this library to your developers.

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Could you not just refactor your code??

public class CustomControls
{
    private readonly HtmlHelper _helper;
    public CustomControls(HtmlHelper helper)
    {
       _helper = helper;

    }

    public static string DropDown()
    {
       //Custom code here
    }
 }

 public CustomControls CustomControls(this HtmlHelper helper)
 {
    return new CustomControls(helper);
 }

Usage:

<%:  Html.CustomControls().DropDown()  %>