Question

i have a custom class List on my page code behind:

public List<Category> Categories = new List<Category>();

now, i have also a user control on that page which is supposed to display that list.

how can i access the list from the usercontrol,
or, can i create a list directly in the usercontrol from the page?

my User Control codebehind:

public List<Category> Categories = new List<Category>();
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

}

public class Category
{
    public string category_id { get; set; }
    public string category { get; set; }
}

my Page codebehind:

public List<Category> Categories = new List<Category>();
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Category MyCategory = new Category();
    MyCategory.category_id = 1;
    MyCategory.category = "sample";
    Categories.Add(MyCategory);
}
public class Category
{
    public string category_id { get; set; }
    public string category { get; set; }
}

Answer 1

since Hasan Khan has started helping me,
but never answered my extra questions… i had to find my own solution.

the way i did it at the end was instead of adding items to the list on the Page,
adding them directly to the user control like so:

filterControl.Categories.Add(new widgets_filter.Category{ category_id = "", category = ""});

i dont know if this is a good solution, but at least it works.

if somebody will supply a better answer ( with sample code ) , i will try and use them, meanwhile, this is what i have.