1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mcs/class/System.Web/System.Web.UI/TemplateParser.cs b/mcs/class/System.Web/System.Web.UI/TemplateParser.cs
index b52d2f46719..7640c668642 100755
--- a/mcs/class/System.Web/System.Web.UI/TemplateParser.cs
+++ b/mcs/class/System.Web/System.Web.UI/TemplateParser.cs
@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@ using System.Web;
 
 namespace System.Web.UI
 {
+	internal delegate Type TagMapper (string tag);
+
 	public abstract class TemplateParser : BaseParser
 	{
 		string inputFile;
 		string text;
 		Hashtable options;
+		TagMapper mapper;
 
 		protected abstract Type CompileIntoType ();
 
@@ -25,6 +28,19 @@ namespace System.Web.UI
 		{
 		}
 
+		internal void SetTagMapper (TagMapper mapper)
+		{
+			this.mapper = mapper;
+		}
+
+		internal Type GetTypeFromTag (string tag)
+		{
+			if (mapper == null)
+				throw new HttpException ("No tag mapper set!");
+
+			return mapper (tag);
+		}
+
 		protected abstract Type DefaultBaseType { get; }
 
 		protected abstract string DefaultDirectiveName { get; }