Building Custom Build Providers with ASP.NET 2.0 and VS 2005

One of the cool new features in ASP.NET 2.0 is support for what we call "build providers". These are providers that can plug into the ASP.NET compilation system and provide custom compilation support for file-types. ASP.NET ships with a number of built-in providers in the box -- including support for .wsdl and .xsd files.