Is is possible to make helpers private in WebMatrix?

I've created my own data grid helper in WebMatrix. The paging and sorting links are helpers too, but I don't really want to expose those helpers publicly to the rest of the app.

For example:

@helper Pager(IEnumerable<dynamic> gridData,
    int totalRows, int currentPage, int rowsPerPage)
{
    // Helper code is here.
}

Is there any way 开发者_如何学编程to make a helper private? Would that be a bad practice, anyway? I know there are private functions, but helpers are handy from a syntactic standpoint.

Using the @helper syntax means that your helper method will automatically get compiled to a public static method. So the answer to your question is no.

One way is to create a library and reference it in your web.config or .cshtml file. helpers bascially output the html you need/want, essentially htmlhelpers return an html string. You would have to move all your code out into the library and its separate from your main app.