Register style bundles

Build and register the common and Kendo style bundles the consuming application serves. Trigger: Consuming application's bundle registration at startup*.

Field	Value
Operation ID	OP-25
Trigger	Consuming application's bundle registration at startup*
Inputs	BundleCollection, virtual path, Kendo version string
Outputs	StyleBundle added to the collection and returned
Primary components	BundleExtensions.RegisterCommonStyles, RegisterKendoStyles, IncludeMany
Entry point	src/Web.Mvc/Extensions/BundleTableExtensions.cs

Steps

1. RegisterCommonStyles builds a StyleBundle at the supplied virtual path including ~/Resources/Mvc/BusinessOnline/Css/toolbar.css, adds it to the collection, and returns it (BR-57).
2. RegisterKendoStyles builds a bundle including ~/Resources/Mvc/BusinessOnline/Css/kendo/{version}/kendo.common.min.css and kendo.default.min.css, adds it, and returns it (BR-58).
3. IncludeMany appends {baseUrl}/{file}.css for every supplied file name; the .css extension is always added by the helper (BR-59).

Process flow

The following diagram visualizes this operation's control flow.

flowchart TD
    Start([Bundle registration at startup])
    Common[RegisterCommonStyles adds toolbar.css]
    Kendo[RegisterKendoStyles adds versioned kendo css]
    Many[IncludeMany appends .css files]
    EndOk([Bundles added to collection])
    Start --> Common
    Common --> Kendo
    Kendo --> Many
    Many --> EndOk

Failure and edge-case behavior

• No unexpected failure paths beyond argument-guard exceptions and delegated dependency behavior were identified for this operation.

Related documentation

• Operations and processes
• Business rules

Note: Statements marked with * were inferred from code structure, naming conventions, or contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available in source artifacts. Statements marked with ** could not be confirmed; treat as unknown until verified.

Sources

• src/Web.Mvc/Extensions/BundleTableExtensions.cs