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Typesafe viewmodel for MVC frameworks
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| @* For NancyFx - using ViewBase without generic parameter for basic view-model *@ | |
| @inherits Nancy.ViewEngines.Razor.NancyRazorViewBase<ViewModel.ViewBase> | |
| @* For ASP.NET MVC - using ViewBase without generic parameter for basic view-model *@ | |
| @model ViewModel.ViewBase | |
| @{ | |
| // [...] | |
| } | |
| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <head> | |
| @* Full IntelliSense support and type-safety without dynamic types *@ | |
| <title>@Model.Page.PreFixTitle @Model.Page.Title</title> | |
| </head> | |
| etc... |
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| public abstract class BaseController : Controller { | |
| /// <summary> | |
| /// Setup default page model properties. | |
| /// </summary> | |
| protected ViewBase<TContent> GetDefaultModel<TContent>(ViewBase<TContent> model = null) where TContent : ContentBase | |
| { | |
| if (model == null) | |
| { | |
| model = new ViewBase<TContent>(); | |
| } | |
| var page = new PageBase() | |
| { | |
| IsAuthenticated = this.Context.CurrentUser != null, | |
| PreFixTitle = "prefix -", | |
| CurrentUserName = this.Context.CurrentUser != null ? this.Context.CurrentUser.UserName : "", | |
| Errors = new List<ErrorModel>() | |
| }; | |
| model.Page = page; | |
| return model; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| public class HomeController : BaseController { | |
| public ActionResult Start() { | |
| var model = this.GetDefaultModel<StartContent>(); | |
| model.Page.Title = "Start"; | |
| model.Content.Members = dbService.GetMembers(); // This is not using some dynamic but the generic content class. | |
| return View(model); | |
| } | |
| } |
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| @* For NancyFx *@ | |
| @inherits Nancy.ViewEngines.Razor.NancyRazorViewBase<ViewModel.ViewBase<ViewModel.StartContent>> | |
| @* For ASP.NET MVC *@ | |
| @model ViewModel.ViewBase<ViewModel.StartContent> | |
| @{ | |
| Layout = "_Layout.cshtml"; | |
| } | |
| <h2>Home</h2> | |
| <div>Start</div> | |
| <ul> | |
| @* Full IntelliSense support and type-safety without dynamic types *@ | |
| @foreach (var member in Model.Content.Members) { | |
| <li>@member.Email</li> | |
| } | |
| </ul> |
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| /// <summary> | |
| /// Base view model for the layout. | |
| /// </summary> | |
| public class ViewBase { | |
| public PageBase Page { get; set; } | |
| } | |
| /// <summary> | |
| /// Generic view model to include the view model for the view. | |
| /// </summary> | |
| /// <typeparam name="TContent"></typeparam> | |
| public class ViewBase<TContent> : ViewBase where TContent : ContentBase | |
| { | |
| public TContent Content { get; set; } | |
| } | |
| /// <summary> | |
| /// Base view model for settings of the page and layout. | |
| /// </summary> | |
| public class PageBase | |
| { | |
| public String Title { get; set; } | |
| public String PreFixTitle { get; set; } | |
| public bool IsAuthenticated { get; set; } | |
| public List<ErrorModel> Errors { get; set; } | |
| public string CurrentUserName { get; set; } | |
| } | |
| /// <summary> | |
| /// Base class for the content of a view (generic parameter of ViewBase). | |
| /// </summary> | |
| public abstract class ContentBase | |
| { | |
| } | |
| /// <summary> | |
| /// Sample content view model. | |
| /// </summary> | |
| public class StartContent : ContentBase | |
| { | |
| public List<Mail.Member> Members { get; set; } | |
| } |
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