I have a viewmodel with a property of a model class type. I set some properties in the model class to be able to show it to the user but then when I make a post, the model gets validated. How to overcome this? I don't want to enforce the DataAnnotations contraint in this case....
public class TheViewModel
{
TheModel TheModel { get; set;}
}
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I use viewModels to communicate between my controller and my view. To get model validation, i use a partial class like this :
[MetadataType(typeof(EvaluationValidation))]
public partial class Evaluation
{
public class EvaluationValidation
{
[DisplayName("Title of evaluation")]
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point out an example or tutorial online that shows where data validation is done in the viewmodelas against the model? i saw a number of posts where that method is recommended..i dont really agree with it but i would like to see how it would work out..
View 2 RepliesI'm curious as to what people consider better practice, between duplicating model structure in the view model and using a mapping tool to move data between the two, or aggregate the model inside the view model, i.e. have a property on the view model class that is a reference to the actual model. Which is considered a better approach in general?
View 1 RepliesI would like to know how i can bind my form values to my strongly typed view from a MultiSelect box. Obviously when the form submits the multi-select box will submit a delittemered string of my values selected...what is the best way to convert this string of values back into a list of objects to attach to my model to be updated?
public class MyViewModel {
public List<Genre> GenreList {get; set;}
public List<string> Genres { get; set; }
}
When updating my model inside the controller i am using UpdateModel like below:
Account accountToUpdate = userSession.GetCurrentUser();
UpdateModel(accountToUpdate);
However i need to somehow get the values from the string back into objects. I beleive it may have something to do with model-binders but i can't find any good clear examples of how to do this.
I am using a model but as I want to have clean views I use the viewmodel approach which is like a downsized model which I map in my controller actions before sending to the view or getting it back in a HttpPost attributed action.
My question is: where to put the data annotation attributes. On the viewmodel classes or on the model? If I get it clearly the viewmodel annotations are used for the client side generation of validation right?
Do does that mean I have to put data annotations everywhere on both model and viewmodel?
I have a ViewModel that contains an EntityObject and when I use a HtmlHelper like this
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I have a viewmodel that i use for my view
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Notice that SelectionId is not decorated with [Required]. In my view, i use DropDownFor like this:
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I no longer get the error if i dont select anything, which is what i want - but no way to bind it to the id if the user does select something
I have used IDataErrorInfo Validation for my Model.
But when I use these model classes inside a view model, the validation does not happen.
sample viewmodel below
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Now, if Category or Subcategory classes are directly used as models for view, the validation works fine. But, if CategoryViewModel is used, no validation occurs.
I have the following viewmodel definition
public class AccessRequestViewModel
{
public Request Request { get; private set; }
public SelectList Buildings { get; private set; }
public List<Person> Persons { get; private set; }
}
So in my application there must be at least 1 person for an access request. What approach might you use to validate? I don't want this validation to happen in my controller which would be simple to do. Is the only choice a custom validation attribute?
Edit: Currently performing this validation with FluentValidation (nice library!)
RuleFor(vm => vm.Persons)
.Must((vm, person) => person.Count > 0)
.WithMessage("At least one person is required");
http://weblogs.asp.net/shijuvarghese/archive/2010/02/01/view-model-pattern-and-automapper-in-asp-net-mvc-applications.aspxThat's Great, but it is in #C like every other tutorial I find. Note his ContactViewModelWell here is mine:
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How do I add validation in the same fashion as he did in his blog in VB?
When I first heard about ASP.NET MVC, I was thinking that would mean applications with three parts: model, view, and controller.
Then I read NerdDinner and learned the ways of repositories and view-models. Next, I read this tutorial and soon became sold on the virtues of a service layer. Finally, I read the Fluent Validation documentation, and I'll be darned if I didn't end up writing a bunch of validators.
Tonight, I took a step back and thought about what had become of my project. It seems to have become the victim of the design pattern equivalent of "feature creep". Somehow I'd gone from Model-View-Controller to Model-Repository-Service-Validator-View-ViewModel-Controller. You want loosely coupled and DRY? We got your loosely coupled and DRY right here! But I'm wondering if this could be a case of too much of a good thing.
Am I right to be concerned? Or is this actually not as crazy as it sounds? On one hand, it seems crazy to have so many layers. On the other hand, every layer has a clearly defined purpose that makes sense to me. Have your MVC applications turned into MRSVVVMC apps too? If not, what do they look like? Where's that right balance?
How can I define a Dynamic ViewModel property in MVC 3 inside an action filter?
I am looking to have something like but inside the ActionFilter and not in the controller:
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Is it possible, inside a Custom Model Binder, to fire "something" that "says" the value is invalid so it gets handled by validation part?
Basically, I am getting an exception when the value for the property is invalid.
I have recently started working on ASP.NET with MVC 2 framework, and I am facing following difficulty in validating my data,
Scenario:
In my application the view (ASPX) is divided into tabs (jQuery) and each tab's content is ViewUserControl (ASCX). The main model for the view has collection of sub models for individual tabs. I use RenderPartial method to render view user control.
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And the user control (Tab1.ascx) refers the specific model for it,
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Now if in my Tab1Model if I put following validation
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In the controller ModelState.IsValid is always indicates TRUE. How do I override the validation behavior such that it as well looks the items in the collection member (which holds sub models) as well.
<%= Html.ValidationMessage("FirstName") %>
Is there a way to retrieve the client side ID for a model property similar to how the helpers like LabelFor etc generate the ID? For example, I have a model with a DateOfBirth property. I want to hook up that field to a jQuery DatePicker. Normally, I would hook up the date picker like this:
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This works fine but hard codes the DateOfBirth property name. Ideally, I would like to use this:
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Is this already available out of the box somewhere? I just created an extension method on the HtmlHelper class that does exactly this, but I wondered if there was already something built-in so I don't have to reinvent and test the wheel.
So I have code as below
public ActionResult Create(AccountClassificationCreateViewModel ACCVM)
{
if (ACCVM.newMtn0130 == null)//Why ACCVM.newMtn0130 is null after [code]...
I wonder why the ACCVM.newMtn0130 become null after RedirectToAction? I already assign with "_ACCVM.newMtn0130 = newMtn0130".
ACCVM._Error didn't become null after RedirectToAction.
I found little bug feature in MVC 2.
So, if we have in route defined parameter with same name as property at model and then we call it from strongly typed HTML helper (for example Html.TexBoxFor(x => x.PropertyName)), we get value from route parameter instead of property of model.
For example.
We have defined follow route:
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Very simple model:
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Next action in controller:
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And very simple view:
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Result you can see at follow picture:
I think what this dirty example described the essence of the problem. Let me know if I'm wrong.
as the behaviour of the UpdateModel<T> changed in MVC 2 (RTM)? Since then I have the following problem when UpdateModel is called:UpdateModel<T1>(record, properties);record is typeof(Jumbo.Juist.Models.Bezorging) and properties is a string[] containing "Winkelnummer" and "OudRoutenummer".This now fails, because a get-property is being accessed: BerekendeAankomstTijd. In the past, it didn't fail. IMHO, this validation should be skipped, because it's only a getter (and thus/also not included in the string[] of properties to update)
View 14 RepliesHow can I show display property of Model on View.
public class Model
{
[Required]
[DataType(DataType.Text)]
[DisplayName("First Name")]
[code]...
Action:
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View:
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But error raised "object does not have property Name". Why?
I would like to exclude one of model's property from the Html.EditorFor. I tried [HiddenInput(DisplayValue=false)] but it renders the property as an hidden input. This could potentially be a security problem. How can we completely exclude a field from Html.EditorFor?
View 5 RepliesI got 3 radion-buttons on the view called:
- Taxi
- Train
- Bus
The model passed has a property called "Transport" of type String. In the action, if I set the property as 'Train', then the view should set the radio-button 'Train' checked. ie.
Action:
model.Transport = "Train";
How do I do that in the view to make the radio-button Train checked?
public class BandProfileModel
{
public BandModel Band { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<Relationship> Requests { get; set; }
}
and the following form:
<% using (Html.BeginForm()) { %>
<%: Html.EditorFor(m => m.Band) %>
<input type="submit" value="Save Band" />
<% } %>
which posts to the following action:
public ActionResult EditPost(BandProfileModel m, string band)
{
// stuff is done here, but m is null?
return View(m);
}
Basically, I only have one property on my model that is used in the form. The other property in BandProfleModel is just used in the UI for other data. I'm trying to update just the Band property, but for each post, the argument "m" is always null (specifically, the .Band property is null). It's posting just fine to the action, so it isn't a problem with my route. Just the data is null.
The ID and name attributes of the fields are BAND_whatever and Band.whatever (whatever being a property of Band), so it seems like it would work. What am I doing wrong? How can I use just one property as part of a form, post back, and have values populated via the model binder for my BandProfileModel property in the action?
I want to assign a stylesheet-class to a <div> element. The cssclass I want to use depends on the property 'Level' which is defined in de ViewModel.
I want to have something like this:
<div class="dashboardlevel" + <%= Model.Level %>>
But this doen't work.