Asp.Net MVC3 Razor - child items list not posting back from editor
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29-10-2019 - |
Question
I'm trying to create a multi-level editor in MVC3. By multi-level I mean that I would like to be able to edit data for three levels of hierarchy (parent object, parent's child object and collection of sub-child objects). My model roughly looks like:
namespace MvcApplication1.Models
{
public class Parent
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public Child Child { get; set; }
}
public class Child
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<SubChild> SubChildren { get; set; }
}
public class SubChild
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
private DateTime _date = DateTime.Now;
public DateTime Date { get { return _date; } set { this._date = value; } }
}
}
Since I want to display the whole hierarchy on one screen I created the following view model:
namespace MvcApplication1.Models.ViewModels
{
public class ParentViewModel
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public Child Child { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<SubChild> SubChildren { get { return Child.SubChildren; } set { this.Child.SubChildren = value; } }
}
}
and controller is looks like:
public class ParentController : Controller
{
public ActionResult MultiLevelEdit(int id)
{
// Simulate data retrieval
Parent parent = new Parent { Id = 2 , Name = "P"};
var child = new Child { Id = 3, Name = "Cild1" };
List<SubChild> children = new List<SubChild>();
children.Add(new SubChild { Id = 3, Name = "S1"});
children.Add(new SubChild { Id = 5, Name = "S 22" });
child.SubChildren = children;
parent.Child = child;
// Create view model
ParentViewModel vm = new ParentViewModel() { Id = parent.Id, Name = parent.Name, Child = parent.Child, SubChildren = parent.Child.SubChildren };
return View(vm);
}
}
view being rendered is:
@model MvcApplication1.Models.ViewModels.ParentViewModel
@using (Html.BeginForm()) {
@Html.ValidationSummary(true)
<fieldset>
@Html.HiddenFor(model => model.Id)
@Html.LabelFor(model => model.Name)
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Name)
<hr />
Child
<br />
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Child)
<hr />
SubChild
<br />
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.SubChildren)
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Save" />
</p>
</fieldset>
}
I have created two editor templates in the Views\Shared\EditorTemplates :
ChildTemplate.cshtml
@model MvcApplication1.Models.Child
@{
ViewBag.Title = "Child";
}
<h2>Child</h2>
@using (Html.BeginForm()) {
@Html.ValidationSummary(true)
<fieldset>
<legend>Child</legend>
@Html.HiddenFor(model => model.Id)
<div class="editor-label">
@Html.LabelFor(model => model.Name, "Child Name")
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Name)
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Name)
</div>
</fieldset>
}
and SubChildTemplate.cshtml
@model MvcApplication1.Models.SubChild
@using (Html.BeginForm()) {
@Html.ValidationSummary(true)
<fieldset>
<legend>SubChild</legend>
@Html.HiddenFor(model => model.Id)
<div class="editor-label">
@Html.LabelFor(model => model.Name)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Name)
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Name)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
@Html.LabelFor(model => model.Date)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Date)
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Date)
</div>
</fieldset>
}
Everything renders correctly, however when I try to save the changes the SubChildren collection is null. I tried two signatures of the edit method:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult MultiLevelEdit(ParentViewModel parentVM)
{...
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult MultiLevelEdit(ParentViewModel parentVM, FormCollection collection)
{...
and there is no value in any of those.
Can anyone suggest What could be improved to make that work? Thanks a lot in advance.
No correct solution