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petko_stankoski
petko_stankoski

Reputation: 10723

One method accessible to all controllers - where to put it?

In MVC, for example I have 5 different controller files. In all of them I have a method for saving an image. Is there a way to put this method on one place and every controller method to access it, instead of writing it in every controller? I tried

 MyController.MyMethod();

But the Intellisence isn't showing it after I write the dot.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 4062

Answers (2)

NinjaNye
NinjaNye

Reputation: 7126

Use a base controller

public abstract class BaseController : Controller
{
    protected virtual void MyMethod()
    {
        // Do stuff
    }
}

Then your controllers inherit your base controller

public class HomeController : BaseController
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        this.MyMethod();
        return View();
    }
}

Alternatively you could create a static helper class

public static class Helper
{
    public static void MyMethod()
    {
        // Do stuff
    }
}

public class HomeController
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        Helper.MyMethod()
        return View();
    }
}

Upvotes: 8

Icarus
Icarus

Reputation: 63962

Put it in a utility class and make it static. From your controllers all you need to do is something like:

Utility.SaveImage(...);

Upvotes: 10

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