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haddow64
haddow64

Reputation: 674

Pass class instance to all views

I have an Asp.Net MVC application using domain authentication, the _Layout.cshtml file contains a call to User.Identity.Name which on the domain environment returns the correct domain username.

I have a Person model that stores that individuals details.

In the Home Controller I instance the class and pass it into my view:

public ActionResult Index()
{
    var personInstance = new Person((User.Identity.Name));
    return View(personInstance);
}

Then in my _Layout.cshtml I add the model I'm using:

@model namespace.Models.Person

Then from there I replace User.Identity.Name with the required property

<p class="nav navbar-text navbar-right">Hello, @Model.fullName</p>
 @*<p class="nav navbar-text navbar-right">Hello, @User.Identity.Name</p>*@

This works fine for the Home Views but if I access another view that is already using another model it throws an exception:

The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[namespace.Models.Logging]', but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'namespace.Models.Person'.

What is the best way to tackle this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 212

Answers (1)

Kinexus
Kinexus

Reputation: 12904

You need to extend the View Model to expose a Person property and then create an instance of this, populating it in a similar manner and pass it into your view.

var model = new MyModel();
model.Person = new Person((User.Identity.Name));
return View(model);

Upvotes: 2

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