// ############################################################
// HTML Form, using the preferred way, a strongly-typed view model
// We ALWAYS use two methods with an HTML Form
// 1. One method displays the form
// 2. The other method handles the form's posted data
public ActionResult ViewModel()
{
// Fetch from session state
List <Person> persons;
persons = (List <Person>)Session["persons"] == null ?
new List <Person>() :
(List <Person>)Session["persons"];
// Create person collection object
var personcollection =
new PersonCollection()
{
Persons = persons
.OrderBy(ln => ln.LastName)
.ThenBy(gn => gn.GivenNames)
.ToList()
};
// Add a status message
switch (persons.Count)
{
case 0:
personcollection.StatusMessage = "(no persons on the list yet)";
break;
case 1:
personcollection.StatusMessage = "There is 1 person on the list";
break;
default:
personcollection.StatusMessage =
string.Format("There are {0} persons on the list", persons.Count);
break;
}
return(View(personcollection));
}
// ############################################################
// HTML Form, using the preferred way, a strongly-typed view model
// We ALWAYS use two methods with an HTML Form
// 1. One method displays the form
// 2. The other method handles the form's posted data
public ActionResult ViewModel()
{
// Fetch from session state
List<Person> persons;
persons = (List<Person>)Session["persons"] == null ?
new List<Person>() :
(List<Person>)Session["persons"];
// Create person collection object
var personcollection =
new PersonCollection()
{
Persons = persons
.OrderBy(ln => ln.LastName)
.ThenBy(gn => gn.GivenNames)
.ToList()
};
// Add a status message
switch (persons.Count)
{
case 0:
personcollection.StatusMessage = "(no persons on the list yet)";
break;
case 1:
personcollection.StatusMessage = "There is 1 person on the list";
break;
default:
personcollection.StatusMessage =
string.Format("There are {0} persons on the list", persons.Count);
break;
}
return View(personcollection);
}
