ASP.NET MVC, strongly typed views, partial view parameters glitch

Question

If i got view which inherits from:

System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage

Where Foo has a property Bar with a type string
And view wants

Answer 1

Though this has been answered, I ran across this and decided I wanted to solve this issue for my project instead of working around it with 'new ViewDataDictionary()'.

I created a set of extension methods: https://github.com/q42jaap/PartialMagic.Mvc/blob/master/PartialMagic.Mvc/PartialExtensions.cs
I also added some methods that don't call the partial if the model is null, this will save a lot of if statements.

I created them for Razor, but a couple of them should also work with aspx style views (the ones that use HelperResult probably aren't compatible).

The extension methods look like this:

@* calls the partial with Model = null *@
@Html.PartialOrNull("PartialName", null)
@* does not call the partial if the model is null *@
@Html.PartialOrDiscard("PartialName", null)

There are also methods for IEnumerable models and the discard ones can also be called with a Razor lambda that allow you to wrap the partial result with some html.

Feel free to use them if you like.