Populating List of values from multiple models - asp.net-mvc

Question

How to create a List of values that to be referred by multiple models/screen?
I have created a model as ListValues, which will contains 2 fields (ID, Name) and I want that to be called by all of my models, what could be the best way. I do not want to loose on binding as well.

Answer 1

Have all of your models inherit from ListValues. You might want to rename the ListValues, which is now a base class, to something more descriptive like ModelBase.
Here's an example:
ModelBase.cs
namespace ListValuesTest.Models
{
public class ModelBase
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
public class Employee : ModelBase
{
public string Department { get; set; }
}
public class Customer : ModelBase
{
public string Application { get; set; }
}
}
HomeController.cs
namespace ListValuesTest.Controllers
{
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public ActionResult EmployeeOfTheMonth()
{
ListValuesTest.Models.Employee NumberOneEmployee = new Models.Employee();
NumberOneEmployee.ID = 1;
NumberOneEmployee.Name = "Brian";
NumberOneEmployee.Department = "IT";
return View(NumberOneEmployee);
}
public ActionResult CustomerOfTheMonth()
{
ListValuesTest.Models.Customer NumberOneCustomer = new Models.Customer();
NumberOneCustomer.ID = 1;
NumberOneCustomer.Name = "Microsoft";
NumberOneCustomer.Application = "Visual Studio";
return View(NumberOneCustomer);
}
}
}
EmployeeOfTheMonth.cshtml
#model ListValuesTest.Models.Employee
#{
ViewBag.Title = "EmployeeOfTheMonth";
}
<h2>EmployeeOfTheMonth</h2>
<fieldset>
<legend>Employee</legend>
<div class="display-label">
#Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Department)
</div>
<div class="display-field">
#Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Department)
</div>
<div class="display-label">
#Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Name)
</div>
<div class="display-field">
#Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Name)
</div>
</fieldset>
<p>
#Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id=Model.ID }) |
#Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index")
</p>
CustomerOfTheMonth.cshtml
#model ListValuesTest.Models.Customer
#{
ViewBag.Title = "CustomerOfTheMonth";
}
<h2>CustomerOfTheMonth</h2>
<fieldset>
<legend>Customer</legend>
<div class="display-label">
#Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Application)
</div>
<div class="display-field">
#Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Application)
</div>
<div class="display-label">
#Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Name)
</div>
<div class="display-field">
#Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Name)
</div>
</fieldset>
<p>
#Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id=Model.ID }) |
#Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index")
</p>

Answer 2

i think ViewModel will be your best solution,look on the web for solutions using any view model...if you face any difficulty,come to us then with code