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namespace MyApp.Model {
public class Employee
{
[Key]
[DatabaseGeneratedAttribute(
DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
public int EmployeeId { get; set; }
[Required]
public string FirstName { get; set; }
[Required]
public string FamilyName { get; set; }
[EmailAddress]
public string Email { get; set; }
Database primary key
Key is automatically generated by
incrementing a counter
Property value cannot be null / empty
Property value must be formatted as
an email address
Property value must match the
supplied regular expression
[RegularExpression("\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+",
ErrorMessage = "Invalid IP address format")]
public string IpAddress { get; set; }
Declare navigation properties to be
virtual if you want lazy loading
public virtual Department Department { get; set; }
This list contains all Messages with an
Author property that is this Employee
[InverseProperty("Author")]
public virtual ICollection<Message> Messages { get; set; }
public bool IsFullTime { get; set; }
[Range(1, 12)]
public int BirthMonth { get; set; }
[Timestamp]
public byte[] RowVersion { get; set; }
Property value must be between 1
and 12 (inclusive)
This property is a timestamp used for
optimistic concurrency control
[NotMapped]
public string FullName
{
get { return FirstName + " " + FamilyName; }
}
}
}
This property is to be ignored by
Entity Framework
Import namespace into Razor view
Razor View
@using MyApp.Models
@model Employee
@{
Layout = "~/Views/_Base.cshtml";
ViewBag.Title = "Employee Information";
}
Declare a typed View
Use a master layout / template
Set a property of the ViewBag
dynamic object
<h2>Employee Information</h2>
<p>These are the details of @Model.FullName:</p>
Write out a value
@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
@Html.AntiForgeryToken()
Create a HTML <form> tag
@Html.ValidationSummary()
<div>
First Name: @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.FirstName) Generate a token to prevent Cross</div>
Site-Forgery-Requests (CSFRs)
<div>
Family Name: @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.FamilyName)
Show any validation errors
</div>
<div>
Birth Month: @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.BirthMonth)
Create Text-boxes for Properties of
</div>
the Model
<div>
IP Address: @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.IpAddress)
</div>
<div>
Full Time:
@Html.DropDownListFor(
Create a Drop-down list for IsFullTime
x => x.IsFullTime,
property of the model
new [] {
new SelectListItem {
Text = "Full Time",
Value = "true",
Selected = Model.IsFullTime
},
new SelectListItem {
Text = "Part Time",
Value = "false",
Selected = !Model.IsFullTime
}
})
</div>
<input type="submit" value="Save Changes" />
Razor comments
@* Dont show the messages section if there are no messages *@
@if (Model.Messages != null && Model.Messages.Count() > 0)
{
<p>Messages for @Model.FullName:</p>
If Statement
<ul>
@foreach (var message in Model.Messages)
Loop
{
<li>@message.MessageId</li>
}
</ul>
Manually create a URL to use in a link
}
<a href="@Url.Action("Index")">List All Employees</a> Create a link referring to the Index
@Html.ActionLink("List All Employees", "Index")
action of the same controller
@Html.ActionLink("Go to Home", "Index", "Home")
@Html.ActionLink("View Employee 1", "Details", new { id = 1 }, null)
@Html.Raw(" ")
@section Author {
This page created by Ben.
}
Create a link referring to the Index
action of the HomeController
Create a link referring to the Details
action with route/model parameters
Output a string directly as raw HTML,
without any escaping
Template
<html>
<title>@ViewBag.Title</title>
<body>
<h1>My App</h1>
<div>
@RenderBody()
</div>
<div>
@if (IsSectionDefined("Author"))
{
@: Author Information:
@RenderSection("Author")
}
</div>
</body>
</html>
Define a section (to use in a template)
Render the main content of the file
that is using this template
Switch back to plain HTML text when
in a section of C# code
Render a section that was defined
using @section
Controller
...
using System.Data.Entity;
namespace MyApp.Controllers
{
[Authorize]
public class EmployeeController : Controller
{
Contains the .Includes() extension
method used for Eager loading
A user must be logged in to use the
Actions on this controller
An exception to the need for
[AllowAnonymous]
authorization (no need to login)
public ActionResult Index()
{
using (var context = new MyAppContext())
{
var emps = context.Employees
.Include(x => x.Messages).Include(x => x.Department)
.ToList();
Eager loading for view rendering
return View(emps);
(when there is no DbContext)
}
}
Show the strongly typed View
[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Get | HttpVerbs.Post)] matching this Action (Index.cshtml)
[Authorize(Roles = "Administrator")]
public ActionResult Delete(int id)
Accept HTTP verbs GET and POST
{
using (var context = new MyAppContext())
{
var employee = new Employee { EmployeeId = id };
context.Employees.Attach(employee);
Require the user to belong to the
context.Employees.Remove(employee);
Administrator Role
context.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
Redirect the user to the Index action
}
}
Use this action for GET requests (i.e.,
[HttpGet]
to retrieve an empty/current form)
public ActionResult Edit(int id)
{
using (var context = new MyAppContext())
{
var emp = context.Employees
.Include(x => x.Messages).Include(x => x.Department)
.Where(x => x.EmployeeId == id).Single();
return View(emp);
}
Use this action when the user POSTs
}
back a form (i.e., saves changes)
Check for the token created by
@Html. AntiForgeryToken()
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Edit(int id, Employee employee)
{
Use HTML Get/Post parameters to
if (ModelState.IsValid)
construct an Employee object
{
if (employee.IpAddress == "127.0.0.1")
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Do not use 127.0.0.1");
return View(employee);
Were there any validation errors
}
when creating the Employee object?
else
{
using (var context = new MyAppContext())
{
var oldEmployee = Context.Employees.Find(id);
UpdateModel(oldEmployee);
Add a custom validation error for
@Html.ValidationSummary()
context.SaveChanges();
return View("Details", employee);
}
}
Use HTML Get/Post parameters to
}
update the Employee object
else
{
Return the Details strongly typed
return View(employee);
view (Details.cshtml)
}
}
}
}
