I have created a DisplayTemplate for a Comment
class, and placed it inside Comment/DisplayTemplates/Comment.cshtml
.
Comment.cshtml
is properly typed:
@model Comment
Then, I have a partial view that takes an IEnumerable<Comment>
for model. In there I loop through the collection and would like to use the DisplayTemplate for the Comment
class. The view, in its integrity:
@model IEnumerable<Comment>
@foreach (var comment in Model.Where(c => c.Parent == null)) {
@Html.DisplayFor(model => comment)
}
However, I get an error on the Html.DisplayFor
line:
The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'System.Int32', but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'System.String'.
How can I invoke the DisplayTemplate for each item in the foreach
loop?
Instead of having a view that take an IEnumerable<Comment>
and that all it does is loop through the collection and call the proper display template simply:
@Html.DisplayFor(x => x.Comments)
where the Comments property is an IEnumerable<Comment>
which will automatically do the looping and render the Comment.cshtml
display template for each item of this collection.
Or if you really need such a view (don't know why) you could simply:
@model IEnumerable<Comment>
@Html.DisplayForModel()
As far as the Where
clause you are using in there you should simply remove it and delegate this task to the controller. It's the controller's responsibility to prepare the view model, not the view performing such tasks.