ASP.NET MVC - Alternative for [Bind(Exclude = "Id")]

Rookian picture Rookian · Jan 7, 2011 · Viewed 35.7k times · Source

Is there an alternative for [Bind(Exclude = "Id")] (Related Question) ?

Could I write a model binder?

Answer

Darin Dimitrov picture Darin Dimitrov · Jan 8, 2011

Yes there is: it's called view models. View models are classes which are specifically tailored to the specific needs of a given view.

So instead of:

public ActionResult Index([Bind(Exclude = "Id")] SomeDomainModel model)

use:

public ActionResult Index(SomeViewModel viewModel)

where the view model contains only the properties which need to be bound. Then you could map between the view model and the model. This mapping could be simplified with AutoMapper.

As best practice I would recommend you to always use view models to and from a view.