Can you create a custom razor view baseclass which has a model and a presentationmodel

Question

In MVC2 we have a custom base class

public class OurViewPage<TModel,TPresentationModel> : ViewPage<TModel>

so we have in the view a Model property and a PresentationModel property...

Our Aspx file starts with

<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Our.Master"
 Inherits="OurViewPage<IndexModel,IndexPresentationModel>" %>

With the MVC3 Razor view engine, would something equivalent be possible?

• from which base class should we inherited.
• how do you specify in the view which classes a view uses (equivalent of the Page directive)?

Answer 1

Your class should derive from System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage<TModel>

In your view file you would add the following line to the top:

@inherits OurWebViewPage<IndexModel, IndexPresentationModel>

Note that you should not use the @model syntax if you have a base class with two generic parameters.