Model relationships in ASP.NET MVC
- by Fabiano
Hi
I recently started evaluating ASP.NET MVC. While it is really easy and quick to create Controllers and Views for Models with only primitive properties (like shown in the starter videos from the official page) I didn't find any good way to work with references to complex types. Let's say, I have these Models:
public class Customer {
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public Address Address { get; set; }
public IList<Order> Orders { get; set; }
}
public class Address {
public int Id { get; set; }
public string .....
.....
}
public class Order {
public int Id { get; set; }
public Customer Customer { get; set; }
public string OrderName { get; set; }
.....
}
Note that I don't have foreign keys in the models (like it's typical for LINQ to SQL, which is also used in the sample video) but an object reference.
How can I handle such references in asp.net mvc? Does someone has some good tips or links to tutorials about this problem? maybe including autobinding with complex types.
