getting block data null

sandeep vemula

Vote:

hi here i have a block with 2 views, i want to display view depend on situation.

so i just folled this article.block with partial view

so here my block is inherited from siteblockdata.

here is my code.

public override ActionResult Index(BlockData blockData)
{
var viewName = string.Empty;
JobSearch js = new JobSearch();
if (blockData == js)
{
viewName = "promo";
}
//return PartialView(string.Format("{0}{1}.cshtml", PARTIAL_VIEW_DIRECTORY, viewName));
return null;
}

am getting block data is null.

#175778

Mar 01, 2017 17:18

Dejan Caric

Vote:

Try with currentBlock instead of blockData

#175781

Mar 01, 2017 18:09

David Knipe

Vote:

See this post for reference: http://world.episerver.com/Archive/EPiServer-Next-Version/Forum/Developer-TAP-Forum/Thread-Container/2013/3/Routing-with-MVC-for-product-display/

#175783

Mar 01, 2017 18:19

Per Magne Skuseth

Vote:

David, that post is from the old TAP forums, which is not open to everyone :-)

Sandeep: For Episerver controllers, the model binder will check and see if the name of the parameter is currentPage/currentBlock/currentContent. If it is, it will get the current content from the routeData. So, as Dejan says, changing the parameter name to currentBlock should do the trick

#175784

Edited, Mar 01, 2017 18:50

David Knipe

Vote:

Good point Per, the post was from 2013 so thought we might have opened them by now ;)

#175785

Mar 01, 2017 18:59

Daniel Ovaska

Vote:

Maybe add a warning in log if a controller method (that inherits from Episervers base controllers) contains a parameter that inherits from IContent but isn't named correctly?

#175791

Mar 02, 2017 9:22

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getting block data null