Render string containing razor-code in view

Question

Thinking of CMS use cases here. Imagine a view like this:

// /Home/Index.cshtml
@model object
@{
  var str = "My CMS content with razor code: @Html.ActionLink(\"Click\", \"Home\")"
}
@Html.MyCustomRazorStringRenderer(Model)

Expected output:

My CMS content with razor code: Click

What does MyCustomRazorStringRenderer look like? It must somehow do sth. like creating/using the ViewContext and render it (like here: Render a view as a string) but I can't quite get my head around it.

user_6453193 · Answer

For 2021, if anyone looking for an answer using .Net Core, you can use RazorEngine.NetCore from nuget.

https://khalidabuhakmeh.com/generate-outputs-with-razor-engine-in-dotnet-core

 string template = "Hello @Model.Name!";
        var result = Engine
            .Razor
            .RunCompile(template,
                "templateKey",
                null,
                new
                {
                    Name = "CSharp"
                });

        return View("ViewName", result);

Output: Hello CSharp!

Render string containing razor-code in view

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