Iterate through a list in C# MVC and access properties

Question

I have created a view that accepts a ProjectsCreatorsVM class. This class has been structured this way:

public class ProjectsCreatorsVM
{
    public List ProjectsCreators { get; set; }
    public ProjectsCreatorsVM(List projectsCreators)
    {
        ProjectsCreators = projectsCreators;
    }
}

In addition, the ProjectVM follow this structure:

public class ProjectVM
{
    public Project Project { get; set; }
    public ApplicationUser ApplicationUser { get; set; }

    public  ProjectVM(Project pro, ApplicationUser applUser)
    {
        Project = pro;
        ApplicationUser = applUser;
    }
}

Lastly, my view tries to go through the ProjectsCreators.Project but it does not seem to be possible.


        @foreach (Project obj in @Model.ProjectsCreators.)
        {
            
                
                
                    @obj.Title
                    @obj.Title
                    
                        @obj.TruncatedDescription
                    
                    
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I would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.

user_8784762 · Answer

ProjectCreators is a List and when you iterate ProjectCreators you get a ProjectVM object not a Project or ApplicaionUser instance. If you want to access Project instance add Project after @obj like @obj.Project.Title


    @foreach (ProjectVM obj in @Model.ProjectsCreators.)
    {
        
            
            
                @obj.Project.Title
                @obj.Project.Title
                
                        @obj.Project.TruncatedDescription
                
                
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    }

user_15039230 · Answer

To achieve what I wanted, I created another class. That looks like this:

 public class ProjectAndUserVM
{
    public string ProjectTitle { get; set; }
    public string ProjectId { get; set; }
    public string ProjectImageUrl { get; set; }
    public string ProjectDescription { get; set; }
    public string ProjectCreatorName { get; set; }
    public string ProjectCreatorId { get; set; }
    public string ProjectCreatorEmail { get; set; }
    public ProjectAndUserVM(string projectTitle, string projectId, string projectImageUrl, string projectDescription, string projectCreatorName, string projectCreatorId, string projectCreatorEmail)
    {
        ProjectTitle = projectTitle;
        ProjectId = projectId;
        ProjectImageUrl = projectImageUrl;
        ProjectDescription = projectDescription;
        ProjectCreatorName = projectCreatorName;
        ProjectCreatorId = projectCreatorId;
        ProjectCreatorEmail = projectCreatorEmail;
    }
}

So, basically my controller is returning that as a list which I convert to an IEnumerable. and I use that list on my view instead.

Iterate through a list in C# MVC and access properties

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