Error "No parameterless constructor defined for this object." with SelectList from ViewModel

Question

In my viewmodel I made two SelectList properties with names of cities coming from an external database.

ViewModel

namespace Treinreizen.Models.ViewModels
{
    public class ReizenViewModel
    {
        public SelectList VanStad { get; set; }

        public SelectList NaarStad { get; set; }
    }
}

In my controller I use one GET method "Registratie" where the user can select cities and one POST method to post this cities. The problem is that I get the error

"No parameterless constructor defined for this object."

when I try to post my form. In the Stack Trace it says:

"[MissingMethodException: No parameterless constructor defined for this object.]" and "[MissingMethodException: No parameterless constructor defined for this object. Object type 'System.Web.Mvc.SelectList'.]"

Controller

        // GET: Hotels/Registratie
        public ActionResult Registratie()
        {
            stedenServices = new StedenServices();
            ReizenViewModel registratieviewmodel = new ReizenViewModel();
            registratieviewmodel.VanStad = new SelectList(stedenServices.All(), "StadID", "Stad");
            registratieviewmodel.NaarStad = new SelectList(stedenServices.All(), "StadID", "Stad");
            return View(registratieviewmodel);
        }

        // POST: Hotels/Registratie
        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Registratie(ReizenViewModel registratie)
        {
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                return RedirectToAction("Index");
            }
            return View(registratie);
        }

View

    <div class="form-group">
        @Html.LabelFor(model => model.VanStad, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
        <div class="col-md-10">
            @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.VanStad, Model.VanStad, "--Selecteer Stad--")
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.VanStad, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
        </div>
    </div>

    <div class="form-group">
        @Html.LabelFor(model => model.NaarStad, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
        <div class="col-md-10">
            @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.NaarStad, Model.NaarStad, "--Selecteer Stad--")
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.NaarStad, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
        </div>
    </div>

Possible duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/a/12701768/920557 — Eugene Komisarenko, Apr 13 '17 at 11:49
This is not MVVM, it's MVC, hence "asp.net-**mvc**".ReizenViewModel isn't a view model, that's a model. You're mixing up two different patterns. — , Apr 13 '17 at 15:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 13 '17 at 11:50

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Just add a parameterless constructor to ReizenViewModel that does nothing:

public ReizenViewModel(){}

answered Apr 13 '17 at 11:50

schroedingersKat

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Error "No parameterless constructor defined for this object." with SelectList from ViewModel

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