I am trying to learn binding a complex object in My MVC application. Below is my Class
public class StrongUser
{
public string firstName { get; set; }
public string lastName { get; set; }
public Country myCountry { get; set; }
public List<Country> CountryList { get; set; }
public StrongUser()
{
firstName = "Naveen";
lastName = "Verma";
myCountry = Country.ListOfCountries()[0];
CountryList = Country.ListOfCountries();
}
public static StringBuilder Print(StrongUser user2)
{
StringBuilder sr = new StringBuilder();
sr.AppendLine("First Name=" + user2.firstName);
sr.AppendLine("<br>");
sr.AppendLine("Last Name=" + user2.lastName);
sr.AppendLine("<br>");
sr.AppendLine("My Country Name=" + user2.myCountry.Name);
sr.AppendLine("<br>");
sr.AppendLine("My Country Continent=" + user2.myCountry.Continent);
sr.AppendLine("<br>");
sr.AppendLine("My Country List:");
sr.AppendLine("<br>");
foreach (Country c in user2.CountryList)
{
sr.AppendLine("<br>");
sr.AppendLine("Name=" + c.Name);
sr.AppendLine("<br>");
sr.AppendLine("Continent=" + c.Continent);
}
return sr;
}
}
public class Country
{ public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Continent { get; set; }
public static List<Country> ListOfCountries()
{
return new List<Country>()
{
new Country(){Id=1, Name ="India",Continent="Asia"},
new Country(){Id=2,Name="USA",Continent="North America"},
new Country(){Id=3,Name="Japan",Continent="Asia"},
new Country(){Id=4,Name="UK",Continent="Asia-Pacific"},
new Country(){Id=5,Name="Australia",Continent="Australia"},
new Country(){Id=6,Name="China",Continent="Asia"}
};
}
}
I am using the following controller
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult EditBindCheck()
{
return View(new StrongUser());
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult EditBindCheck(StrongUser user)
{
//here all the values are properly binded to **user** object
return RedirectToAction("PrintStrongUser", user);
}
public StringBuilder PrintStrongUser(StrongUser user2)
{
return StrongUser.Print(user2);
}
On posting form in EditBindCheck method all the Values are properly binded to user object. But On Passing to PrintStrongUser, user2.firstName and user2.lastName are same as in user object , but user2.myCountry and user2.CountryList are NULL
I dont understand why the object has changed its values on passing to another ActionMethod??