Question

I have 2 controllers CustomerController and PrivatemessageController

Customers has a nonaction method

private readonly ICustomerService _customerService; 
public Customer(....)   << autofac Ioc 
{
 }

    [NonAction]
    protected CustomerNavigationModel GetCustomerNavigationModel(Customer customer)
    {
        var model = new CustomerNavigationModel();

        .... _customerSerice...
        return model;
    }

I’d like to get GetCustomerNavigationModel value from CustomerController as I don’t want to recreate the same method for PrivateMessageController, is that possible in ASP.NET MVC 3.0 ?

Answer 1

Two options come to mind here.

1. Make the method public static:

       [NonAction]
       public static CustomerNavigationModel GetCustomerNavigationModel(Customer customer)
       {
           var model = new CustomerNavigationModel();
   
           .... _customerSerice...
           return model;
       }
   

2. Create a base controller and implement the method there. Have both your controllers derive from your base controller:

   public abstract class MyBaseController : Controller
   {
       [NonAction]
       protected CustomerNavigationModel GetCustomerNavigationModel(Customer customer)
       {
           var model = new CustomerNavigationModel();
   
           .... _customerSerice...
           return model;
       }
   }
   
   
   public class CustomerController : MyBaseController
   {
       ....
   }
   
   public class PrivatemessageController : MyBaseController
   {
       ....
   }