Question

I want to display some data from HttpContext.Current.Cache via a partial view _CacheData.cshtml in my ASP.NET MVC _Layout.cshtml page. I wrote a wrapper ICacheManager so I can inject it into my controllers. ICacheManager also has its own dependency on IFooRepository

public class CacheManager : ICacheManager
{
    public CacheManager(IFooRepository repo, System.Web.Caching.Cache cache)
    { ... }
}

I’m using Ninject.MVC3 nuget package so here is my RegisterServices

private static void(IKernel kernel)
{
    kernel.Bind<IFooRepository>().To<FooRepository>();
    kernel.Bind<ICacheManager>().To<CacheManager>().WithConstructorArgument("cache", x => HttpContext.Current.Cache);
}

This works great for my controllers, but how can I inject a CacheManager into a partial view? There’s no controller for _CacheData.cshtml. I can get a CacheManager in a base controller and put it in ViewBag, but that doesn’t feel right. Suggestions?

Answer 1

Create a child controller action, where you put the data from cache into a view model and render your partial view with Html.Action().