Question

Why doesn’t my viewModel get inherited? I have the following viewModels:

public class BaseViewModel {

    public BaseViewModel() {
        Location = new Location { };
    }
    public Location Location { get; set; }

}

public class EditViewModel : BaseViewModel {
    public Book Book { get; set; }
}

In my controller:

        var viewModel = new EditViewModel
        {
            Book = new Book { Test = "ABC" },
            Location = { City = "AAA" }
        };

When I check to see what the viewModel looks like then I find it doesn’t contain the location class even though my view inherits from the BaseViewModel. Can anyone see why this is. How can I ensure the view contains Location?

Answer 1

Weird, because the following compiles and works just fine for me:

public ActionResult Index()
{
    var viewModel = new EditViewModel
    {
        Book = new Book { Test = "ABC" },
        Location = new Location { City = "AAA" }
    };
    return View(viewModel);
}

and in the view:

@model EditViewModel
@Model.Location.City