Using T4MVC in real project

Question

T4MVC is cool, but I have a couple of issues integrating it in my project, any help is really appriciated:

1. I've got such warnings for all my actions (I use SnippetsBaseController as base class for all my controller classes:

   Warning 26 'Snippets.Controllers.ErrorController.Actions' hides inherited member 'Snippets.Controllers.Base.SnippetsBaseController.Actions'. Use the new keyword if hiding was intended. C:\projects_crisp-source_crisp\crisp-snippets\Snippets\T4MVC.cs 481 32 Snippets

2. Is it possible to have strongly typed names of custom Routes, for example, I have route defined like this:

       routes.MapRoute(
           "Feed",
           "feed/",
           MVC.Snippets.Rss()
       );
   

Is it possible to replace:

<%= Url.RouteUrl("Feed") %>

with something like:

<%= Url.RouteUrl(MVC.Routes.Feed) %>

3. Having strongly typed links to static files is really cool, but I use <base /> in my pages, so I don't need any URL processing, can I redefine T4MVCHelpers.ProcessVirtualPath without tweaking the T4MVC.tt itself?

4. T4MVC always generate links with uppercased controller and action names, for example: /Snippets/Add instead of /snippets/add. Is it possible to generate them lowercase?

Backflow

Remember to always check developer's documentation: github.com/T4MVC/T4MVC/wiki/… – Keener

Answer 1

1. Can you change your base controller class to be abstract? I think that'll fix it.

2. See this post which discusses this: http://forums.asp.net/t/1535567.aspx

3. If you look in t4mvc.settings.t4, you'll see a ProcessVirtualPathDefault method that you can change without touching the main .tt file.

4. See http://forums.asp.net/t/1532057.aspx. There is suggested fix in there, though it has not yet been submitted (but you can try it).

David

Angadresma

For (1). Switching to abstract base class helped, but one warning still active: Snippets.Controllers.SnippetsController.View()' hides inherited member 'System.Web.Mvc.Controller.View()'. Use the new keyword if hiding was intended – Backflow

I don't think T4MVC generates something called 'View'. You're sure it's not something in your base controller itself? – Angadresma

Ahhr. it seems to be not T4MVC related, I have action called View(), I'll try to use [ActionName]. thanks for answering my fast and simple questions! – Backflow