How to get values from my injected class in MVC 5 - asp.net-mvc-5

Question

I'm very new in MVC 5 and EF6 and need help please.
I have two classes and one single View, I can get the values of class Person but class Address is always null.
I tried use constructor and Bind in PersonController/Create
My classes:
public partial class Person
{
[Key]
public int PersonID { get; set; }
[Required]
[StringLength(40)]
public string Name { get; set; }
[StringLength(40)]
public string Email { get; set; }
public virtual Address AddressDI { get; set; }
}
public class Address
{
[Key]
public int AddressID { get; set; }
[Required]
public string City { get; set; }
[Required]
public string Street { get; set; }
[Required]
public virtual Person PersonDI { get; set; }
}
Controller
public class ContatoController : Controller
{
private readonly Address _address;
public PersonController()
{
_address = new Address();
}
HttpPost]
ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Create([Bind(Include = #"Name,Email,AddressID,City,")] Person person, Address address)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
db.Person.Add(person);
db.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
return View(person);
}
/* Other Actions and stuffs */
}
This is my 3 days pain :(

Answer 1

I don't know what exactly you're trying to achieve here. If you want to post a person class then just post the person:
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Create(Person person)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
db.Person.Add(person);
db.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
return View(person);
}
and in the view, something like:
#model Partner
#Html.BeginForm("Create","Contato", FormMethod.Post){
#Html.TextboxFor(p => Model.AddressDI.City)
}
Also it is a common practice to send data across controller actions in wrapper classes referred to as viewModels. ViewModels usually contain everything that needs to be posted or displayed at a given moment in the view, as well as potential parameters for the view.
something like:
[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Create(ContatoViewModel viewModel)
{
var person = new Person();
person.Name = viewModel.Name;
person.Email = viewModel.Email;
person.AddressDI = viewModel.AddressDI
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
db.Person.Add(person);
db.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
return View(viewModel);
}
Being honest I can't say more without seeing what you're doing in the view.
More on MVVM pattern: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848246.aspx
There are tools available such as Jimmy Bogard's AutoMapper which help with copying the values between the view models and the classes.