Orchard Content Type is null - orchardcms

Question

i am new in orchard module development.i create a module.when i try to save data.
i use this code fore save data
public ActionResult Create(FormCollection input)
{
var product = contentManager.New<ProductPart>("Product");
product.EmployeeName = input["EmployeeName"];
product.EmployeeFathersName = input["EmployeeFathersName"];
product.DOB = Convert.ToDateTime(input["DOB"]);
product.Email = input["Email"];
product.Address = input["Address"];
product.JoiningDate = Convert.ToDateTime(input["JoiningDate"]);
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return View(product);
}
contentManager.Create(product);
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
this class i use in Model
public class ProductRecord:ContentPartRecord
{
public virtual string EmployeeName { get; set; }
public virtual string EmployeeFathersName { get; set; }
public virtual DateTime DOB { get; set; }
public virtual string Email { get; set; }
public virtual string Address { get; set; }
public virtual DateTime JoiningDate { get; set; }
}
public class ProductPart : ContentPart<ProductRecord>
{
/*
public int Id
{
get { return Record.Id; }
set{Record.Id = value;}
}
*/
[Required]
public string EmployeeName
{
get { return Record.EmployeeName; }
set { Record.EmployeeName = value; }
}
[Required]
public string EmployeeFathersName
{
get { return Record.EmployeeFathersName; }
set { Record.EmployeeFathersName = value; }
}
[Required]
public DateTime DOB
{
get { return Record.DOB; }
set { Record.DOB = value; }
}
[Required]
public string Email
{
get { return Record.Email; }
set { Record.Email = value; }
}
[Required]
public string Address
{
get { return Record.Address; }
set { Record.Address = value; }
}
[Required]
public DateTime JoiningDate
{
get { return Record.JoiningDate;}
set { Record.JoiningDate = value; }
}
}
i use content type "Product" but when it goes orchard ContentCreateExtension in belows method
public static T New<T>(this IContentManager manager, string contentType) where T : class, IContent {
var contentItem = manager.New(contentType);
if (contentItem == null)
return null;
var part = contentItem.Get<T>();
if (part == null)
throw new InvalidCastException();
return part;
}
here i face var part is null that means it content part is null.
please help me....

Answer 1

Have you setup your migrations class?
i.e.
public class Migrations : DataMigrationImpl {
public int Create() {
SchemaBuilder.CreateTable("ProductRecord",
table => table
.ContentPartRecord()
.COLUMNS NEED TO BE SPECIFIED
);
ContentDefinitionManager.AlterTypeDefinition("Forum",
cfg => cfg
.WithPart("ProductPart")
.WithPart("CommonPart")
);
Also have you setup your repository?
i.e.
public class ProductPartHandler : ContentHandler {
public ProductPartHandler(IRepository<ProductPartRecord> repository) {
Filters.Add(StorageFilter.For(repository));
}

Answer 2

In addition to the Nicholas answer, I want to mention, that missing driver for the ProductPart can cause such error. Make sure, that you have at least empty driver defined.
public class ProductPartDriver : ContentPartDriver<ProductPart> {}

Answer 3

Just went through a similar situation, be sure that the handler class is declared as public.