this dictionary requires a model item of type

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learning to work around c# and razor. I have this issue which I am struggling to get my head around. I have researched this forum to understand but to no avail. The model item is of type CookMeIndexViewModel, but requires a model item of type IEnumerable<CookMeIndexViewModel>

Anyway this is the code I have been working with: However my data are coming from my VehicleClass. My VehicleClass

using LogViewer.Models;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace LogViewer.Classes
{
    public class VehicleClass
    {
        public int id { get; set; }
        public String make { get; set; }
        public String type { get; set; }
        public byte taxBand { get; set; }
        public DateTime created { get; set; }
        public DateTime updated { get; set; }
        public DateTime deleted { get; set; }
        public bool isDeleted { get; set; }
        public decimal price { get; set; }
        public String description { get; set; }

        public List<Vehicles> _VehicleList = new List<Vehicles>();

        public VehicleClass()
        {
            _VehicleList.Add(new Vehicles
            {
                id = 001,
                make = "Renault",
                type = "Saloon",
                taxBand = 5,
                created = new DateTime(2015,1,1),
                updated = new DateTime(2015,3,1),
                deleted = DateTime.Now,
                isDeleted = true,
                price = 3000,
                description = "A very comfortable car to ride"
            });

            _VehicleList.Add(new Vehicles
            {
                id = 002,
                make = "Toyota",
                type = "Hatchback",
                taxBand = 2,
                created = new DateTime(2015,2,1),
                updated = new DateTime(2015,3,9),
                deleted = DateTime.Now,
                isDeleted = true,
                price = 2500,
                description = "Reliable, strong, fuel efficient"
            });

            _VehicleList.Add(new Vehicles
            {
                id = 003,
                make = "Audi",
                type= "Saloon",
                taxBand = 6,
                created = new DateTime(2015,4,3),
                updated = new DateTime(2015,6,1),
                deleted = DateTime.Now,
                isDeleted = true,
                price = 6000,
                description = "A high performance car"
            });
        }
    }
}

Controller Class: HomeController.cs

using LogViewer.Classes;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace LogViewer.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        // GET: Home
        public ActionResult Index(string sortOrder)
        {
            VehicleClass _vehicles = new VehicleClass();
            ViewBag.IdSortParam = String.IsNullOrEmpty(sortOrder) ? "id_desc" : "";
            ViewBag.MakeSortParam = sortOrder == "Make" ? "make_desc" : "Make";

            switch(sortOrder)
            {
                case "id_desc":
                    _vehicles._VehicleList.OrderByDescending(v => v.id).ToList();
                    break;

                case "make_desc":
                    _vehicles._VehicleList.OrderByDescending(v => v.id).ToList();
                    break;

                default:
                    break;
            }
            return View(_vehicles._VehicleList.ToList());
        }
    }
}

Finally my View: Index.cshtml

@model LogViewer.Classes.VehicleClass

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}

<h2>Index</h2>

<table>
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>
                @Html.ActionLink("ID", "Index", new { sortOrder = ViewBag.IdSortParam, currentFilter = ViewBag.CurrentFilter})
            </th>
            <th>
                @Html.ActionLink("Make", "Index", new { sortOrder = ViewBag.MakeSortParam, currentFilter = ViewBag.CurrentFilter})
            </th>
            <th>Type</th>
            <th>Tax Band</th>
            <th>Created</th>
            <th>Updated</th>
            <th>Deleted</th>
            <th>Is Deleted</th>
            <th>Price</th>
            <th>Description</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
</table>

@foreach (var item in Model._VehicleList)
{
<table>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>@item.id</td>
            <td>@item.make</td>
            <td>@item.type</td>
            <td>@item.taxBand</td>
            <td>@item.created</td>
            <td>@item.updated</td>
            <td>@item.deleted</td>
            <td>@item.isDeleted</td>
            <td>@item.price</td>
            <td>@item.description</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
}

The error I have been receiving is this:

The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[LogViewer.Models.Vehicles]', but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'LogViewer.Classes.VehicleClass'.

Too much code, cut out irrelevant parts. But i guess that you are passing list to dictionary, when you should pass VehicleClass — FINDarkside
Regarding passing the objects, I had previously had return View (_vehicles); however my sorting functions didn't do any sorting. Maybe there is an issue with my sorting logic which I cant seem to see where. — Yuvi

ekad ekad · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-29T11:33:10

Since you have this in your view

@model LogViewer.Classes.VehicleClass

You should pass an instance of VehicleClass to your view instead of List<Vehicles>, so change this in your controller

return View(_vehicles._VehicleList.ToList());

to this

return View(_vehicles);

EDIT

Based on the question comments, you said that the sorting didn't work. That's because you're not doing any sorting in the controller. Please have a look at the following lines of code in your controller

switch(sortOrder)
{
    case "id_desc":
        _vehicles._VehicleList.OrderByDescending(v => v.id).ToList();
        break;

    case "make_desc":
        _vehicles._VehicleList.OrderByDescending(v => v.id).ToList();
        break;

    default:
        break;
}

Doing this

_vehicles._VehicleList.OrderByDescending(v => v.id).ToList();

won't change the order of the items in _vehicles._VehicleList. You need to assign the ordered list back to _vehicles._VehicleList like this

_vehicles._VehicleList = _vehicles._VehicleList.OrderByDescending(v => v.id).ToList();

Additionally, it seems that if the value of sortOrder is "make_desc", the items should be ordered by a different property. I guess the property would be make, so your controller should be modified as below

public ActionResult Index(string sortOrder)
{
    VehicleClass _vehicles = new VehicleClass();
    ViewBag.IdSortParam = String.IsNullOrEmpty(sortOrder) ? "id_desc" : "";
    ViewBag.MakeSortParam = sortOrder == "Make" ? "make_desc" : "Make";

    switch(sortOrder)
    {
        case "id_desc":
            _vehicles._VehicleList = _vehicles._VehicleList.OrderByDescending(v => v.id).ToList();
            break;

        case "make_desc":
            _vehicles._VehicleList = _vehicles._VehicleList.OrderByDescending(v => v.make).ToList();
            break;

        default:
            break;
    }
    return View(_vehicles);
}

this dictionary requires a model item of type

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