Strongly typed view in ASP.NET MVC
When passing the model to MVC you have a couple of options.
Option 1: Passing un-typed model to the view
public ActionResult Product(string id){var product = new Product();product.ID = id;product.Name = "iPhone";ViewData["product"] = product;}
In your view you have to cast the value in ViewData to the correct type as follows:
<%var item = (Product)ViewData["product"];%><div>ID: <%= item.ID %>Name: <%= item.Name %></div>
Option 2: Pass a strongly typed model to the view
// ViewData["product"] = product;ViewData.Model = product;
The Page directive of your view must specify the type it expects as follows:
<%@ Page Title="blah" ... Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<Product>" %>
Sometimes you may need to pass more than one object to the view. You can handle this by creating a new class that encapsulates all objects you need and pass an instance of that class to the view instead.