Model directive
The @model directive is a Razor directive that declares the model type associated with a page or view.
Pro ASP.NET Core 7, Tenth Edition
The Razor model directive declares the .NET type of the view model exposed to a Razor view.
- How it is used
- Declares the model type a Razor view expects, or selects the page model class in a Razor Page.
- How deep it goes
- Explains generated `RazorPage<T>`, editor and build-time checking, nullable view data, view imports, and the distinct Razor Page use.
- Examples
- Uses product-detail and product-list views, a product table-row partial, and a Razor Page that displays a loaded product.
- What you can do after
- Apply it in CSHTML to type-check model expressions and distinguish controller-view models from Razor Page models.
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ASP.NET Core in Action, 3e
The @model directive is a Razor directive that declares the PageModel type associated with a Razor Page.
- How it is used
- Declares the PageModel type that a Razor Page uses to handle requests and provide strongly typed data to its view.
- How deep it goes
- Explains placement, type association, request processing, binding, and handler execution, while deferring PageModel details.
- Examples
- Uses PrivacyModel and ToDoItemModel declarations, including the conventional .cshtml.cs code-behind pairing.
- What you can do after
- Apply the directive to associate a Razor Page with a PageModel and access its typed properties during HTML generation.
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Related concepts
- directivekind of · A directive is a framework-specific instruction attached to markup that controls processing, rendering, or the behavior of an element or template.
- subtemplateconfigures · A subtemplate is a reusable template fragment that can be rendered independently or included within another template to produce part of an output.
- PageModelconfigures · A PageModel is an ASP.NET Core Razor Pages class containing page state, data, and request-handling logic.
- view modelconfigured by · A view model is a data structure that supplies a user-interface view with the data required to render a particular output.
- asp-for attributeused by · The asp-for attribute is an ASP.NET Core Razor attribute that associates an HTML element with a model property for Tag Helper processing.
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