I got common templates and a layout working, with the help of these two posts:
RazorEngine string layouts and sections?
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/hongyes/archive/2012/03/12/using-razor-template-engine-in-web-api-self-host-application.aspx
This is my solution:
Solution 1:
Layout
Used by setting _Layout
@{
_Layout = "Layout.cshtml";
ViewBag.Title = Model.Title;
}
Footer
@section Footer
{
@RenderPart("Footer.cshtml")
}
Layout.cshtml
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<div id="content">
@RenderBody()
</div>
@if (IsSectionDefined("Footer"))
{
<div id="footer">
@RenderSection("Footer")
</div>
}
</body>
</html>
TemplateBaseExtensions
Extend TemplateBase with a RenderPart Method
public abstract class TemplateBaseExtensions<T> : TemplateBase<T>
{
public string RenderPart(string templateName, object model = null)
{
string path = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ApplicationBase, "Templates", templateName);
return Razor.Parse(File.ReadAllText(path), model);
}
}
Razor Config
Set BaseTemplateType to your TemplateBaseExtensions class
TemplateServiceConfiguration templateConfig = new TemplateServiceConfiguration
{
BaseTemplateType = typeof(TemplateBaseExtensions<>)
};
Razor.SetTemplateService(new TemplateService(templateConfig));
Edit Solution 2:
If you are using a TemplateResolver. RenderPart isn't needed use the @Include instead
Footer
@section Footer
{
@Include("Footer.cshtml")
}
Resolver
public class TemplateResolver : ITemplateResolver
{
public string Resolve(string name)
{
if (name == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("name");
}
string path = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ApplicationBase, "Templates", name);
return File.ReadAllText(path, System.Text.Encoding.Default);
}
}
Config
TemplateServiceConfiguration templateConfig = new TemplateServiceConfiguration
{
Resolver = new TemplateResolver()
};
Razor.SetTemplateService(new TemplateService(templateConfig));
Update by The Muffin Man
Specify a template and render a string
var templateResolver = Razor.Resolve("Registration.cshtml");
return templateResolver.Run(new ExecuteContext());
Also I, along with others at this link https://github.com/Antaris/RazorEngine/issues/61 had issues with using _Layout whereas Layout worked.
'_Layout' is the old syntax. It was updated to 'Layout' in a future release.
