Custom model binding type
I have a structure that is very similar to System.Nullable type:
public struct SpecialProperty<T>
{
public static implicit operator T(SpecialProperty<T> value)
{
return value.Value;
}
public static implicit operator SpecialProperty<T>(T value)
{
return new SpecialProperty<T> { Value = value };
}
T internalValue;
public T Value { get { return internalValue; } set { internalValue = value; } }
public override bool Equals(object other)
{
return Value.Equals(other);
}
public override int GetHashCode()
{
return Value.GetHashCode();
}
public override string ToString()
{
return Value.ToString();
}
}
I am trying to use it with ASP.NET MVC binding. Using the default client model binding, the property will always be null. I can fix this by adding ".Value" to the end of each form input name, but I just want it to bind to the new type directly using some kind of binding device, but all the solutions I tried seemed unnecessarily complicated. I feel like I should be able to extend the default binder and, with a few lines of code, redirect property binding to the entire model using an implicit conversion. I don't quite understand the default binder binding paradigm, but it seems like she's really stuck with this distinction between model and model properties. What's the easiest way to do this? Thanks!
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