Sitecore MVC Controller Rendering Using Glass Mapper

In my previous article i have explained about Sitecore  MVC View Rendering using Glass Mapper. Now i'm going to explain about Sitecore MVC Controller Rendering using glass mapper.

Controller Rendering:
In controller rendering you need to specify a controller and an action name on the component definition item. Rendering engine invokes an action method in a controller class.

• Controller rendering support separation of concerns by adding controller logic not in the model (state) or the view (presentation).

Creating Controller Rendering:

1. Go to Sitecore> Layout> layouts> Renderings> {your project folder}> {controller rendering}

2. Controller Name:- write your controller name.
3. Controller Action:- write name of your Controller Action that you want to render.

3. Placeholder:- here you need to write your placeholder key.

Installing Glass mapper

Glass.Mapper is distributed using Nuget package management. You can install Glass.Mapper using one of the following simple commands in the Package Manager Console:

PM> Install-Package Glass.Mapper.Sc

Visual Studio Project:
Controller Code:

   public ActionResult ProductList()
        {
            return View();
        }

Creating model:-
While creating model just keep few things in your mind.
1. Define your TemplateId
2. Declare your template fields as properties.

 [SitecoreType(TemplateId = "{F9F7EE30-4594-4D13-9A0A-0E6BF2D69461}", AutoMap = true)]
    public interface ProductItemChildren : IBaseType
    {
        [SitecoreField("Product Name")]
         string ProductName { get; set; }

        [SitecoreField("Product Price")]
         string ProductPrice { get; set; }

        [SitecoreField("Product Image")]
         Image ProductImage { get; set; }

        [SitecoreField("Product Description")]
         string ProductDescription { get; set; }

        [SitecoreField("Button Text")]
         Link ButtonText { get; set; }
    }

Rendering placeholder on layout
 @Html.Sitecore().Placeholder("body")

Binding Model with View
To make a field editable in Experience Editor, you can use the Editable method in this way:

@inherits Glass.Mapper.Sc.Web.Mvc.GlassView<scDemo.lib.scDemo.Folders.ProductItemFolder>
<div class="col-lg-12">
    <ul class="product-listing">
        @foreach (var item in Model.ProductItemChildren)
        {
            <li>
                <h3>@Editable(item, x => x.ProductName)</h3>
                <h4>@Editable(item, x => x.ProductPrice)</h4>
                @RenderImage(item, x => x.ProductImage, isEditable: true)
                <span>@Editable(item, x => x.ProductDescription)</span>
                @RenderLink(item, x => x.ButtonText, isEditable: true)
            </li>
        }
    </ul>
</div>

Sitecore MVC View Rendering using Glass Mapper

Rendering:-
 Renderings are individual presentation components that mostly contain markup.

View Renderings

A view rendering is the simplest Sitecore MVC rendering type. Sitecore invokes the mvc.getModel pipeline to determine and construct the model to pass to the view as specified in the view definition item. It then passes that model to the class compiled from the .cshtml file specified in the view definition item.

Creating a view rendering

1. Go to Sitecore> Layout> layouts> Renderings> {your project folder}> {your rendering}

2. Path:- write .cshtml file path eg. /Views/Partial Views/page_body.cshtml
3. Model:- write path of your Model that you want to bind with this view with class library name, Eg. scDemo.lib.scDemo.Shared.PageBody, scDemo.lib

3. Placeholder:- here you need to write your placeholder key.

Installing Glass mapper

Glass.Mapper is distributed using Nuget package management. You can install Glass.Mapper using one of the following simple commands in the Package Manager Console:

PM> Install-Package Glass.Mapper.Sc

Visual Studio Project
Creating model:-
While creating model just keep few things in your mind.
1. Define your TemplateId
2. Declare your template fields as properties.

 [SitecoreType(TemplateId="{CB596E4B-A9F0-44B9-88F8-96DC130408BC}",AutoMap=true)]  
   public interface PageBody:IBaseType  
   {     
     [SitecoreField("Page Title")]  
     string PageTitle { get; set; }  
   
     [SitecoreField("Page Body")]  
     string PageBodyText { get; set; }  
   }  

Rendering placeholder on layout
   @Html.Sitecore().Placeholder("body")

Binding Model with View

To make a field editable in Experience Editor, you can use the Editable method in this way:

 @inherits Glass.Mapper.Sc.Web.Mvc.GlassView<scDemo.lib.scDemo.Shared.PageBody>  
 <div class="col-lg-12">  
   <h2>@Editable(Model, x => x.PageTitle)</h2>  
   <span>  
     <h2>@Editable(Model, x => x.PageBodyText)</h2>  
   </span>  
 </div>