Custom Model Binder for decimals and integer: How to get the string value before MVC and do a smarter conversion

Question

I want to extend the default model binding to be more smart when dealing with numbers. The default works very bad when are commas and decimals points in the game.

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Answer 1

What about this?

ModelBinders.Binders.Add(typeof(decimal), new DecimalModelBinder())

And a custom binder. I guess I don't know if you can override decimal binding in this way, but it works for my own types.

public class DecimalModelBinder : DefaultModelBinder
{
    public override object BindModel(ControllerContext controllerContext, ModelBindingContext bindingContext)
    {
        var valueProviderResult = bindingContext.ValueProvider.GetValue(bindingContext.ModelName);
        if (valueProviderResult == null)
        {
            return base.BindModel(controllerContext, bindingContext);
        }
        // to-do: your parsing (get the text value from valueProviderResult.AttemptedValue)
        return parsedDecimal;
    }
}