Store complex object in TempData

Question

I\'ve been trying to pass data to an action after a redirect by using TempData like so:

if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
    TempData[\"ErrorMessages\"] = ModelSta         


        

Answer 1

I can not comment but I added a PEEK as well which is nice to check if there or read and not remove for the next GET.

public static T Peek<T>(this ITempDataDictionary tempData, string key) where T : class
{
    object o = tempData.Peek(key);
    return o == null ? null : JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>((string)o);
}

Example

var value = TempData.Peek<ClassA>("key") where value retrieved will be of type ClassA

Answer 2

You can create the extension methods like this:

public static class TempDataExtensions
{
    public static void Put<T>(this ITempDataDictionary tempData, string key, T value) where T : class
    {
        tempData[key] = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(value);
    }

    public static T Get<T>(this ITempDataDictionary tempData, string key) where T : class
    {
        object o;
        tempData.TryGetValue(key, out o);
        return o == null ? null : JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>((string)o);
    }
}

And, you can use them as follows:

Say objectA is of type ClassA. You can add this to the temp data dictionary using the above mentioned extension method like this:

TempData.Put("key", objectA);

And to retrieve it you can do this:

var value = TempData.Get<ClassA>("key") where value retrieved will be of type ClassA

Answer 3

Using System.Text.Json in .Net core 3.1 & above

using System.Text.Json;

    public static class TempDataHelper
    {
        public static void Put<T>(this ITempDataDictionary tempData, string key, T value) where T : class
        {
            tempData[key] = JsonSerializer.Serialize(value);
        }

        public static T Get<T>(this ITempDataDictionary tempData, string key) where T : class
        {
            tempData.TryGetValue(key, out object o);
            return o == null ? null : JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>((string)o);
        }

        public static T Peek<T>(this ITempDataDictionary tempData, string key) where T : class
        {
            object o = tempData.Peek(key);
            return o == null ? null : JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>((string)o);
        }
    }