ASP.NET MVC Framework Unleashed

Chapter 7. Understanding Model Binders and Action Filters

In This Chapter

• Understanding Model Binders

• Understanding Action Filters

This chapter is devoted to the topic of model binders and action filters. First, we tackle the subject of model binders. You learn how to use a model binder to instantiate an object from a browser request.

For example, we already used the default model binder several times in this book. Whenever we use a class as a parameter for a controller action—such as a Product class—we are using the default model binder.

In some situations, you want to create a custom model binder. When you create a custom model binder, you get to decide how a new object is instantiated out of the ether.

In this chapter, you ...