File: PartialTagHelper.cs
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Project: src\src\Mvc\Mvc.TagHelpers\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.csproj (Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers)
// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewEngines;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Buffers;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.TagHelpers;
 
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers;
 
/// <summary>
/// Renders a partial view.
/// </summary>
[HtmlTargetElement("partial", Attributes = "name", TagStructure = TagStructure.WithoutEndTag)]
public class PartialTagHelper : TagHelper
{
    private const string ForAttributeName = "for";
    private const string ModelAttributeName = "model";
    private const string FallbackAttributeName = "fallback-name";
    private const string OptionalAttributeName = "optional";
    private object _model;
    private bool _hasModel;
    private bool _hasFor;
    private ModelExpression _for;
 
    private readonly ICompositeViewEngine _viewEngine;
    private readonly IViewBufferScope _viewBufferScope;
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Creates a new <see cref="PartialTagHelper"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="viewEngine">The <see cref="ICompositeViewEngine"/> used to locate the partial view.</param>
    /// <param name="viewBufferScope">The <see cref="IViewBufferScope"/>.</param>
    public PartialTagHelper(
        ICompositeViewEngine viewEngine,
        IViewBufferScope viewBufferScope)
    {
        _viewEngine = viewEngine ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(viewEngine));
        _viewBufferScope = viewBufferScope ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(viewBufferScope));
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// The name or path of the partial view that is rendered to the response.
    /// </summary>
    public string Name { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// An expression to be evaluated against the current model. Cannot be used together with <see cref="Model"/>.
    /// </summary>
    [HtmlAttributeName(ForAttributeName)]
    public ModelExpression For
    {
        get => _for;
        set
        {
            _for = value ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(value));
            _hasFor = true;
        }
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// The model to pass into the partial view. Cannot be used together with <see cref="For"/>.
    /// </summary>
    [HtmlAttributeName(ModelAttributeName)]
    public object Model
    {
        get => _model;
        set
        {
            _model = value;
            _hasModel = true;
        }
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// When optional, executing the tag helper will no-op if the view cannot be located.
    /// Otherwise will throw stating the view could not be found.
    /// </summary>
    [HtmlAttributeName(OptionalAttributeName)]
    public bool Optional { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// View to lookup if the view specified by <see cref="Name"/> cannot be located.
    /// </summary>
    [HtmlAttributeName(FallbackAttributeName)]
    public string FallbackName { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// A <see cref="ViewDataDictionary"/> to pass into the partial view.
    /// </summary>
    public ViewDataDictionary ViewData { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the <see cref="Rendering.ViewContext"/> of the executing view.
    /// </summary>
    [HtmlAttributeNotBound]
    [ViewContext]
    public ViewContext ViewContext { get; set; }
 
    /// <inheritdoc />
    public override async Task ProcessAsync(TagHelperContext context, TagHelperOutput output)
    {
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(context);
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(output);
 
        // Reset the TagName. We don't want `partial` to render.
        output.TagName = null;
 
        var result = FindView(Name);
        var viewSearchedLocations = result.SearchedLocations;
 
        if (!result.Success && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(FallbackName))
        {
            result = FindView(FallbackName);
        }
 
        if (!result.Success)
        {
            if (Optional)
            {
                // Could not find the view or fallback view, but the partial is marked as optional.
                return;
            }
 
            var locations = Environment.NewLine + string.Join(Environment.NewLine, viewSearchedLocations);
            var errorMessage = Resources.FormatViewEngine_PartialViewNotFound(Name, locations);
 
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(FallbackName))
            {
                locations = Environment.NewLine + string.Join(Environment.NewLine, result.SearchedLocations);
                errorMessage += Environment.NewLine + Resources.FormatViewEngine_FallbackViewNotFound(FallbackName, locations);
            }
 
            throw new InvalidOperationException(errorMessage);
        }
 
        var model = ResolveModel();
        var viewBuffer = new ViewBuffer(_viewBufferScope, result.ViewName, ViewBuffer.PartialViewPageSize);
        using (var writer = new ViewBufferTextWriter(viewBuffer, Encoding.UTF8))
        {
            await RenderPartialViewAsync(writer, model, result.View);
            output.Content.SetHtmlContent(viewBuffer);
        }
    }
 
    // Internal for testing
    internal object ResolveModel()
    {
        // 1. Disallow specifying values for both Model and For
        // 2. If a Model was assigned, use it even if it's null.
        // 3. For cannot have a null value. Use it if it was assigned to.
        // 4. Fall back to using the Model property on ViewContext.ViewData if none of the above conditions are met.
 
        if (_hasFor && _hasModel)
        {
            throw new InvalidOperationException(
                Resources.FormatPartialTagHelper_InvalidModelAttributes(
                    typeof(PartialTagHelper).FullName,
                    ForAttributeName,
                    ModelAttributeName));
        }
 
        if (_hasModel)
        {
            return Model;
        }
 
        if (_hasFor)
        {
            return For.Model;
        }
 
        // A value for Model or For was not specified, fallback to the ViewContext's ViewData model.
        return ViewContext.ViewData.Model;
    }
 
    private ViewEngineResult FindView(string partialName)
    {
        var viewEngineResult = _viewEngine.GetView(ViewContext.ExecutingFilePath, partialName, isMainPage: false);
        var getViewLocations = viewEngineResult.SearchedLocations;
        if (!viewEngineResult.Success)
        {
            viewEngineResult = _viewEngine.FindView(ViewContext, partialName, isMainPage: false);
        }
 
        if (!viewEngineResult.Success)
        {
            var searchedLocations = Enumerable.Concat(getViewLocations, viewEngineResult.SearchedLocations);
            return ViewEngineResult.NotFound(partialName, searchedLocations);
        }
 
        return viewEngineResult;
    }
 
    private async Task RenderPartialViewAsync(TextWriter writer, object model, IView view)
    {
        // Determine which ViewData we should use to construct a new ViewData
        var baseViewData = ViewData ?? ViewContext.ViewData;
        var newViewData = new ViewDataDictionary<object>(baseViewData, model);
        var partialViewContext = new ViewContext(ViewContext, view, newViewData, writer);
 
        if (For?.Name != null)
        {
            newViewData.TemplateInfo.HtmlFieldPrefix = newViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldName(For.Name);
        }
 
        using (view as IDisposable)
        {
            await view.RenderAsync(partialViewContext);
        }
    }
}