File: Rendering\ViewComponentHelperExtensions.cs
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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
#nullable enable
 
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Html;
 
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
 
/// <summary>
/// Extension methods for <see cref="IViewComponentHelper"/>.
/// </summary>
public static class ViewComponentHelperExtensions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Invokes a view component with the specified <paramref name="name"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="helper">The <see cref="IViewComponentHelper"/>.</param>
    /// <param name="name">The name of the view component.</param>
    /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> that on completion returns the rendered <see cref="IHtmlContent" />.
    /// </returns>
    public static Task<IHtmlContent> InvokeAsync(this IViewComponentHelper helper, string name)
    {
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(helper);
 
        return helper.InvokeAsync(name, arguments: null);
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Invokes a view component of type <paramref name="componentType" />.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="helper">The <see cref="IViewComponentHelper"/>.</param>
    /// <param name="componentType">The view component <see cref="Type"/>.</param>
    /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> that on completion returns the rendered <see cref="IHtmlContent" />.
    /// </returns>
    public static Task<IHtmlContent> InvokeAsync(this IViewComponentHelper helper, Type componentType)
    {
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(helper);
 
        return helper.InvokeAsync(componentType, arguments: null);
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Invokes a view component of type <typeparamref name="TComponent"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="helper">The <see cref="IViewComponentHelper"/>.</param>
    /// <param name="arguments">Arguments to be passed to the invoked view component method.</param>
    /// <typeparam name="TComponent">The <see cref="Type"/> of the view component.</typeparam>
    /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> that on completion returns the rendered <see cref="IHtmlContent" />.
    /// </returns>
    public static Task<IHtmlContent> InvokeAsync<TComponent>(this IViewComponentHelper helper, object? arguments)
    {
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(helper);
 
        return helper.InvokeAsync(typeof(TComponent), arguments);
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Invokes a view component of type <typeparamref name="TComponent"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="helper">The <see cref="IViewComponentHelper"/>.</param>
    /// <typeparam name="TComponent">The <see cref="Type"/> of the view component.</typeparam>
    /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> that on completion returns the rendered <see cref="IHtmlContent" />.
    /// </returns>
    public static Task<IHtmlContent> InvokeAsync<TComponent>(this IViewComponentHelper helper)
    {
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(helper);
 
        return helper.InvokeAsync(typeof(TComponent), arguments: null);
    }
}