File: ViewDataDictionaryOfT.cs
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Project: src\src\Mvc\Mvc.ViewFeatures\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.csproj (Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures)
// 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.Mvc.ModelBinding;
 
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures;
 
/// <summary>
/// Represents a <see cref="ViewDataDictionary"/> for a specific model type.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TModel">The type of the model.</typeparam>
public class ViewDataDictionary<TModel> : ViewDataDictionary
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ViewDataDictionary{TModel}"/> class.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// For use when creating a <see cref="ViewDataDictionary{TModel}"/> for a new top-level scope.
    /// </remarks>
    /// <inheritdoc />
    // References may not show up due to Type.GetConstructor() use in RazorPageActivator.
    public ViewDataDictionary(
        IModelMetadataProvider metadataProvider,
        ModelStateDictionary modelState)
        : base(metadataProvider, modelState, declaredModelType: typeof(TModel))
    {
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ViewDataDictionary{TModel}"/> class based in part on an
    /// existing <see cref="ViewDataDictionary"/> instance.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// <para>
    /// For use when copying a <see cref="ViewDataDictionary"/> instance and <typeparamref name="TModel"/> is known
    /// but <see cref="Model"/> should be copied from the existing instance e.g. when copying from a base
    /// <see cref="ViewDataDictionary"/> instance to a <see cref="ViewDataDictionary{TModel}"/> instance.
    /// </para>
    /// <para>
    /// This constructor may <c>throw</c> if <c>source.Model</c> is non-<c>null</c> and incompatible with
    /// <typeparamref name="TModel"/>. Pass <c>model: null</c> to
    /// <see cref="ViewDataDictionary{TModel}(ViewDataDictionary, object)"/> to ignore <c>source.Model</c>.
    /// </para>
    /// </remarks>
    /// <inheritdoc />
    // References may not show up due to Type.GetConstructor() use in RazorPageActivator.
    public ViewDataDictionary(ViewDataDictionary source)
        : base(source, declaredModelType: typeof(TModel))
    {
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ViewDataDictionary{TModel}"/> class based in part on an
    /// existing <see cref="ViewDataDictionary"/> instance. This constructor is careful to avoid exceptions
    /// <see cref="ViewDataDictionary.SetModel"/> may throw when <paramref name="model"/> is <c>null</c>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// <para>
    /// For use when copying a <see cref="ViewDataDictionary"/> instance and <typeparamref name="TModel"/> and
    /// <see cref="Model"/> are known.
    /// </para>
    /// <para>
    /// This constructor may <c>throw</c> if <paramref name="model"/> is non-<c>null</c> and incompatible with
    /// <typeparamref name="TModel"/>.
    /// </para>
    /// </remarks>
    /// <inheritdoc />
    // Model parameter type is object to allow "model: null" calls even when TModel is a value type. A TModel
    // parameter would likely require IEquatable<TModel> type restrictions to pass expected null value to the base
    // constructor.
    public ViewDataDictionary(ViewDataDictionary source, object? model)
        : base(source, model, declaredModelType: typeof(TModel))
    {
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ViewDataDictionary{TModel}"/> class.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>Internal for testing.</remarks>
    /// <inheritdoc />
    internal ViewDataDictionary(IModelMetadataProvider metadataProvider)
        : base(metadataProvider, declaredModelType: typeof(TModel))
    {
    }
 
    /// <inheritdoc />
    public new TModel Model
    {
        get => (base.Model is null) ? default! : (TModel)base.Model;
        set => base.Model = value;
    }
}