MVC : Does Code to save data in cache or session belongs in controller?
- by newbie
I'm a bit confused if saving the information to session code below, belongs in the controller action as shown below or should it be part of my Model?
I would add that I have other controller methods that will read this session value later.
public ActionResult AddFriend(FriendsContext viewModel)
{
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return View(viewModel);
}
// Start - Confused if the code block below belongs in Controller?
Friend friend = new Friend();
friend.FirstName = viewModel.FirstName;
friend.LastName = viewModel.LastName;
friend.Email = viewModel.UserEmail;
httpContext.Session["latest-friend"] = friend;
// End Confusion
return RedirectToAction("Home");
}
I thought about adding a static utility class in my Model which does something like below, but it just seems stupid to add 2 lines of code in another file.
public static void SaveLatestFriend(Friend friend, HttpContextBase httpContext)
{
httpContext.Session["latest-friend"] = friend;
}
public static Friend GetLatestFriend(HttpContextBase httpContext)
{
return httpContext.Session["latest-friend"] as Friend;
}
