ASSEMBLY 1
This is my project structure (I serve content from embedded resources):
Common_Assembly.dll Css Common.css Views Shared _Layout.cshtml
It also has a class called Model.cs, which is essentially true:
public class Model { public string Title {get; set; } }
_Layout.cshtml
@model MyNameSpace.Model <html> <head> <script language="javascript" href="css/common.css"></script> <title>@Model.Title</title> </head> <body> @RenderBody </body> </html>
ASSEMBLY 2
Then I have a second assembly (which refers to the above) and is the one that actually hosts the web service:
Concrete_Assembly.dll Views Index.cshtml
This class has an IndexResponse class, which derives from Model in another assembly.
public class IndexResponse : Model { }
Index.cshtml
@Model MyOtherNameSpace.IndexResponse <p>Test</p>
Now the problem. If I delete the @Model line, everything works correctly, and I see my index page on the layout page of another DLL ( I use a custom VirtualPathProvider to search for resources in several Dlls ). However, if I try to use IndexResponse as a model on the index page, I get an HttpCompileException . Since it is thrown by an external component, I don’t really know what the exception message is (I use the service stack binaries).
At first I wondered if it was because the model class was different from the layout class (although it stems from it). To test this theory, I created the TestModel class obtained from Model (placed in the general assembly) and used this - it worked fine.
This makes me think that this is because IndexResponse is in the secondary assembly, but cannot be sure, because I do not see the error.
Any help would be appreciated!
EDIT
For completeness, here is the actual WebService method. I don’t think that something is wrong here because it worked fine when I did other tests (using TestModel instead).
public IndexResponse Any(Index index) { return new IndexResponse() { Title = "Test Title" }; }
EDIT 2
Sorry for all the changes. Also, is there anyway I can get this exception or handle it so that I can look at the error? It would be nice to catch this and display it - otherwise the development of these pages, since the embedded resources will be similar to pulling your teeth :)
EDIT 3
After fulfilling some suggestions from Mythz and adding the correct namespaces to the Razornamespace configuration, I finally grabbed onto the error that it was throwing:
+ $exception {"(0): error CS1704: An assembly with the same simple name 'Concrete_Assembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null has already been imported. Try removing one of the references or sign them to enable side-by-side."} System.Exception {System.Web.HttpCompileException} `