How do I solve this ActionLink error in the view folder in MVC .Net

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HI All,

In my controllers folder I got an action list method that returns a book object like this:

C#

public ActionResult Test()
       {
           Book book = new Book()
           {

               ID = 1,
               BookName = "Abraham Life",
               AuthorName = "King",
               ISBN = "NA"
           };
           return View();

       }

when I run the project i keep getting a null exception error in the Test view file for this action Test method.

To be more specific the error comes from the actionlink like:

HTML

<p>
    @Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id = Model.ID }) |
    @Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index")
</p>

and when I hover my mouse pointer on the second edit it says cannot resolve action Edit.
is there anything Im doing wrong?? some please help.

and my model folder I have defined the properties like so:

C#

public class Book
   {
       public int ID { get; set; }
       public string BookName { get; set; }
       public string AuthorName { get; set; }
       public string ISBN { get; set; }
   }

Posted 26-Jul-14 22:47pm

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Dave Kreskowiak · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-27T04:37:00

You're not passing an object to the View.

In your Index action, you do this by passing the object you want to pass to the view like this:

return View(Book);

BUT! Normally you don't pass entity objects to the view. You pass a view model class instance.

Why? Because passing a view model you can also pass in other information that the view may need, like values for dropdowns or other UI or state information, that the entity object cannot contain.