MVC3 - Two models in one View - Error - How to classify

I would like to use two models in one view. For that I have the following set up. In a single .cs file I have the following model code:

public class Class1   
{
   //List of atttributes 1.
}

public class Class2   
{
   //List of atttributes 2.
}


 public class ParentView
{
   public Class1 Class1{get; set;}
   public Class2 Class2{get; set;}

}

To make use of these two classes in one view I reference

@model IEnumerable<Project.Models.ParentView> 

in the View .cshtml page. and In my view code there is this code that is breaking up .. I get an error saying - "The models.parentview开发者_如何学C does not have a definition of Class1Attribute and no extension method.....etc.." How can I classify the statement below so that it recognizes the attribute.

@foreach (var item in Model)
  {

        @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Class1Attribute)

        @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Class1Atttribute)    


  }

thanks for your help.

Use

 @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => modelItem.Class1.Class1Attribute)

Alternatively you could do something like

 @foreach (var item in Model.Class1)
 {
    @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Class1Attribute1)

    @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Class1Attribute2)    

  }

Your properties are called Class1 and Class2 =>

@Html.DisplayFor(x => x.Class1.Class1Attribute)
@Html.DisplayFor(x => x.Class2.Class2Attribute)  

or even better use display templates instead of writing any loops:

@Html.DisplayForModel()

and then inside ~/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/ParentView:

@model ParentView
@Html.DisplayFor(x => x.Class1)
@Html.DisplayFor(x => x.Class2)

and inside ~/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/Class1.cshtml:

@model Class1
@Html.DisplayFor(x => x.Class1Attribute)

and inside ~/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/Class2.cshtml:

@model Class2
@Html.DisplayFor(x => x.Class2Attribute)

@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Class1.Class1Attribute)

Do you have multiple ParentViews in your Model? If not then you can just have

@model Project.Models.ParentView

Then reference your Class Attributes as

@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => Model.Class1.Class1Attribute)
@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => Model.Class2.Class2Attribute) 

I think your loop should be as follows

@foreach (var item in Model)
{

    @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Class1.Class1Attribute)

    @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Class1.Class1Atttribute)    
}

I asssumed Class1Attribute is a property in Class1 class