How to call another controller function in MVC?

Question

I have two controllers.

one is

 public partial class CatalogController : BaseNopController
    {

 [NonAction]
        protected IEnumerable<ProductOverviewModel> PrepareProductOverviewModels(IEnumerable<Product> products, 
            bool preparePriceModel = true, bool preparePictureModel = true,
            int? productThumbPictureSize = null, bool prepareSpecificationAttributes = false,
            bool forceRedirectionAfterAddingToCart = false)
        {
 var models = new List<ProductOverviewModel>();
            foreach (var product in products)
            {
                var model = new ProductOverviewModel()
                {
                    Id = product.Id,
                    Name = product.GetLocalized(x => x.Name),
                    ShortDescription = product.GetLocalized(x => x.ShortDescription),
                    FullDescription = product.GetLocalized(x => x.FullDescription),
                    SeName = product.GetSeName(),
                };

}
}

another one is

public class HireController : BaseNopController
    {

        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult CheckData(string submitButton)
        {
            switch (submitButton)
            {
                case "Yes":

                   // I want to call  CatalogController  --> PrepareProductOverviewModels
                case "No":
                    return RedirectToRoute("detailform");
                default:
                    return RedirectToRoute("detailform");
            }

        }
}

Inside Hire controller --> CheckData function , I want to call CatalogController -->PrepareProductOverviewModels(...) How can I do it??

George Stocker · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-12 01:32:11Z

3

It's protected, so unless your HireController derives from CatalogController, you can't call it. If, however, you put it in another class, such as a ViewModel class, and make it public, you can call it from your HireController.

It makes very little sense for that ViewModel to be protected or for it to be in your controller class.

answered Oct 12, 2012 at 1:32

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tsells · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-12 04:15:03Z

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If you have methods that need to be shared between controllers then you should separate those out to a "helper" class and have both controllers call into that class.

answered Oct 12, 2012 at 4:15

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