I have a requirement to render partial views using template files (.cshmtl) . The template file to be used for rendering will depend on a variety of parameters.
So the path may look like
~views/themes/student_themes/V1/Gen.cshtml or
~views/themes/student_themes/V2/Gen.cshtml or
~views/themes/teacher_themes/V1/Gen.cshtml or
~views/themes/student_themes/V2/Gen.cshtml or
Also V1 , V2 etc may go upto 20 Version directories
I have registered custom view path as
ViewEngines.Engines.Add(new TemplateViewEngine());
FreeSurvey.Web.Startup.DoStartup.Run();
}
}
class TemplateViewEngine : RazorViewEngine
{
private static string[] NewPartialViewFormats = new[] {
"~/Views/themes/theme_student/v2/{0}.cshtml" ,
"~/Views/themes/theme_student/v1/{0}.cshtml" ,
..
..
};
public TemplateViewEngine()
{
base.PartialViewLocationFormats = base.PartialViewLocationFormats.Union(NewPartialViewFormats).ToArray();
}
}
However since I have many such view paths it will become unwieldy. Is there a way to define
wild card path as "~/Views/themes/.*/.*/{0}.cshtml"
which is a better solution for me