I started a new MVC Web Application project for the RC2 release and I'm trying to add a class library as a project reference.
I added a simple class library to my project and referenced it and got the following in the project.json file:
"frameworks": {
"net452": {
"dependencies": {
"MyClassLibrary": {
"target": "project"
}
}
}
},
I can use this library in any of the Controllers and the Startup.cs files without any trouble but I get the following error at run time when I try and use the library from a Razor page:
The name 'MyClassLibrary' does not exist in the current context
Output.WriteLine(MyClassLibrary.MyStaticClass.SomeStaticString);
It's weird because I'm getting intellisense for the class library when I'm editing the Razor page, and I can't find anything that says you can't use project references from here.
I thought it was hard enough getting this running under RC1 with the "wrap folder" in the class library project but this has me stumped.
A workaround has been posted on the issue page (cred to pranavkm and patrikwlund)
https://github.com/aspnet/Razor/issues/755
Apparently you need to explicitly add references to Razor compilation using RazorViewEngineOptions.CompilationCallback.
Add the following to your ConfigureServices method in your Startup class:
var myAssemblies = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies().Select(x => MetadataReference.CreateFromFile(x.Location)).ToList();
services.Configure((RazorViewEngineOptions options) =>
{
var previous = options.CompilationCallback;
options.CompilationCallback = (context) =>
{
previous?.Invoke(context);
context.Compilation = context.Compilation.AddReferences(myAssemblies);
};
});
I had to filter out dynamic assemblies to avoid this runtime exception:
The invoked member is not supported in a dynamic assembly.
This worked for me:
var myAssemblies = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()
.Where(x => !x.IsDynamic)
.Select(x => Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.MetadataReference.CreateFromFile(x.Location))
.ToList();
services.Configure((Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RazorViewEngineOptions options) => {
var previous = options.CompilationCallback;
options.CompilationCallback = (context) => {
previous?.Invoke(context);
context.Compilation = context.Compilation.AddReferences(myAssemblies);
};
});