Ch. 21 Helper Methods

HelperMethods/Infrastructure/CustomHelpers.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Web;
+using System.Web.Mvc;
+
+namespace HelperMethods.Infrastructure
+{
+	public static class CustomHelpers
+	{
+		public static MvcHtmlString ListArrayItems(this HtmlHelper html, string[] list)
+		{
+			TagBuilder tag = new TagBuilder("ul");
+
+			foreach (string str in list)
+			{
+				TagBuilder itemTag = new TagBuilder("li");
+				itemTag.SetInnerText(str);
+				tag.InnerHtml += itemTag.ToString();
+			}
+
+			return new MvcHtmlString(tag.ToString());
+		}
+
+		public static MvcHtmlString DisplayMessage(this HtmlHelper html, string msg)
+		{
+			string encodedMessage = html.Encode(msg);
+			string result = string.Format("This is the message: <p>{0}</p>", encodedMessage);
+			return new MvcHtmlString(result);
+		}
+	}
+}