Looking for repeater type functionality in ASP.Net MVC

Question

I am used to using a Repeater control in conventional ASP.Net web projects. I see ASP.Net MVC doesn't have this sort of thing. What should I be using here?

EDIT:

In response to the question, what am I trying to do that I can't achieve in the foreach. I guess I am trying to get a alternating row style. Also, it just feels somewhat wrong to have stuff other than markup in the view. But maybe I will get over that as I work with it. Thanks for the answers.

Answer 1

The simplest thing to use is a foreach loop.
What are you trying to do?

EDIT:

<%  bool odd = false;
    foreach(var row in something) { %>
    <tr class="<%= odd ? "OddRow" : "EvenRow" %>">
        ...
    </tr>
<% odd = !odd; } %>

Answer 2

To add to SLaks response.

You could encapsulate your html into a Partial View.

Call <%= Html.Partial("ViewName", optional_ViewModel) %>.

This might feel closer to the repeater control. Where the PartialView would be sort of like your item template.

This approach also lends itself to code reuse very nicely.

Answer 3

If you miss a lot of the features of WebForms, maybe you just need a richer view engine? Might I suggest the Spark View Engine? Like WebForms, there's lots of functionality included so you don't have to keep rewriting the same stuff and/or write a bunch of your own helpers.

Answer 4

alternating row style can be achieved by css styles ...
BTW - each one funcionality from web forms can be achieved in mvc ... in the end all is html, js and css

Answer 5

You could even create an HTML helper for this.