getting a field value from an MVC model

Question

My Sharepoint remote ClientContext application requires a JSONFeed ( also CSV & XML feeds too)  from it. in order to reduce code and aid clarity, I want to put the command to format the JSON into a function.  as follows 

 foreach (MVCHrer.Models.CustomClass oListItem in BigList)
            {
                json += "{";
                json += JSONval(oListItem, "myFieldone", " ") + ",";
                json += JSONval(oListItem, "MyFieldtwo", " ") + ",";

etc....  

}

This works for looping through a ListItemCollection  ( Obviously the foreach loop has different classes) but I can t it to work when navigating a list of  corresponding to an MVC model type.  I want to use this, so that I can apply MVC model validation & add extra fields, but I cant find a form of syntax that works.  

   

This works

   public string JSONval(sp.ListItem oListItem, string i_field, string nul_val)
        {
            string retval = '"' + i_field + '"' + ":" + '"';
            string nval = "";
            string dataValue = HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(oListItem[i_field].ToString());
            retval += dataValue+'"';
            return (retval);

      }

This does not . Two basic version of what I have tried are commented out in the function below 

        public string JSONval(MVCHrer.Models.CustomClass MVCListItem, string i_field, string nul_val)

        {
            string retval = '"' + i_field + '"' + ":" + '"';
            string dataValue = "";
   //  string fval = oListItem.GetType().GetField(i_field).GetValue(oListItem).ToString();

//ver1          

// oListItem[i_field].ToString();  

//ver 2

            retval += dataValue + '"';
            return (retval);
        }

Any suggestions gratefully recieved 

I have seen references to FieldInfo , But not even intellisense can bring back something that works....

     

   Type myTypeA = Type.GetType(oListItem);
    FieldInfo myFieldInfo = myTypeA.GetField(i_field);

 retval = myFieldInfo.GetValue();

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Richard

Answer 1

Hi Richard,

You can consider posting it at the following more appropriate forum for more efficient responses. Thanks!

http://forums.asp.net/1146.aspx

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Bob Shen [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 2

Hi Bob

As suggested I reposted the query to 

http://forums.asp.net/p/1844897/5152295.aspx/1?Re+getting+a+field+value+from+an+MVC+model

Thank you for tidying up, & I apologise for posting "off topic".  Although sometimes its confusing to know how to best categorise a syntax question : .NET , MVC , C# or ASP.  As questions often cover several areas, & just which is the most relevant one is difficult to decide.

Any guidance on the appropriate forums for each type of question

Thanks 

Richard

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Richard