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.NET MVC 4 Strongly typed ViewModel containing Strongly typed Model with EditorFor and EditorTemplate partial view not binding

public class RoleVM {

 

[Required]

[Display(Name = "Name of the Role")]

public string Role {get; set;}

 

public IEnumerable<RolePermission> permissions { get; set; }

 

}

       

public class RolePermission {

 

public int id;

 

public bool permission_value;

 

public string name { get; set; }

 

}

       

public ActionResult Create() {

 

        RoleVM role_vm = new RoleVM();

 

        var allpermissions = from p

        in permission_repo.GetPermissions()

        select p;

 

        role_vm.permissions = from p

        in allpermissions

        select new RolePermission

        { name = p.name, id = p.PermissionId, permission_value = false };

 

        return View(role_vm);

    }

       

@model RoleVM

@using (Html.BeginForm("Create", "Role",

FormMethod.Post, new { @class = "permission_form" }))

{

@Html.ValidationSummary(true)

 

<fieldset>

    <legend>RoleVM</legend>

 

    <div class="form-item">

        @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Role)

 

        @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Role)

        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Role)

    </div>

 

   @Html.EditorFor(model => model.permissions)

 

    <p>

        <input class="submit-btn" type="submit" value="Create" />

    </p>

</fieldset>

}

       

@model RolePermission

 

<div class="form-item">

      @Html.HiddenFor(modelItem => modelItem.id)

      @Html.LabelFor(modelItem => modelItem.permission_value, Model.name)

      @Html.CheckBoxFor(modelItem => modelItem.permission_value)

</div>

       

<div class="form-item">

 

      <input data-val="true" data-val-number="The field Int32 must be a number." data-val-required="The Int32 field is required." id="permissions_2__id" name="permissions[2].id" type="hidden" value="3" />

 

      <label for="permissions_2__permission_value">Role-Edit</label>

      <input data-val="true" data-val-required="The Boolean field is required."  id="permissions_2__permission_value" name="permissions[2].permission_value"

 type="checkbox" value="true" /><input name="permissions[2].permission_value"  type="hidden" value="false" />

 

</div>

       

[HttpPost]

    public ActionResult Create(RoleVM rolevm)

    {

 

        //In here rolevm.role is populated based on the textbox input

        //However rolevm.permissions is there with the correct

        //number of items, but the values all are not binded

        // id is null, name is empty, and permission_value is false

        // regardless of which checkboxes were checked

 

 

        return RedirectToAction("Index");

    }

       

public class RolePermission {

 

public int id { get; set; }

 

public bool permission_value { get; set; }

 

public string name { get; set; }

 

}