Compile time errors for incorrect model in ASP.Net MVC

Question

Is there any way where one can have compile time errors for strongly typed views. Let's say I have a view in the folder /Views/Home/Index.cshtml with the following code & strongly typed Model:

@model CSTemplate.Models.Home.HomeIndexModel

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}

<h2>Index</h2>

and then the controller, located at /Controllers/HomeController.cs would return the following code.

public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        //
        // GET: /Home/

        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            List<string> s = new List<string>();
            return View(s);
        }

    }

As you can see, since the View() accepts an object as a model, the compiler won't complain that the model is invalid and would output a run-time error instead, which is:

Server Error in '/' Application.

The model item passed into the dictionary is of type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.String]', but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'CSTemplate.Models.Home.HomeIndexModel'.

Is there any way where I can get compile time errors instead of run time errors in case of such model type mismatch, or is there any workaround for this?

Answer 1

From our discussions within this question it seems that there is no suggested workaround for such a scenario. Since the View takes as a parameter the model of type object, then the compiler will not complain if you by mistake pass in a model with a different type than that of the strictly typed model of the View. Pity since if you need to change the type of the strictly typed model of a View, the compiler will not inform you of such previous inconsistent models being passed over to the view but such errors are only notified during runtime.