How can I migrate from dictionary["key"] to ObjectDictionary.key?

Question

It seems like ViewBag.SomeKey works a lot like a php array in the sense that it seems to offer no compiletime checking of key names. I am wondering if there is a one-to-one correspondence with ViewBag and some dictionary class with extra methods, ie if ViewBag.SomeKey works in the same manner as myDictionary["SomeKey"].

Also, I am wondering how I might convert a dictionary into a dynamic object.

Answer 1

ViewBag is a dynamic wrapper around ViewData, which is a dictionary (ViewDataDictionary). Writing ViewBag.SomeKey is the same as ViewData["SomeKey"]

You can initialize it like this :

foreach(var item in myDictionary)
{
    ViewData[item.Key] = item.Value;
}

Each item will be available as ViewData["Key"] or ViewBag.Key.