TemplateService.Compile(razorTemplate, name) fails with error: The template type is a generic defintion, and no model type has been supplied. about razorengine HOT 6 CLOSED

This is likely to be a bug, will investigate today.

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Can you share some code so I can replicate the issue, currently I cannot?

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The issue is reproducible if you attempt to compile a template that doesn't have a model using a template service that has a BaseTemplateType that derives from TemplateBase (of T).

    public class CustomTemplateBase<T> : TemplateBase<T> { }

    [Test]
    public void Should_Compile_Template_Without_Model()
    {
        const string template = @"<tr>
            <td>
                <span id=""emailLogo"">
                    <img src=""https://book.itropics.com/bookingwizard/images/inspiringjourneys/recapimages/logo.gif""
                        alt=""inspiringjourneys_logo"" />
                </span>
            </td>
        </tr>";

        var templateService = new TemplateService(new TemplateServiceConfiguration
                                    {
                                        BaseTemplateType = typeof(CustomTemplateBase<>),
                                    });

        templateService.Compile(template, "emaillogo");
    }

This test will fail with the error "System.ArgumentException : The template type is a generic defintion, and no model type has been supplied."

I can see how the error would be caused; we're compiling a template without a model using a base template type that expects a type parameter that represents the type of the model. However I was able to do this with version 2.1 of RazorEngine.

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Ah, I think I am going to change the internal behavior to force a model type of Object when no model type is available.

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In the meantime, a simple workaround is to use:

templateService.Compile(template, typeof(object), "emaillogo");

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I think this is fixed, pleas re-open if it is not.

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