Feature: Allow the Details parameter type for DynamicContent to be different than the Controller name.

[rhullah]

Currently according to the documentation, when implementing Master/Details views of a widget, if you want the details Action to accept a DynamicContent item, it must match the name of the Controller. This isn't always an acceptable solution and we end up doing workarounds.

I'm wondering if a new custom Attribute could be created and then could be applied to the parameter to specify the exact Dynamic Type. In which case it could look something like the following:

public ActionResult Details(
    [DynamicContentType("Telerik.Sitefinity.DynamicTypes.Model.MyModule.Item")]
    DynamicContent item
) {
    ...
}

The attribute could then be verified and if present the type could be resolved from the attribute instead of forcing the Controller name.

Any likelihood of this?

[RJCuthbertson]

There are bigger issues than that when using a master/detail set up with the DynamicContent item. The master/detail set up needs to be re-architected to not accept a DynamicContent item as a parameter.

See: #2366