Cannot access static method in a non-static context

Question

I created a partial view that uses a method called GetUrl but I got the error cannot access static method in a non static context .

Here's how I implemented the method:

public class TimeLineStep
{
    public string Code { get; set; }
    public string Title { get; set; }
    public TimeLineStatus Status { get; set; }
    public string Description { get; set; }
    public string Category { get; set; }

    public static string GetUrl(string code)
    {
        switch (code)
        {
            case "1":
                return "#";
            case "2":
                return "#";
            case "3":
                return "#";
            case "4":
                return "#";
            case "5":
                return "#";
            case "6":
                return "#";
            case "7":
                return "#";
            default:
                return "#";
        }
    }
}

and my partial view :

@using UI.Controls
@model List<Web.Models.TimeLineStep>
@{
    Layout = null;
}
@using (Html.ContentBlock("Yellow", ""))
{
    <ul>
        @foreach (var menuItem in Model)
        {
            <li>
                <a href="@menuItem.GetUrl(menuItem.Code)"> @menuItem.Title </a>
            </li>
        }
    </ul>
}

This partial view generates a vertical menu with URLs. How can I call my static method?

Answer 1

You call a static method on the class itself, not an instance of the class.

<a href="@TimeLineStep.GetUrl(menuItem.Code)"> @menuItem.Title </a>

But are you sure you meant to make that static? It seems like what you wanted was:

public string GetUrl()
{
    switch (this.Code)
         ....

which would then be called as

<a href="@menuItem.GetUrl()"> @menuItem.Title </a>