CascadingTypeParameter not passing down nullability

[danielchalmers]

Discussed in dotnet/aspnetcore#54332

^{Originally posted by danielchalmers March 3, 2024}
I have a MudToggleGroup<System.Nullable<int>> but the children's types are the non-nullable MudToggleItem<int>.

<MudToggleGroup T="int?">
    <MudToggleItem Value="1" Text="Coffee (1)" />
    <MudToggleItem Value="2" Text="Tee (2)" />
    <MudToggleItem Value="3" Text="Water (3)" />
</MudToggleGroup>

@* MudToggleGroup.razor *@
@namespace MudBlazor
@attribute [CascadingTypeParameter(nameof(T))]
@inherits MudComponentBase
@typeparam T

@* MudToggleItem.razor *@
@namespace MudBlazor
@inherits MudComponentBase
@typeparam T

There are no other ancestors with a type param named T.

Any idea on how to pass down the nullability without manually casting them like Value="@((int?)3)"?

[javiercn]

@danielchalmers thanks for contacting us.

I don't think there's a way to do it other than anotating the T in the @typeparam which I don't remember if it's possible. This will likely require compiler work to support it.

[chsienki]

Looks like the type inference would need to explicitly set the type param in the presence of CascadingTypeParam

            __builder.OpenComponent<global::BlazorApp42.Components.Pages.MudToggleGroup<int?>>(5);
            __builder.AddAttribute(6, "ChildContent", (global::Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderFragment)((__builder2) => {
                global::__Blazor.BlazorApp42.Components.Pages.Home.TypeInference.CreateMudToggleItem_0<int?>(__builder2, 7, 8, // <!-- THIS. Today we don't emit <int?> so can't infer the type. We would need to explicitly add it as a type param in this case.
#nullable restore
#line (10,27)-(10,31) "C:\Projects\scratch\BlazorApp42\BlazorApp42\Components\Pages\Home.razor"
null

#line default
#line hidden
#nullable disable
                , 9, "Coffee (1)");
                __builder2.AddMarkupContent(10, "\r\n    ");
                global::__Blazor.BlazorApp42.Components.Pages.Home.TypeInference.CreateMudToggleItem_1(__builder2, 11, 12, 
#nullable restore
#line (11,27)-(11,28) "C:\Projects\scratch\BlazorApp42\BlazorApp42\Components\Pages\Home.razor"
2

#line default
#line hidden
#nullable disable
                , 13, "Tee (2)");
                __builder2.AddMarkupContent(14, "\r\n    ");
                global::__Blazor.BlazorApp42.Components.Pages.Home.TypeInference.CreateMudToggleItem_2(__builder2, 15, 16, 
#nullable restore
#line (12,27)-(12,28) "C:\Projects\scratch\BlazorApp42\BlazorApp42\Components\Pages\Home.razor"
3

#line default
#line hidden
#nullable disable
                , 17, "Water (3)");
            }
            ));
            __builder.CloseComponent();