- add `IHtmlGenerator.GetCurrentValues()` method
- bring together bits of `GenerateSelect()` and `UpdateSelectListItemsWithDefaultValue()`
- get rid of ugly `out` parameter
- also allows `<option/>` tag helpers to run before `<select/>` helper generation
- match `null` values and `SelectListItem`s with empty values
- match `enum` names correctly
- add doc comments for `IHtmlGenerator.GenerateSelect()` methods
This change removes reflection from validator providers, and instead
relies on cached metadata in in the modelmetadata.
In general this means that our MVPs don't need to cache anything, they
just look at the metadata and create what they need.
In the case of data-annotations, we update the model details provider to
add validation attributes to the modelmetadata. This would allow someone
to replace the DataAnnotationsValidatorProvider, but still use the
metadata in these attributes.
The change to the IModelValidatorProvider api (to use a context) is
intended to minimize allocations. Currently each validator provider needs
to return a list so you end up with N+1 lists (N validators + a final list
to compine them all). This change will let us just create the final list
(and a small context object). This is a very very high traffic API so it
seemed worth doing.
There's also some general massaging of namespaces and file locations.
Separates the MMP into two phases:
1). Creation of the ModelMetadata, discovery of properties and attributes
(reflection) is part of the MMP
2). Lookup of details based on attributes is now part of another phase,
and has its results cached.
Users can now implements and register an IFooMetadataProvider to customize
a single aspect of metadata (see how data annotations does it).
- #1468
- Always use `ModelExplorer` in `<select/>`, `DropDownListFor()` and `ListBoxFor()` cases
- allows evaluation of more-complex expressions
- Use `ViewData.Model` in `DropDownList()` and `ListBox()` template cases
- `ViewData` was previously ignored in these cases
nit: change `ViewDataDictionary.Eval()` to return `Model` if `expression` is `null` or empty
- now `throw` on `null` or empty `expression` name in `ViewDataEvaluator.Eval()`
- simplifies some of the higher-level code
- no change to `selectList` fallback; `Model` incorrect for that case
- no change to `GenerateRadioButton()`; would change behaviour unrelated to #1468
- this helper uses incorrect `ViewData` lookup text, see #1487
- #944
- name `string` expression name and `Expression<Func<TModel, TResult>>`
parameters "expression"
- single special case is `GenerateIdFromName(string fullName)` since every
other expression name is relative to the current
`ViewData,TemplateInfo.HtmlFieldPrefix` value
- applied from `IHtmlHelper` and `IHtmlGenerator` on up
- name `IHtmlHelper` and `IHtmlHelper<TModel>` parameters "htmlHelper"
- rename `TProperty` and `TValue` type parameters to `TResult`
nits:
- clean up abbreviated names in `CachedExpressionCompiler`
- change `ObjectToDictionary()`'s parameter name to `value`
- use `nameof` more to make renaming (and refactoring) easier in the future
- rewrap parameters and arguments to avoid long lines and orphans
This also fixes#1503.
Currently all model binders except mutable object binder are independent of validation code. The mutable object binder which needs to do some validation ( for scenarios involving [BindRequired] and [BindNever]).
We would be going with an approach where required validaiton happens in input formatters and model binders.
This is needed as validation for value types can best be done at creation time.
Followup PRs:
Introduce support for skipping validation (and not binding) for a particular property/type etc.
Doug Bunting
Kirthi Krishnamraju
Harsh Gupta
ianhong
Ryan Nowak
Ajay Bhargav Baaskaran
Hao Kung
Kiran Challa
N. Taylor Mullen
Praburaj
Brennan
sornaks
Levi B
Kiran Challa
Yishai Galatzer
Luke Waters