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).
This is a cleanup PR to improve the common usage of
ModelMetadata.Properties.
We found placed in code where both .Count and the ability to index by
property name would be useful. I was able to cascade this and simplify the
ModelBindingContext as well.
- clean up "the the" in XML comments
- simplify refactoring VS did when I renamed `GetHtmlHelperForViewData()`
- fix existing issue in `HtmlHelperCheckboxTest.CheckBoxReplacesUnderscoresInHtmlAttributesWithDashes()`
(was using a `HtmlHelper<ViewDataDictionary<TestModel>>`)
- helps w/ #453 since `Html.BeginForm()` wasn't previously tested
- provide a `DefaultTemplatesUtilities.GetHtmlHelper()` overload with an
`IHtmlGenerator` parameter
- update `DefaultTemplateUtilities` to use `DefaultHttpContext`
- stop using a mock for this purpose; provides a non-`null` `Request`
nit:
- `DefaultTemplatesUtilities.GetHtmlHelperForViewData()` -> `...GetHtmlHelper()`
for consistency with other overloads
- ensure `ViewDataDictionary` constructors are not passed a `null` or
`Mock.Of<IModelMetadataProvider>()` instance
- `ViewDataDictionary` constructors always use the `IModelMetadataProvider`
- `viewData.ModelMetadata` now never `null`
- `ViewDataDictionary<int>.Model` no longer throws if read before it's written
- `ViewDataDictionary.ModelMetadata` now copied to new instances in fewer cases
- e.g. don't use unusual `object` datatype with customized `ModelMetadata`
- #874 lines 3, 4, and 6
- correct `Value()` to treat a `null` expression name the same as `string.Empty`
- add missing `[NotNull]` attributes in `EditorExtensions` and for `GenerateIdFromName()`
- consistently pass `null` for default expression names to the helpers
- for example, from extension methods
- add test cases using `null` for expression name
nits:
- correct summary XML comment for `HtmlHelper` class
- use named parameters and prefer interface (not extension) methods in changed calls
- use `string.Empty` instead of `""` in a few tests
Ryan Nowak
Doug Bunting