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.
- #524
- add tests of `DropDownList` and `ListBox` HTML helpers
- extend tests of `<select/>` tag helper
- add scenario to a functional test
New `HtmlHelperSelectTest` does not cover everything. In future (see #453):
- use non-`null` `optionLabel` and `htmlAttributes` arguments
- confirm value sources and their priorities
- mock an `IHtmlGenerator` and confirm how it is called
- mock an `IHtmlHelper` and confirm how extension methods call that
- correct typo in 3303286288
- really seal `CachedModelMetadata.Properties`
- make a couple of test methods `public` (!!)
- add Microsoft.AspNet.PageExecutionInstrumentation to Mvc.sln
- remove `<RootNamespace/>`, `<ProjectExtensions/>`, etc. from .kproj files
Kirthi Krishnamraju
ianhong
Harsh Gupta
Ajay Bhargav Baaskaran
Hao Kung
Kiran Challa
Ryan Nowak
N. Taylor Mullen
Praburaj
Brennan
sornaks
Doug Bunting
Levi B
Kiran Challa
Yishai Galatzer
Luke Waters
Stephen Halter
Pranav K