- #2836
Part 1: Use existing property values when recursing in `MutableObjectModelBinder`
- remove `ComplexModelDTO` because that indirection made fixing this issue more difficult and doesn't add value
- started with an old closed PR (#2241) which did some of this work
- correct `MutableObjectModelBinderTest` tests that exercised behaviour that can't occur
- the old `dto.Results` dictionary was never incomplete; nor could it contain `null` values
Part 2: Change `MutableObjectModelBinder` to pass complex property values into binding system
- model binding no longer trounces nodes in the model tree that aren't bound
- create model instances less often in `TryUpdateModel` scenarios
- refactor `EnsureModel()` to `GetModel()` and use appropriately
- reorder logic in `SetProperty()` and `AddToProperty()` to avoid copying to / from the same collection
- also cleans up some code duplication
nits:
- clean up `MutableObjectModelBinderTest`
- fix odd line wrappings and indentation
- use `nameof()` more
- use `string.Empty` more
- simplify a couple of `Returns()` expressions
- make assertions in `TryUpdateModelIntegrationTest` more readable
- no need to work through `ModelStateDictionary.Keys`
- also use `Length` instead of `Count()`; test code but we don't need Linq at all in that test class
- #2705
- add `JQueryFormValueProvider` and `JQueryFormValueProviderFactory`
- carry some code forward from MVC 5; correct to follow current coding guidelines
- refactor `ReadableStringCollectionValueProviderTest` into abstract `EnumerableValueProviderTest`
- enables reuse in new `JQueryFormValueProviderTest`
- also run these tests in `CompositeValueProviderTest`
nits:
- do not create a duplicate `CompositeValueProvider` instance in `Filter()`
- correct garbled sentence in `IBindingSourceValueProvider` doc comments
- simplify `FormValueProviderFactoryTest` (no need for Moq) and correct test name
- correct test class / file names
- `CompositeValueProviderTests` -> `CompositeValueProviderTest`
- `FormValueProviderFactoryTests` -> `FormValueProviderFactoryTest`
This is the first step is some more refactorings to come in the future
with the goal of making MVC less monolythic. This makes the core of MVC
more reusable and more in line with the design of other vNext platform
components.
With this change, Mvc.Core contains just the minimal guts needed to build
a working app.
- Action Discovery
- Action Invoker
- Filters
- ObjectResult
- Model Metadata
- Model Binding
- Formatters
- Validation System
And yes, we are aware of the irony of 'minimal MVC' not including the view
system. The idea is that this is the kernel of an MVC app, and anything
real is layered on top.
The most noticable impact of this change is that MvcOptions has been blown
apart into more managable chunks. See the various ConfigureMvc*** methods.
The new Mvc.Extensions package is a placeholder while we evaluate and tune
the new definitions. Expect more changes as features are move to their own
packages, and in some case their own repositories.
For now there is no experience to bootstrap an Mvc.Core app. That's coming
next.
Add SerializerSettings to MvcOptions and pass those options to the JsonInputFormatter and JsonOutputFormatter.
Remove custom contract resolver.
PR feedback
Pass JsonSerializerSettings to JsonPatchInputFormatter
PR feedback
Make DI JsonOutputFormatter formatter use MvcOptions SerializerSettings
Fix JsonPatchInputFormatter using null ContractResolver
Fix tests
The fix splits client validation and model validation into two separate hierarchies.
Introduced ClientModelValidatorProvider in MvcOptions, which can be iterated to produce IClientModelValidators.
As a result of this, HtmlGenerator code can be free of ActionBindingContext and directly consumes options.
This also means that we do not modify the client validations during resource filters.
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.
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.
Pranav K
Hao Kung
Ryan Nowak
Doug Bunting
Ajay Bhargav Baaskaran
James Newton-King
N. Taylor Mullen
Harsh Gupta
Kirthi Krishnamraju
Yishai Galatzer