ModelMetadata Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.Mvc

Assembly:

System.Web.Mvc.dll

Package:

Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc v5.2.6

Provides a container for common metadata, for the ModelMetadataProvider class, and for the ModelValidator class for a data model.

public class ModelMetadata

type ModelMetadata = class

Public Class ModelMetadata

Inheritance

Object

ModelMetadata

Derived

System.Web.Mvc.CachedModelMetadata<TPrototypeCache>

System.Web.Mvc.DataAnnotationsModelMetadata

Constructors

ModelMetadata(ModelMetadataProvider, Type, Func<Object>, Type, String)

Initializes a new instance of the ModelMetadata class.

Fields

DefaultOrder

The default order value, which is 10000.

Properties

AdditionalValues	Gets a dictionary that contains additional metadata about the model.
Container	A reference to the model's container object. Will be non-null if the model represents a property.
ContainerType	Gets or sets the type of the container for the model.
ConvertEmptyStringToNull	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether empty strings that are posted back in forms should be converted to null.
DataTypeName	Gets or sets meta information about the data type.
Description	Gets or sets the description of the model.
DisplayFormatString	Gets or sets the display format string for the model.
DisplayName	Gets or sets the display name of the model.
EditFormatString	Gets or sets the edit format string of the model.
HideSurroundingHtml	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the model object should be rendered using associated HTML elements.
HtmlEncode
IsComplexType	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the model is a complex type.
IsNullableValueType	Gets a value that indicates whether the type is nullable.
IsReadOnly	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the model is read-only.
IsRequired	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the model is required.
Model	Gets the value of the model.
ModelType	Gets the type of the model.
NullDisplayText	Gets or sets the string to display for null values.
Order	Gets or sets a value that represents order of the current metadata.
Properties	Gets a collection of model metadata objects that describe the properties of the model.
PropertyName	Gets the property name.
Provider	Gets or sets the provider.
RequestValidationEnabled	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether request validation is enabled.
ShortDisplayName	Gets or sets a short display name.
ShowForDisplay	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the property should be displayed in read-only views such as list and detail views.
ShowForEdit	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the model should be displayed in editable views.
SimpleDisplayText	Gets or sets the simple display string for the model.
TemplateHint	Gets or sets a hint that suggests what template to use for this model.
Watermark	Gets or sets a value that can be used as a watermark.

Methods

FromLambdaExpression<TParameter,TValue>(Expression<Func<TParameter,TValue>>, ViewDataDictionary<TParameter>)	Returns the metadata from the Expression parameter for the model.
FromStringExpression(String, ViewDataDictionary)	Gets the metadata from the expression parameter for the model.
GetDisplayName()	Gets the display name for the model.
GetSimpleDisplayText()	Returns the simple description of the model.
GetValidators(ControllerContext)	Gets a list of validators for the model.