Class ExtensibleMetadataProvider

Extracts metadata for classes and properties and applies information from system wide editor extenders registered in MetadataHandlerRegistry.

Inheritance

System.Object

ExtendedDataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvider

ExtensibleMetadataProvider

Namespace: EPiServer.Shell.ObjectEditing

Assembly: EPiServer.Shell.dll

Version: 8.11.0

Syntax

[ServiceConfiguration(typeof(ExtensibleMetadataProvider), Lifecycle = ServiceInstanceScope.Singleton)]
public class ExtensibleMetadataProvider : ExtendedDataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvider

Constructors

ExtensibleMetadataProvider()

Initializes a new instance of the ExtensibleMetadataProvider class.

Declaration

[Obsolete("Use the parameterized constructor with the most parameters")]
public ExtensibleMetadataProvider()

ExtensibleMetadataProvider(MetadataHandlerRegistry)

Initializes a new instance of the ExtensibleMetadataProvider class.

Declaration

[Obsolete("Use the parameterized constructor with the most parameters")]
public ExtensibleMetadataProvider(MetadataHandlerRegistry metadataHandlerRegistry)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
MetadataHandlerRegistry	metadataHandlerRegistry	The metadata registry.

ExtensibleMetadataProvider(MetadataHandlerRegistry, LocalizationService)

Initializes a new instance of the ExtensibleMetadataProvider class.

Declaration

[Obsolete("Use the parameterized constructor with the most parameters")]
public ExtensibleMetadataProvider(MetadataHandlerRegistry metadataHandlerRegistry, LocalizationService localizationService)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
MetadataHandlerRegistry	metadataHandlerRegistry	The metadata registry.
LocalizationService	localizationService	The localization service.

ExtensibleMetadataProvider(MetadataHandlerRegistry, LocalizationService, ServiceAccessor<HttpContextBase>)

Initializes a new instance of the ExtensibleMetadataProvider class.

Declaration

public ExtensibleMetadataProvider(MetadataHandlerRegistry metadataHandlerRegistry, LocalizationService localizationService, ServiceAccessor<HttpContextBase> httpContext)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
MetadataHandlerRegistry	metadataHandlerRegistry	The metadata registry.
LocalizationService	localizationService	The localization service.
ServiceAccessor<System.Web.HttpContextBase>	httpContext	Access to the current HTTP context

ExtensibleMetadataProvider(MetadataHandlerRegistry, LocalizationService, HttpContextBase)

Initializes a new instance of the ExtensibleMetadataProvider class.

Declaration

[Obsolete("Use the parameterized constructor with the most parameters")]
public ExtensibleMetadataProvider(MetadataHandlerRegistry metadataHandlerRegistry, LocalizationService localizationService, HttpContextBase httpContextBase)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
MetadataHandlerRegistry	metadataHandlerRegistry	The metadata registry.
LocalizationService	localizationService	The localization service.
System.Web.HttpContextBase	httpContextBase	HttpContextBase

Properties

MetadataHandlerRegistry

Gets the metadata handler registry.

Declaration

public virtual MetadataHandlerRegistry MetadataHandlerRegistry { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
MetadataHandlerRegistry	The metadata handler registry.

Methods

CreateMetadata(IEnumerable<Attribute>, Type, Func<Object>, Type, String)

Gets the metadata for the specified property.

Declaration

protected override ModelMetadata CreateMetadata(IEnumerable<Attribute> attributes, Type containerType, Func<object> modelAccessor, Type modelType, string propertyName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.Attribute>	attributes	The attributes.
System.Type	containerType	The type of the container.
System.Func<System.Object>	modelAccessor	The model accessor.
System.Type	modelType	The type of the model.
System.String	propertyName	The name of the property.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Web.Mvc.ModelMetadata	The metadata for the property.

Overrides

ExtendedDataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvider.CreateMetadata(IEnumerable<Attribute>, Type, Func<Object>, Type, String)

GetMetadataForProperties(ExtendedMetadata, Object, Type, IMetadataProvider)

Gets the metadata for properties.

Declaration

public virtual IEnumerable<ExtendedMetadata> GetMetadataForProperties(ExtendedMetadata parent, object container, Type containerType, IMetadataProvider customProvider)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ExtendedMetadata	parent	The parent metadata.
System.Object	container	The container.
System.Type	containerType	Type of the container.
IMetadataProvider	customProvider	The custom provider.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<ExtendedMetadata>	The metadata for the properties of a given object/type.