public static IHtmlString Metadata <TDataController>(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper) where TDataController : DataController
{
HttpControllerDescriptor controllerDescriptor = new HttpControllerDescriptor
{
Configuration = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration, // This helper can't be run until after global app init.
ControllerType = typeof(TDataController)
};
DataControllerDescription description = DataControllerDescription.GetDescription(controllerDescriptor);
IEnumerable <DataControllerMetadataGenerator.TypeMetadata> metadata =
DataControllerMetadataGenerator.GetMetadata(description);
JToken metadataValue = new JObject(metadata.Select(
m => new JProperty(m.EncodedTypeName, m.ToJToken())));
return(htmlHelper.Raw(metadataValue));
}
private static string EncodeServerTypeName(Type type)
{
return(DataControllerMetadataGenerator.EncodeTypeName(type));
}