private ComplexModelDto CreateAndPopulateDto(HttpActionContext actionContext, ModelBindingContext bindingContext, IEnumerable<ModelMetadata> propertyMetadatas)
{
ModelMetadataProvider metadataProvider = MetadataProvider ?? actionContext.GetMetadataProvider();
// create a DTO and call into the DTO binder
ComplexModelDto originalDto = new ComplexModelDto(bindingContext.ModelMetadata, propertyMetadatas);
ModelBindingContext dtoBindingContext = new ModelBindingContext(bindingContext)
{
ModelMetadata = metadataProvider.GetMetadataForType(() => originalDto, typeof(ComplexModelDto)),
ModelName = bindingContext.ModelName
};
IModelBinder dtoBinder = actionContext.GetBinder(dtoBindingContext);
dtoBinder.BindModel(actionContext, dtoBindingContext);
return (ComplexModelDto)dtoBindingContext.Model;
}