protected override CachedDataAnnotationsModelMetadata CreateMetadataPrototype(IEnumerable <Attribute> attributes, Type containerType, Type modelType, string propertyName)
{
var attributesList = attributes.ToArray();
Func <IEnumerable <Attribute>, CachedDataAnnotationsModelMetadata> metadataFactory =
attr => base.CreateMetadataPrototype(attributes, containerType, modelType, propertyName);
var conventionType = containerType ?? modelType;
var defaultResourceType = DefaultResourceType;
var conventionAttribute = conventionType.GetAttributeOnTypeOrAssembly <MetadataConventionsAttribute>();
if (conventionAttribute != null && conventionAttribute.ResourceType != null)
{
defaultResourceType = conventionAttribute.ResourceType;
}
else if (RequireConventionAttribute)
{
return(metadataFactory(attributesList));
}
ApplyConventionsToValidationAttributes(attributesList, containerType, propertyName, defaultResourceType);
var foundDisplayAttribute = attributesList.FirstOrDefault(a => a is DisplayAttribute) as DisplayAttribute;
if (foundDisplayAttribute.CanSupplyDisplayName())
{
return(metadataFactory(attributesList));
}
// Our displayAttribute is lacking. Time to get busy.
var displayAttribute = foundDisplayAttribute.Copy() ?? new DisplayAttribute();
var rewrittenAttributes = attributesList.Replace(foundDisplayAttribute, displayAttribute);
// ensure resource type.
displayAttribute.ResourceType = displayAttribute.ResourceType ?? defaultResourceType;
if (displayAttribute.ResourceType != null)
{
// ensure resource name
string displayAttributeName = GetDisplayAttributeName(containerType, propertyName, displayAttribute);
if (displayAttributeName != null)
{
displayAttribute.Name = displayAttributeName;
}
if (!displayAttribute.ResourceType.PropertyExists(displayAttribute.Name))
{
displayAttribute.ResourceType = null;
}
}
CachedDataAnnotationsModelMetadata metadata = metadataFactory(rewrittenAttributes);
if (metadata.GetDisplayName() == null || metadata.GetDisplayName() == metadata.PropertyName)
{
//metadata.Properties[0]..se.DisplayName = metadata.PropertyName.SplitUpperCaseToString();
}
return(metadata);
}
