private PropertyDescriptorCollection GetPropertiesWithMetadata(PropertyDescriptorCollection originalCollection)
{
if (AssociatedMetadataType == null)
{
return(originalCollection);
}
bool customDescriptorsCreated = false;
List <PropertyDescriptor> tempPropertyDescriptors = new List <PropertyDescriptor>();
foreach (PropertyDescriptor propDescriptor in originalCollection)
{
Attribute[] newMetadata = TypeDescriptorCache.GetAssociatedMetadata(AssociatedMetadataType, propDescriptor.Name);
PropertyDescriptor descriptor = propDescriptor;
if (newMetadata.Length > 0)
{
// Create a metadata descriptor that wraps the property descriptor
descriptor = new MetadataPropertyDescriptorWrapper(propDescriptor, newMetadata);
customDescriptorsCreated = true;
}
tempPropertyDescriptors.Add(descriptor);
}
if (customDescriptorsCreated)
{
return(new PropertyDescriptorCollection(tempPropertyDescriptors.ToArray(), true));
}
return(originalCollection);
}
