EmptyModelMetadataProvider Class

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02/21/2011

Provides an empty metadata provider for data models that do not require metadata.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Web.Mvc.ModelMetadataProvider
    System.Web.Mvc.AssociatedMetadataProvider
      System.Web.Mvc.EmptyModelMetadataProvider

Namespace: System.Web.Mvc
Assembly: System.Web.Mvc (in System.Web.Mvc.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class EmptyModelMetadataProvider _
    Inherits AssociatedMetadataProvider

public class EmptyModelMetadataProvider : AssociatedMetadataProvider

public ref class EmptyModelMetadataProvider : public AssociatedMetadataProvider

The EmptyModelMetadataProvider type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	EmptyModelMetadataProvider	Initializes a new instance of the EmptyModelMetadataProvider class.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	CreateMetadata	Creates a new instance of the ModelMetadata class. (Overrides AssociatedMetadataProvider.CreateMetadata(IEnumerable<Attribute>, Type, Func<Object>, Type, String).)
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	FilterAttributes	Gets a list of attributes. (Inherited from AssociatedMetadataProvider.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetMetadataForProperties	Returns a list of properties for the model. (Inherited from AssociatedMetadataProvider.)
	GetMetadataForProperty(Func<Object>, Type, PropertyDescriptor)	Returns the metadata for the specified property using the container type and property descriptor. (Inherited from AssociatedMetadataProvider.)
	GetMetadataForProperty(Func<Object>, Type, String)	Returns the metadata for the specified property using the container type and property name. (Inherited from AssociatedMetadataProvider.)
	GetMetadataForType	Returns the metadata for the specified property using the type of the model. (Inherited from AssociatedMetadataProvider.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetTypeDescriptor	Returns the type descriptor from the specified type. (Inherited from AssociatedMetadataProvider.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

MVC requires that a data model be configured to use a metadata provider. Set Current to null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) to set the current metadata provider to the EmptyModelMetadataProvider provider.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.