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ASP.NET MVC3 EditorFor that looks for inheritance
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public static MvcHtmlString EditorForInherited<TModel, TProperty>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper, Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression) | |
{ | |
if (htmlHelper.ViewContext.ViewData.Model == null) | |
return htmlHelper.EditorFor(expression); | |
var modelType = htmlHelper.ViewContext.ViewData.Model.GetType(); | |
if (modelType == typeof(TModel)) | |
return htmlHelper.EditorFor(expression); | |
var propertyType = typeof(TProperty); | |
var funcType = typeof(Func<,>) | |
.MakeGenericType(modelType, propertyType); | |
var parameterExpression = Expression.Parameter(modelType); | |
var propertyExpression = Expression.Property(parameterExpression, ((MemberExpression)expression.Body).Member.Name); | |
var newExpression = typeof(Expression) | |
.GetMethods() | |
.First(x => x.Name == "Lambda" && x.ContainsGenericParameters && x.GetParameters().Length == 2) | |
.MakeGenericMethod(funcType) | |
.Invoke(null, new object[] { propertyExpression, new ParameterExpression[] { parameterExpression } }); | |
var newHtmlHelper = (HtmlHelper)typeof(HtmlHelper<>) | |
.MakeGenericType(modelType) | |
.GetConstructor(new[] { typeof(ViewContext), typeof(IViewDataContainer), typeof(RouteCollection) }) | |
.Invoke(new object[] { htmlHelper.ViewContext, htmlHelper.ViewDataContainer, htmlHelper.RouteCollection }); | |
return (MvcHtmlString) | |
typeof(EditorExtensions) | |
.GetMethods() | |
.Single(x => x.Name == "EditorFor" && x.GetParameters().Count() == 2) | |
.MakeGenericMethod(modelType, propertyType) | |
.Invoke(null, new object[] { newHtmlHelper, newExpression }); | |
} |
Author
neoGeneva
commented
May 18, 2012
<input data-val="true" id="SomeProperty" name="SomeProperty" type="text">
<input data-val="true" data-val-required="The SomeProperty field is required." id="SomeProperty" name="SomeProperty" type="text">
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