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if (settings.Contains("myDetailsObject"))
{
settings["myDetailsObject"] = myDetails;
}
else
{
settings.Add("myDetailsObject", myDetails);
}
settings.Save();
Tried doing the below, however it gave me error. those save values are in strings and is a custom object. tried even saving an integer instead and is still not working
Type 'SharedLibary.Object.MyDetailsObject' cannot be serialized. Consider marking it with the DataContractAttribute attribute, and marking all of its members you want serialized with the DataMemberAttribute attribute.

Add the attribute [DataMember] on all properties that you want to serialize in your MyDetailsObject class.

Mark class with [DataContractAttribute] attribute and all members that you want to serialize with [DataMemberAttribute]. Note, that marked properties must be public.
Also, don't forget to add reference to System.Runtime.Serialization

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Hot Chocolate - Is it possible to implement my own object type with generics?

I wrote the following object type class.
public class ResponseType<T> : ObjectType<ResponseEntry<T>>
{
protected override void Configure(IObjectTypeDescriptor<ResponseEntry<T>> descriptor)
{
descriptor.Name("Response");
}
}
I want to use it like this as the outermost type in the resolver definition.
descriptor.Field<SharedResolvers>(r => r.GetObject1(default, default, default, default))
.Type<ResponseType<ListType<Object1>>>()
.Name("object1");
descriptor.Field<SharedResolvers>(r => r.GetObject2(default, default, default, default))
.Type<ResponseType<ListType<Object2>>>()
.Name("object2");
This code works if I only implement object1 however as soon as I add object2 I get the following error.
System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: 'The given key 'HotChocolate.Configuration.RegisteredType' was not present in the dictionary.'
It seems as though there may be some issue with declaring two resolvers of the same class type. Is that the case? And if so, what are my options?
I was able to resolve the issue by setting the descriptor.Name to a unique value based on T.
descriptor.Name($"Response_{typeof(T).GetHashCode()}");
Then I realized my real issue was that I was defining the name at all. If you don't override the name it automatically comes up with a unique name/key based on the type definition.

How do I allow null properties on my generated POCO classes?

Using NJsonSchema.CodeGeneration, I'm able to output the properties as-defined in JSON schema. However, I noticed that in the generated, code, a couple of things are going on:
all of the properties have the Required = Newtonsoft...DisallowNull property defined.
each property is set to a new instance of a class.
Example:
[Newtonsoft.Json.JsonProperty("myProperty", Required = Newtonsoft.Json.Required.DisallowNull, NullValueHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
public MyProperty MyProperty { get; set; } = new MyProperty();
Question:
How do I make it so that the generated code allows nulls? These are not required properties in the JSON schema, and it doesn't make sense to initialize them. On the other hand, it is handy to have the collection classes initialized by default, so they can be iterated without throwing an exception (this is the current behavior for collections as well).

Adding custom attribute to a field through mvc ValidationAttribute extension

So I have an issue around a custom attribute I want to add to all required fields. Now instead of extending all my helper classes to include this attribute to the input if required, I wondered if I could just save a lot of time and add it in the custom required attribute itself.
Something like this:
model:
[MyCustomRequiredValidator]<--I want to add it in the validationAttribute extension
public int? myField
I obviously can't just add it via the ModelClientValidationRule because it prefixes the attribute with data-val- which is no good but I can't seem to get access to the attributes themselves. I've tried using metadata.AdditionValue.add but no joy there.
The attribute I want to add is aria-required="true" for screen reader support.
Is this possible?
Any advice would be great because I've hit a wall.
thanks for looking.
OK so for what it's worth I found a solution. I added a tag to the meta data through all the required validators on creation of the metadata (I had to also inherit the IMetadataAware interface on the class declaration):
public void OnMetadataCreated(ModelMetadata metadata) {
metadata.AdditionalValues.Add("AriaRequired", "true");
}
I then extended all the input field helpers to check for this value and add a custom attribute to the input by checking the existence of the above attribute, in this case AriaRequired.
if (htmlAttributes == null) htmlAttributes = new Dictionary<string, object>();
if (!htmlAttributes.ContainsKey("aria-required"))
{
ModelMetadata metaData = ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression(expression, htmlHelper.ViewData);
htmlAttributes.Add("aria-required", metaData.IsAriaRequiredValue());
}
}
Hope this helps people :-)

How do you exclude properties from binding when calling UpdateModel()?

I have a view model sent to the edit action of my controller. The ViewModel contains references to EntityObjects. (yea i'm fine with it and don't need to want to duplicate all the entities properties in the viewmodel).
I instantiate the view model and then call UpdateModel. I get an error that a property is "null" which is fine since it is a related model. I am trying to exclude the property from being bound during model binding. On debugging it I see in the entity where the model binder is trying to set the value of the property to null.
Here is my edit action:
var model = new SimplifiedCompanyViewModel(id);
var excludeProperties = new string[] {
"Entity.RetainedEarningsAccount.AccountNo"
,"Property.DiscountEarnedAccount.ExpenseCodeValue"
,"Entity.EntityAlternate.EntityID"
,"Property.BankAccount.BankAccountID"
,"Entity.PLSummaryAccount.AccountNo"
,"Property.RefundBank.BankAccountID"
,"Company.Transmitter.TCC"
};
try
{
UpdateModel<SimplifiedCompanyViewModel>(model, String.Empty, null, excludeProperties);
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
//db.SaveChanges();
}
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
catch
{
return View(model);
}
I have looked at a few other issues about specifying a "prefix" but I don't think that is the issue since I am telling it to bind to the viewmodel instance not just the entity object.
Am I excluding the properties correctly? Strange thing is is only seems to happen on this item. I suspect it may be an issue with the fact that there is actually no refund bank related to my entity. But I have other related items that don't exist and don't see the same issue.
More info... since I'm told me model isn't designed well.
The Company is related to a BankAccount. The Company view shows the currently related BankAccount.BankAccountId and there is a hidden field with the BankAccount.Key. I use jQueryUI autocomplete feature to provide a dropdown of bank account displaying the BankAccount.BankAccountId and when one is selected the jQuery code changes the hidden field to have the correct Key value. So, when this is posted I don't want the current bankaccounts BankAccountID modified, hence I want it to skip binding that field.
If I exclude BankAccountId in the model then on the BankAccount edit view the user would never be able to change the BankAccountId since it won't be bound. I'm not sure how this indicates a poor model design.
Use the Exclude property of the Bind attribute:
[Bind(Exclude="Id,SomeOtherProperty")]
public class SimplifiedCompanyViewModel
{
public int Id { get; set; }
// ...
}
This is part of the System.Web.Mvc namespace. It takes a comma-separated list of property names to exclude when binding.
Also you should consider using TryUpdateModel instead of UpdateModel. You can also just have the default model binder figure it out by passing it as an argument to the constructor:
public ActionResult Create([Bind(Exclude="Id")]SimplifiedCompanyViewModel model)
{
// ...
}
A very simple solution that I figured out.
try
{
UpdateModel<SimplifiedCompanyViewModel>(model, String.Empty, null, excludeProperties);
ModelState.Remove("Entity.RetainedEarningsAccount.AccountNo");
ModelState.Remove("Property.DiscountEarnedAccount.ExpenseCodeValue");
ModelState.Remove("Entity.EntityAlternate.EntityID");
ModelState.Remove("Property.BankAccount.BankAccountID");
ModelState.Remove("Entity.PLSummaryAccount.AccountNo");
ModelState.Remove("Property.RefundBank.BankAccountID");
ModelState.Remove("ompany.Transmitter.TCC");
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
//db.SaveChanges();
}
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
catch
{
return View(model);
}
Another option here is simply don't include this attribute in your view and it won't be bound. Yes - you are still open to model injection then if someone creates it on the page but it is another alternative. The default templates in MVC will create your EditorFor, etc as separate items so you can just remove them. This prevents you from using a single line view editor with EditorForModel, but the templates don't generate it that way for you anyways.
EDIT (adding above comment)
DRY generally applies to logic, not to view models. One view = one view model. Use automapper to easily map between them. Jimmy Bogard has a great attribute for this that makes it almost automatic - ie you create the view model, load up your Customer entity for example, and return it in the action method. The AutpMap attribute will then convert it to a ViewModel. See lostechies.com/jimmybogard/2009/06/30/how-we-do-mvc-view-models
Try the Exclude attribute.
I admit that I haven't ever used it.
[Exclude]
public Entity Name {get; set;}

In Spring MVC 3, how do I bind an object to a query string when the query string parameters don't match up with the object fields?

A 3rd party is sending me part of the data to fill in my domain object via a query string. I need to partially fill in my domain object, and then have the user fill in the rest via a form. I don't have any control over the query string parameters coming in, so I can't change those, but I'd really like to be able to use Spring MVC's data binding abilities, rather than doing it by hand.
How can I do this?
To add some complication to this, some of the parameters will require extensive processing because they map to other objects (such as mapping to a user from just a name) that may not even exist yet and will need to be created. This aspect, I assume, can be handled using property editors. If I run into trouble with this, I will ask another question.
Once I have a partially filled domain object, passing it on to the edit view, etc. is no problem, but I don't know how to properly deal with the initial domain object population.
The only thing I have been able to come up with so far is to have an extra class that has it's properties named to match the inbound query parameters and a function to convert from this intermediary class to my domain class.
This seems like a lot of overhead though just to map between variable names.
Can you not just have the getter named differently from the setter, or have 2 getters and 2 setters if necessary?
private int spn;
// Standard getter/setter
public int getSpn() {
return spn;
}
public void setSpn(int spn) {
this.spn = spn;
}
// More descriptively named getter/setter
public int getShortParameterName() {
return spn;
}
public void setShortParameterName(int spn) {
this.spn = spn;
}
Maybe that is not standard bean convention, but surely would work?

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