Provides an abstract class to implement a metadata provider.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
  System.Web.Http.Metadata.ModelMetadataProvider
    System.Web.Http.Metadata.Providers.AssociatedMetadataProvider<TModelMetadata>
      System.Web.Http.Metadata.Providers.DataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvider
      System.Web.Http.Metadata.Providers.EmptyModelMetadataProvider
Namespace:  System.Web.Http.Metadata.Providers
Assembly:  System.Web.Http (in System.Web.Http.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class AssociatedMetadataProvider(Of TModelMetadata As ModelMetadata) _
    Inherits ModelMetadataProvider
'Usage
Dim instance As AssociatedMetadataProvider(Of TModelMetadata)
public abstract class AssociatedMetadataProvider<TModelMetadata> : ModelMetadataProvider 
where TModelMetadata : ModelMetadata
generic<typename TModelMetadata>
where TModelMetadata : ModelMetadata 
public ref class AssociatedMetadataProvider abstract : public ModelMetadataProvider
[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
type AssociatedMetadataProvider<'TModelMetadata when 'TModelMetadata : ModelMetadata> =  
    class 
        inherit ModelMetadataProvider 
    end
JScript does not support generic types and methods.
Type Parameters
- TModelMetadata
 The type of the model metadata.
The AssociatedMetadataProvider<TModelMetadata> type exposes the following members.
Constructors
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| .jpeg) | AssociatedMetadataProvider<TModelMetadata> | Initializes a new instance of the AssociatedMetadataProvider<TModelMetadata> class. | 
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Methods
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| .jpeg) | CreateMetadataFromPrototype | When overridden in a derived class, creates the model metadata for the property using the specified prototype. | 
| .jpeg) | CreateMetadataPrototype | When overridden in a derived class, creates the model metadata for the property. | 
| .jpeg) | Equals | (Inherited from Object.) | 
| .jpeg) | Finalize | (Inherited from Object.) | 
| .jpeg) | GetHashCode | (Inherited from Object.) | 
| .jpeg) | GetMetadataForProperties | Retrieves a list of properties for the model. (Overrides ModelMetadataProvider.GetMetadataForProperties(Object, Type).) | 
| .jpeg) | GetMetadataForProperty | Retrieves the metadata for the specified property using the container type and property name. (Overrides ModelMetadataProvider.GetMetadataForProperty(Func<Object>, Type, String).) | 
| .jpeg) | GetMetadataForType | Returns the metadata for the specified property using the type of the model. (Overrides ModelMetadataProvider.GetMetadataForType(Func<Object>, Type).) | 
| .jpeg) | GetType | (Inherited from Object.) | 
| .jpeg) | MemberwiseClone | (Inherited from Object.) | 
| .jpeg) | ToString | (Inherited from Object.) | 
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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.