MetadataBuilder<T>.Property<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>>) Method

Initializes a property metadata builder.

Namespace: DevExpress.Mvvm.DataAnnotations

Assembly: DevExpress.Mvvm.v24.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Mvvm, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public PropertyMetadataBuilder<T, TProperty> Property<TProperty>(
    Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> propertyExpression
)

VB.NET

Public Function Property(Of TProperty)(
    propertyExpression As Expression(Of Func(Of T, TProperty))
) As PropertyMetadataBuilder(Of T, TProperty)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
propertyExpression	Expression<Func<T, TProperty>>	A lambda expression that returns a ViewModel property.

Type Parameters

Name
TProperty

Returns

Type	Description
PropertyMetadataBuilder<T, TProperty>	The property metadata builder instance.

Remarks

The Property<TProperty> property is recognized by the GridControl, TreeListControl, DataLayoutControl and PropertyGridControl.

See the example below.

C#

void IMetadataProvider<DataAnnotations_FluentAPI>.BuildMetadata(MetadataBuilder<DataAnnotations_FluentAPI> builder) {
            builder.Property(x => x.StringProperty)
                .Required()
        }