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How to: Apply Data Annotations

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This example shows how to apply data annotation attributes to 'Product' class members.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

public class Product {
    [Display(Order = 0, ShortName = "Company")]
    public string CompanyName { get; set; }
    public string Country { get; set; }
    public string City { get; set; }
    [ReadOnly(true)]
    public double UnitPrice { get; set; }
   [Display(Description = "This field is hidden", Order = -1)]
    public int Quantity { get; set; }
    [Display(AutoGenerateField = false, Description = "This column isn't created")]
    public string AdditionalInfo { get; set; }
}

public class ProductList {
    static public List<Product> GetData() {
        List<Product> list = new List<Product>();
        list.Add(new Product() { CompanyName = "Island Trading", Country = "UK", City = "Cowes", UnitPrice = 19, Quantity = 10 });
        list.Add(new Product() { CompanyName = "Reggiani Caseifici", Country = "Italy", City = "Reggio Emilia", UnitPrice = 12.5, Quantity = 16 });
        list.Add(new Product() { CompanyName = "Ricardo Adocicados", Country = "Brazil", City = "Rio de Janeiro", UnitPrice = 19, Quantity = 12 });
        list.Add(new Product() { CompanyName = "QUICK-Stop", Country = "Germany", City = "QUICK-Stop", UnitPrice = 22, Quantity = 50 });
        list.Add(new Product() { CompanyName = "Split Rail Beer & Ale", Country = "USA", City = "Reggio Emilia", UnitPrice = 18, Quantity = 20 });
        list.Add(new Product() { CompanyName = "Ernst Handel", Country = "Austria", City = "Graz", UnitPrice = 21, Quantity = 52 });
        list.Add(new Product() { CompanyName = "Save-a-lot Markets", Country = "USA", City = "Boise", UnitPrice = 7.75, Quantity = 120 });
        list.Add(new Product() { CompanyName = "Tortuga Restaurante", Country = "Mexico", City = "México D.F.", UnitPrice = 21, Quantity = 15 });
        list.Add(new Product() { CompanyName = "Bottom-Dollar Markets", Country = "Canada", City = "Tsawwassen", UnitPrice = 44, Quantity = 16 });
        return list;
    }
}