File: Rendering\ViewContext.cs
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Project: src\src\Mvc\Mvc.ViewFeatures\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.csproj (Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures)
// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
#nullable enable
 
using System.Diagnostics;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewEngines;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures;
 
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
 
/// <summary>
/// Context for view execution.
/// </summary>
[DebuggerDisplay("{DebuggerToString(),nq}")]
public class ViewContext : ActionContext
{
    private FormContext _formContext = default!;
    private DynamicViewData? _viewBag;
    private Dictionary<object, object?> _items = default!;
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Creates an empty <see cref="ViewContext"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// The default constructor is provided for unit test purposes only.
    /// </remarks>
#nullable disable warnings
    // This is a unit-test only constructor where no property is initialized. We'll avoid having to
    // using null-forgiveness operator by skipping nullable warnings on this constructor.
    public ViewContext()
    {
        ViewData = new ViewDataDictionary(new EmptyModelMetadataProvider(), ModelState);
    }
#nullable enable
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="ViewContext"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="actionContext">The <see cref="ActionContext"/>.</param>
    /// <param name="view">The <see cref="IView"/> being rendered.</param>
    /// <param name="viewData">The <see cref="ViewDataDictionary"/>.</param>
    /// <param name="tempData">The <see cref="ITempDataDictionary"/>.</param>
    /// <param name="writer">The <see cref="TextWriter"/> to render output to.</param>
    /// <param name="htmlHelperOptions">The <see cref="HtmlHelperOptions"/> to apply to this instance.</param>
    public ViewContext(
        ActionContext actionContext,
        IView view,
        ViewDataDictionary viewData,
        ITempDataDictionary tempData,
        TextWriter writer,
        HtmlHelperOptions htmlHelperOptions)
        : base(actionContext)
    {
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(actionContext);
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(view);
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(viewData);
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(tempData);
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(writer);
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(htmlHelperOptions);
 
        View = view;
        ViewData = viewData;
        TempData = tempData;
        Writer = writer;
 
        FormContext = new FormContext();
 
        ClientValidationEnabled = htmlHelperOptions.ClientValidationEnabled;
        Html5DateRenderingMode = htmlHelperOptions.Html5DateRenderingMode;
        ValidationSummaryMessageElement = htmlHelperOptions.ValidationSummaryMessageElement;
        ValidationMessageElement = htmlHelperOptions.ValidationMessageElement;
        CheckBoxHiddenInputRenderMode = htmlHelperOptions.CheckBoxHiddenInputRenderMode;
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="ViewContext"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="viewContext">The <see cref="ViewContext"/> to copy values from.</param>
    /// <param name="view">The <see cref="IView"/> being rendered.</param>
    /// <param name="viewData">The <see cref="ViewDataDictionary"/>.</param>
    /// <param name="writer">The <see cref="TextWriter"/> to render output to.</param>
    public ViewContext(
        ViewContext viewContext,
        IView view,
        ViewDataDictionary viewData,
        TextWriter writer)
        : base(viewContext)
    {
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(viewContext);
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(view);
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(viewData);
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(writer);
 
        FormContext = viewContext.FormContext;
 
        ClientValidationEnabled = viewContext.ClientValidationEnabled;
        Html5DateRenderingMode = viewContext.Html5DateRenderingMode;
        ValidationSummaryMessageElement = viewContext.ValidationSummaryMessageElement;
        ValidationMessageElement = viewContext.ValidationMessageElement;
        CheckBoxHiddenInputRenderMode = viewContext.CheckBoxHiddenInputRenderMode;
 
        ExecutingFilePath = viewContext.ExecutingFilePath;
        View = view;
        ViewData = viewData;
        TempData = viewContext.TempData;
        Writer = writer;
 
        // The dictionary needs to be initialized at this point so that child viewcontexts share the same underlying storage;
        _items = viewContext.Items;
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the <see cref="FormContext"/> for the form element being rendered.
    /// A default context is returned if no form is currently being rendered.
    /// </summary>
    public virtual FormContext FormContext
    {
        get => _formContext;
 
        set
        {
            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(value);
 
            _formContext = value;
        }
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets a value that indicates whether client-side validation is enabled.
    /// </summary>
    public bool ClientValidationEnabled { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Set this property to <see cref="Html5DateRenderingMode.CurrentCulture" /> to have templated helpers such as
    /// <see cref="IHtmlHelper.Editor" /> and <see cref="IHtmlHelper{TModel}.EditorFor" /> render date and time
    /// values using the current culture. By default, these helpers render dates and times as RFC 3339 compliant strings.
    /// </summary>
    public Html5DateRenderingMode Html5DateRenderingMode { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Element name used to wrap a top-level message generated by <see cref="IHtmlHelper.ValidationSummary"/> and
    /// other overloads.
    /// </summary>
    public string ValidationSummaryMessageElement { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Element name used to wrap a top-level message generated by <see cref="IHtmlHelper.ValidationMessage"/> and
    /// other overloads.
    /// </summary>
    public string ValidationMessageElement { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the way hidden inputs are rendered for checkbox tag helpers and html helpers.
    /// </summary>
    public CheckBoxHiddenInputRenderMode CheckBoxHiddenInputRenderMode { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the dynamic view bag.
    /// </summary>
    public dynamic ViewBag
    {
        get
        {
            if (_viewBag == null)
            {
                _viewBag = new DynamicViewData(() => ViewData);
            }
 
            return _viewBag;
        }
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the <see cref="IView"/> currently being rendered, if any.
    /// </summary>
    public IView View { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the <see cref="ViewDataDictionary"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public ViewDataDictionary ViewData { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the <see cref="ITempDataDictionary"/> instance.
    /// </summary>
    public ITempDataDictionary TempData { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the <see cref="TextWriter"/> used to write the output.
    /// </summary>
    public TextWriter Writer { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the path of the view file currently being rendered.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// The rendering of a view may involve one or more files (e.g. _ViewStart, Layouts etc).
    /// This property contains the path of the file currently being rendered.
    /// </remarks>
    public string? ExecutingFilePath { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets a key/value collection that can be used to share data within the scope of this view execution.
    /// </summary>
    internal Dictionary<object, object?> Items => _items ??= new Dictionary<object, object?>();
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the <see cref="FormContext"/> if <see cref="ClientValidationEnabled"/> is enabled.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public FormContext? GetFormContextForClientValidation()
    {
        return ClientValidationEnabled ? FormContext : null;
    }
 
    private string DebuggerToString() => View?.Path ?? $"{{{GetType().FullName}}}";
}