File: ViewComponents\ViewComponentDescriptor.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.
 
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Reflection;
 
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents;
 
/// <summary>
/// A descriptor for a view component.
/// </summary>
[DebuggerDisplay("{DisplayName}")]
public class ViewComponentDescriptor
{
    private string _displayName;
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Creates a new <see cref="ViewComponentDescriptor"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public ViewComponentDescriptor()
    {
        Id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the display name of the view component.
    /// </summary>
    public string DisplayName
    {
        get
        {
            if (_displayName == null)
            {
                _displayName = TypeInfo?.FullName;
            }
 
            return _displayName;
        }
 
        set
        {
            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(value);
 
            _displayName = value;
        }
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the full name.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// <para>
    /// The full name is defaulted to the full namespace of the view component class, prepended to
    /// the class name with a '.' character as the separator. If the view component class uses
    /// <c>ViewComponent</c> as a suffix, the suffix will be omitted from the <see cref="FullName"/>.
    /// </para>
    /// <example>
    ///     Class Name: Contoso.Products.LoginViewComponent
    ///     View Component FullName: Contoso.Products.Login
    /// </example>
    /// <example>
    ///     Class Name: Contoso.Blog.Tags
    ///     View Component FullName: Contoso.Blog.Tags
    /// </example>
    /// <para>
    /// If <see cref="ViewComponentAttribute.Name"/> is used to set a name, then this will be used as
    /// the <see cref="FullName"/>.
    /// </para>
    /// <example>
    ///     [ViewComponent(Name = "Contoso.Forum.UsersOnline")]
    ///     public class OnlineUsersViewComponent
    ///     {
    ///     }
    ///     View Component FullName: Contoso.Forum.UsersOnline
    /// </example>
    /// </remarks>
    public string FullName { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or set the generated unique identifier for this <see cref="ViewComponentDescriptor"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public string Id { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the short name.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// <para>
    /// The short name is defaulted to the name of the view component class. If the view component class uses
    /// <c>ViewComponent</c> as a suffix, the suffix will be omitted from the <see cref="ShortName"/>.
    /// </para>
    /// <example>
    ///     Class Name: Contoso.Products.LoginViewComponent
    ///     View Component ShortName: Login
    /// </example>
    /// <example>
    ///     Class Name: Contoso.Blog.Tags
    ///     View Component ShortName: Tags
    /// </example>
    /// <para>
    /// If <see cref="ViewComponentAttribute.Name"/> is used to set a name, then the last segment of the
    /// value (using '.' as a separate) will be used as the <see cref="ShortName"/>.
    /// </para>
    /// <example>
    ///     [ViewComponent(Name = "Contoso.Forum.UsersOnline")]
    ///     public class OnlineUsersViewComponent
    ///     {
    ///     }
    ///     View Component ShortName: UsersOnline
    /// </example>
    /// </remarks>
    public string ShortName { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the <see cref="System.Reflection.TypeInfo"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public TypeInfo TypeInfo { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the <see cref="System.Reflection.MethodInfo"/> to invoke.
    /// </summary>
    public MethodInfo MethodInfo { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the parameters associated with the method described by <see cref="MethodInfo"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public IReadOnlyList<ParameterInfo> Parameters { get; set; }
}