Question

I’m looking for a simpler/drier way to use ressources my MVC 3 models.

This is how I’m doing it now (Each attribute needs to be told which ressource type it uses):

    public class ContactMessageModel:BaseModel
    {
        [Display(Name="ReplyToEmail_DisplayName", ResourceType = typeof(Res.Views_Contact))]
        public string ReplyToEmail {get; set; }

        [Display(Name = "ContactReason_DisplayName", ResourceType = typeof(Res.Views_Contact))]
        public string ContactReason { get; set; }

Can this be done?

This is how I’d like to do it (I just want to define the resource type for the model once):

[Display(ResourceType = typeof(Res.Views_Contact))]
public class ContactMessageModel:BaseModel
{
    [Display(Name="ReplyToEmail_DisplayName")]
    public string ReplyToEmail {get; set; }

    [Display(Name = "ContactReason_DisplayName")]            
    public string ContactReason { get; set; }

Answer 1

Doesn’t seem possible, because the attribute instance would require access to the property it is sitting on, which .NET does not support.