ModelMetaData, Custom Class Attributes and an indescribable question

Question

What I want to do seems so simple.

In my index.cshtml I want to display the WizardStepAttribute Value

So, a user will see at the top of each page,

Answer 1

It can be done, but it is neither easy nor pretty.

First, I would suggest adding a second string property to your WizardStepAttribute class, StepNumber, so that your WizardStepAttribute class looks like this:

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.All, AllowMultiple = false)]
public class WizardStepAttribute : Attribute
{
    public string StepNumber { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

Then, each class must be decorated:

[WizardAttribute(Name = "Enter User Information", StepNumber = "1")]
public class Step1 : IStepViewModel
{
    ...
}

Next, you need to create a custom DataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvider, to take the values of your custom attribute and insert them into the Step1 model's metadata:

public class MyModelMetadataProvider : DataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvider 
{
    protected override ModelMetadata CreateMetadata(
        IEnumerable attributes,
        Type containerType,
        Func