How can I get the property name in my MVC3 custom Editor Template

Question

I have an enumeration in my project and I\'ve created a custom editor template for this enumeration. So, now any model I have with a property with a type of this enumeration, wi

Answer 1

You can create a helper to use that inside your view, which is explained here

And you can use this piece of code to get the name.

 public static class GenericHelper
 {
     public static String GetPropertyName(Expression> propertyId)
     {
         var operant = (MemberExpression)((UnaryExpression)propertyId.Body).Operand;
         return operant.Member.Name;
     }
}

I assume the default helpers do the same, such as HiddenFor, as they also use Expression>