using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Xml;
using Umbraco.Core;
using Umbraco.Core.Models;
using DataType = System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.DataType;

namespace Umbraco.Web.Models
{
    /// <summary>
    /// A simple representation of an Umbraco property
    /// </summary>
    public class UmbracoProperty
    {
        [Editable(false)]
        public string Alias { get; set; }

        //NOTE: This has to be a string currently, if it is an object it will bind as an array which we don't want.
        // If we want to have this as an 'object' with a true type on it, we have to create a custom model binder
        // for an UmbracoProperty and then bind with the correct type based on the property type for this alias. This
        // would be a bit long winded and perhaps unnecessary. The reason is because it is always posted as a string anyways
        // and when we set this value on the property object that gets sent to the database we do a TryConvertTo to the
        // real type anyways.

        [DataType(DataType.Text)]
        public string Value { get; set; }

        [ReadOnly(true)]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        // TODO: Perhaps one day we'll ship with our own EditorTempates but for now developers can just render their own inside the view

        ///// <summary>
        ///// This can dynamically be set to a custom template name to change
        ///// the editor type for this property
        ///// </summary>
        //[ReadOnly(true)]
        //public string EditorTemplate { get; set; }

    }
}