c# - ASP.NET MVC6 localizable DisplayAttribute -

i wonder if there possibility use ihtmllocalizer asp.net mvc6 directly poco classes? have few viewmodels uses displayattribute in order display translated string in views , validator, requires create additional static class each static property defined (unfortunately static indexers not possible in c#). there better way done?

my current code:

[display(name = "trackingdevice", resourcetype = typeof(testresource))] public string trackingdevice { get; set; }  public class testresource {     public static string trackingdevice     {                 {             //here call ihtmllocalizer via iservicelocator             return "field name";         }     } } 

i have struggled bit , succeeded in compiling working solution question. @szymon sasin answer, although not working against latest version , configuration partial, helped me build solution.

first, configure localization @ startup.cs:

public class startup {     public void configureservices(iservicecollection services)     {         //...         services.addlocalization(options => options.resourcespath = "resources");         services             .addmvc(mvcoptions =>             {                 iserviceprovider provider = services.buildserviceprovider();                 istringlocalizer localizer = provider.getservice<istringlocalizer<displayresources>>();                 mvcoptions.modelmetadatadetailsproviders.add(new displayattributelocalizationprovider(localizer));             });         //...     } } 

second, verify folder structure against configured resourcepath. important thing here path custom resource type , path resx files should relative. example:

<root_proj_dir>/resources/resources_common/displayresources.en.resx <root_proj_dir>/resources/resources_common/displayresources.bg.resx <root_proj_dir>/resources_common/displayresources.cs 

third, define custom metadata provider:

public sealed class displayattributelocalizationprovider : idisplaymetadataprovider {     private istringlocalizer _localizer;      public displayattributelocalizationprovider(istringlocalizer localizer)     {         _localizer = localizer;     }      public void createdisplaymetadata(displaymetadataprovidercontext context)     {         context.propertyattributes?             .where(attribute => attribute displayattribute)             .cast<displayattribute>().tolist().foreach(display =>             {                 display.name = _localizer[display.name].value;             });     } } 

fourth, use in view model this:

public class someviewmodel {     [display(name = "email")]     public string email { get; set; } } 

the "email" value key look-up in displayresources.xx.resx files.

hope many others find info helpful!