Get member to which attribute was applied from inside attribute constructor?

Question

I have a custom attribute, inside the constructor of my custom attribute I want to set the value of a property of my attribute to the type of the property my attribute was a

Answer 1

You can do next. It is simple example.

//target class
public class SomeClass{

    [CustomRequired(ErrorMessage = "{0} is required", ProperytName = "DisplayName")]
    public string Link { get; set; }

    public string DisplayName { get; set; }
}
    //custom attribute
    public class CustomRequiredAttribute : RequiredAttribute, IClientValidatable
{
    public string ProperytName { get; set; }

    public IEnumerable GetClientValidationRules(ModelMetadata metadata, ControllerContext context)
    {
        var propertyValue = "Value";
        var parentMetaData = ModelMetadataProviders.Current
             .GetMetadataForProperties(context.Controller.ViewData.Model, context.Controller.ViewData.Model.GetType());
        var property = parentMetaData.FirstOrDefault(p => p.PropertyName == ProperytName);
        if (property != null)
            propertyValue = property.Model.ToString();

        yield return new ModelClientValidationRule
        {
            ErrorMessage = string.Format(ErrorMessage, propertyValue),
            ValidationType = "required"
        };
    }
}