Use DisplayAttribute on class

Question

As we can use System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.DisplayAttribute to set a label for a property, I want to use it for the class but it is not allowed on classes.

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

[Display(Name = "A person")]
public class Person
{
    [Display(Name = "A name")]
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

Is anyone know a workaround for that ?

EDIT : I want to use it on a strongly typed view. When I create a new strongly typed view, the class name is hard coded in HTML, like that :

@model Models.Person
<fieldset>
    <legend>Person</legend>
    <div class="display-label">
        @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Name)
    </div>
</fieldset>

I want to do something similar to the Name property.

Answer 1

The DisplayName attribute (from System.ComponentModel) performs a similar function and can be applied to a class.

MSDN