I'm trying to make use of the IValidatableObject as described here http://davidhayden.com/blog/dave/archive/2010/12/31/ASPNETMVC3ValidationIValidatableObject.aspx.
But it just wont fire when I'm trying to validate, the ModelState.IsValid
is always true
.
Here is my model code:
[MetadataType(typeof(RegistrationMetaData))]
public partial class Registration : DefaultModel
{
[Editable(false)]
[Display(Name = "Property one")]
public int PropertyOne { get; set; }
}
public class RegistrationMetaData :IValidatableObject
{
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Customer no. is required.")]
[Display(Name = "Customer no.")]
public string CustomerNo { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Comments")]
public string Comments { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<ValidationResult> Validate(ValidationContext validationContext)
{
if (new AccountModel().GetProfile(CustomerNo) == null)
yield return new ValidationResult("Customer no. is not valid.", new[] { "CustomerNo" });
}
}
I extend a LINQ to SQL table called Registration
, my first guess was that this is not possible to do on a Meta class, but I'm not sure?
I do not get any errors, and it builds just fine, but the Validate
method will not fire. What have I missed?
That's because it is the Registration
model that should implement IValidatableObject
and not RegistrationMetaData
:
[MetadataType(typeof(RegistrationMetaData))]
public partial class Registration : IValidatableObject
{
[Editable(false)]
[Display(Name = "Property one")]
public int PropertyOne { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<ValidationResult> Validate(ValidationContext validationContext)
{
if (new AccountModel().GetProfile(CustomerNo) == null)
yield return new ValidationResult("Customer no. is not valid.", new[] { "CustomerNo" });
}
}
public class RegistrationMetaData
{
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Customer no. is required.")]
[Display(Name = "Customer no.")]
public string CustomerNo { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Comments")]
public string Comments { get; set; }
}