/// <summary>
/// Performs data validation on all properties of the provided object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="objectToValidate">The object to validate.</param>
/// <param name="results">An existing results object (can be useful if you want to add up multiple validations for multiple objects)</param>
/// <returns>ValidationResults.</returns>
public static ValidationResults ValidateObject(object objectToValidate, ValidationResults results = null)
{
if (results == null)
{
results = new ValidationResults {
IsValid = true
}
}
;
if (objectToValidate == null)
{
return(results);
}
var objectType = objectToValidate.GetType();
var properties = objectType.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
foreach (var property in properties.Where(p => p.CanRead))
{
var propertyError = new PropertyValidationResult(objectToValidate, property.Name);
var validationAttributes = property.GetCustomAttributes(true).OfType <ValidationAttribute>().ToList();
if (validationAttributes.Count > 0)
{
var propertyValue = property.GetValue(objectToValidate, null);
foreach (var validationAttribute in validationAttributes)
{
var contextObjectAttribute = validationAttribute as IValidationWithContextObject;
if (contextObjectAttribute != null)
{
contextObjectAttribute.ContextObject = objectToValidate;
}
var realValue = propertyValue != null?propertyValue.ToString() : string.Empty;
if (!validationAttribute.IsValid(realValue))
{
results.IsValid = false;
propertyError.ErrorMessages.Add(validationAttribute.FormatErrorMessage(property.Name));
}
}
if (propertyError.ErrorMessages.Count > 0)
{
results.InvalidProperties.Add(propertyError);
}
}
}
return(results);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Performs data validation on all properties of the provided object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="objectToValidate">The object to validate.</param>
/// <param name="results">An existing results object (can be useful if you want to add up multiple valdations for multiple objects)</param>
/// <returns>ValidationResults.</returns>
public static ValidationResults ValidateObject(object objectToValidate, ValidationResults results = null)
{
if (results == null)
{
results = new ValidationResults {
IsValid = true
}
}
;
if (objectToValidate == null)
{
return(results);
}
var objectType = objectToValidate.GetType();
var properties = objectType.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.GetProperty);
foreach (var property in properties)
{
var propertyError = new PropertyValidationResult(objectToValidate, property.Name);
var propertyValue = property.GetValue(objectToValidate, null);
var validationAttributes = property.GetCustomAttributes(true).OfType <ValidationAttribute>().ToList();
foreach (var validationAttribute in validationAttributes)
{
if (!validationAttribute.IsValid(propertyValue.ToString()))
{
results.IsValid = false;
propertyError.ErrorMessages.Add(validationAttribute.FormatErrorMessage(property.Name));
}
}
if (propertyError.ErrorMessages.Count > 0)
{
results.InvalidProperties.Add(propertyError);
}
}
return(results);
}
}
