public string getValidInput(string context, string input, string type, int maxLength, Boolean allowNull)
        {
            StringValidationRule rvr = new StringValidationRule();

            String p = "^[\\p{L}\\p{N}.]{0,1024}$";

            if (p != null)
            {
                rvr.AddWhitelistPattern(p);
            }
            else
            {
                rvr.AddWhitelistPattern(type);
            }
            rvr.MaxLength = maxLength;
            rvr.AllowNullOrEmpty = allowNull;
            bool valid = rvr.IsValid(input);
            IEncoder encoder = Esapi.Encoder;

            String canonical = encoder.Canonicalize(input, true);
            return canonical;
        }
        public void Test_StringRuleRange()
        {
            IValidator validator = Esapi.Validator;

            // Test range
            string id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
            StringValidationRule rule = new StringValidationRule() { MinLength = 1, MaxLength = 10 };
            validator.AddRule(id, rule);

            Assert.IsTrue(validator.IsValid(id, "a"));
            Assert.IsTrue(validator.IsValid(id, "1234567890"));
            Assert.IsTrue(validator.IsValid(id, "12345"));
            Assert.IsFalse(validator.IsValid(id, ""));
            Assert.IsFalse(validator.IsValid(id, "12345678901"));
        }
        public void Test_StringRule()
        {
            IValidator validator = Esapi.Validator;

            string id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
            StringValidationRule rule = new StringValidationRule();
            validator.AddRule(id, rule);

            // Test valid
            Assert.IsTrue(validator.IsValid(id, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()));

            // Test allow null or empty
            Assert.IsFalse(validator.IsValid(id, string.Empty));
            Assert.IsFalse(validator.IsValid(id, null));

            rule.AllowNullOrEmpty = true;
            Assert.IsTrue(validator.IsValid(id, string.Empty));
            Assert.IsTrue(validator.IsValid(id, null));

            // Test whitelist
            Assert.IsTrue(validator.IsValid(id, "abc"));
            rule.AddWhitelistPattern("\\d+");
            Assert.IsFalse(validator.IsValid(id, "abc"));
            Assert.IsTrue(validator.IsValid(id, "123"));

            // Test blacklist
            rule.AddBlacklistPattern("1");
            Assert.IsFalse(validator.IsValid(id, "123"));
            Assert.IsTrue(validator.IsValid(id, "23"));
        }