/// <summary>
/// Load a collection of validators to be applied to a given user input field
/// </summary>
/// <param name="validatorCollection">The validator collection</param>
/// <param name="defaultProperties">The default property values</param>
private void LoadIndividualValidatorCollection(XmlNode validatorCollection, StringDictionary[] defaultProperties)
{
// The list of validators to be applied to the given field
ArrayList validatorList = new ArrayList();
// Remember the control to validate
string controlToValidate = GetAttribute(validatorCollection, "ControlToValidate");
// Iterate through each validator in the collection
foreach (XmlNode validatorNode in validatorCollection.ChildNodes)
{
// Only process XML elements and ignore comments, etc
if (validatorNode is XmlElement)
{
// Use a new string dictionary to hold the validator's properties and values
StringDictionary validatorProperties = new StringDictionary();
// Remember which control this validator should validate
validatorProperties["ControlToValidate"] = controlToValidate;
// Remember the type of validator
string typeofValidator = GetAttribute(validatorNode, "type");
validatorProperties["ValidatorType"] = typeofValidator;
// Add the ServerValidate event handler (only used on Custom validators)
validatorProperties["ServerValidate"] = GetAttribute(validatorNode, "ServerValidate");
// Assign the default property values common to all validators
AssignDefaultValues(validatorProperties, defaultProperties[(int)ValidatorTypes.Common]);
// Assign the default property values specific to this type of validator
ValidatorTypes validatorType = (ValidatorTypes)Enum.Parse(typeof(ValidatorTypes), typeofValidator);
AssignDefaultValues(validatorProperties, defaultProperties[(int)validatorType]);
// Iterate through each property node
foreach (XmlNode propertyNode in validatorNode.ChildNodes)
{
// Only process XML elements and ignore comments, etc
if (propertyNode is XmlElement)
{
// Add property names/values explicitly given for this validator
string propertyName = GetAttribute(propertyNode, "name");
string propertyValue = GetAttribute(propertyNode, "value");
validatorProperties[propertyName] = propertyValue;
}
}
// Now we have the string dictionary, make any fieldname replacements that might have been specified
ReplaceFieldnamesWithValues(validatorProperties, validatorCollection);
// Finally, add the string dictionary containing the validator property values to the list of validators for this group
validatorList.Add(validatorProperties);
}
}
// Save the array list of validators for this group
string collectionName = GetAttribute(validatorCollection, "id");
validatorCollections[collectionName] = validatorList;
}
public ValidatorAttribute(ValidatorTypes type, string regEx)
{
validatorType = type;
regularExpression = regEx;
}
