namespace System.Web.ModelBinding { using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations; public class DataAnnotationsModelValidator : ModelValidator { public DataAnnotationsModelValidator(ModelMetadata metadata, ModelBindingExecutionContext context, ValidationAttribute attribute) : base(metadata, context) { if (attribute == null) { throw new ArgumentNullException("attribute"); } Attribute = attribute; } protected internal ValidationAttribute Attribute { get; private set; } protected internal string ErrorMessage { get { return Attribute.FormatErrorMessage(Metadata.GetDisplayName()); } } public override bool IsRequired { get { return Attribute is RequiredAttribute; } } internal static ModelValidator Create(ModelMetadata metadata, ModelBindingExecutionContext context, ValidationAttribute attribute) { return new DataAnnotationsModelValidator(metadata, context, attribute); } //Client Validation is different for Web Forms. This will probably need to be enabled when MVC merges with Webforms model binding. #if UNDEF public override IEnumerable GetClientValidationRules() { IEnumerable results = base.GetClientValidationRules(); IClientValidatable clientValidatable = Attribute as IClientValidatable; if (clientValidatable != null) { results = results.Concat(clientValidatable.GetClientValidationRules(Metadata, ModelBindingExecutionContext)); } return results; } #endif public override IEnumerable Validate(object container) { // Per the WCF RIA Services team, instance can never be null (if you have // no parent, you pass yourself for the "instance" parameter). ValidationContext context = new ValidationContext(container ?? Metadata.Model, null, null); context.DisplayName = Metadata.GetDisplayName(); ValidationResult result = Attribute.GetValidationResult(Metadata.Model, context); if (result != ValidationResult.Success) { yield return new ModelValidationResult { Message = result.ErrorMessage }; } } } }