Changing validation range programmatically (MVC3 ASP.NET)

Question

Let's say I have this view model:

    public class MyModel
    {
        [Range(0, 999, ErrorMessage = "Invalid quantity")]
        public int Quantity { get; set; }
    }

Now, for specific instances of this model the range of valid values will change: some may not be 0, some may not be higher than 5. The min/max values for the valid ranges are coming from the DB and can change anytime.

How do I change the min/max properties of the RangeAttribute on the fly? Or what it the best way to validate my scenario?

Answer 1

Something along the lines of this might be more what your after...

ViewModel:

public class ViewModel
{
    public DateTime MinDate {get; set;}
    public DateTime MaxDate {get; set;}

    [DynamicRange("MinDate", "MaxDate", ErrorMessage = "Value must be between {0} and {1}")]
    public DateTime Date{ get; set; }
}

Library class or elsewhere:

public class DynamicRange : ValidationAttribute, IClientValidatable
    {
        private readonly string _minPropertyName;
        private readonly string _maxPropertyName;

    public DynamicRange(string minPropName, string maxPropName)
    {
        _minPropertyName = minPropName;
        _maxPropertyName = maxPropName;
    }

    protected override ValidationResult IsValid(object value, ValidationContext validationContext)
    {
        var minProperty = validationContext.ObjectType.GetProperty(_minPropertyName);
        var maxProperty = validationContext.ObjectType.GetProperty(_maxPropertyName);

        if(minProperty == null)
            return new ValidationResult(string.Format("Unknown property {0}", _minPropertyName));

        if (maxProperty == null)
            return new ValidationResult(string.Format("Unknown property {0}", _maxPropertyName));

        var minValue = (int) minProperty.GetValue(validationContext.ObjectInstance, null);
        var maxValue = (int) maxProperty.GetValue(validationContext.ObjectInstance, null);

        var currentValue = (int) value;

        if (currentValue <= minValue || currentValue >= maxValue)
        {
            return new ValidationResult(string.Format(ErrorMessage, minValue, maxValue));
        }

        return null;
    }

    public IEnumerable<ModelClientValidationRule> GetClientValidationRules(ModelMetadata metadata, ControllerContext context)
    {
        var rule = new ModelClientValidationRule
            {
                ValidationType = "dynamicrange",
                ErrorMessage = ErrorMessage
            };

        rule.ValidationParameters["minvalueproperty"] = _minPropertyName;
        rule.ValidationParameters["maxvalueproperty"] = _maxPropertyName;
        yield return rule;
    }

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