I am using VS 2010 RTM and trying to perform some basic validation on a simple type using MetadataTypeAttribute. When I put the validation attribute on the main class, everything works. However, when I put it on the metadata class, it seems to be ignored. I must be missing something trivial, but I've been stuck on this for a while now.
I had a look at the Enterprise Library validation block as a workaround, but it doesn't support validation of single properties out of the box. Any ideas?
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Stuff t = new Stuff();
try
{
Validator.ValidateProperty(t.X, new ValidationContext(t, null, null) { MemberName = "X" });
Console.WriteLine("Failed!");
}
catch (ValidationException)
{
Console.WriteLine("Succeeded!");
}
}
}
[MetadataType(typeof(StuffMetadata))]
public class Stuff
{
//[Required] //works here
public string X { get; set; }
}
public class StuffMetadata
{
[Required] //no effect here
public string X { get; set; }
}
It seems that the Validator doesn't respect MetadataTypeAttribute:
http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/p/149264/377212.aspx
The relationship must be explicity registered:
TypeDescriptor.AddProviderTransparent(
new AssociatedMetadataTypeTypeDescriptionProvider(
typeof(Stuff),
typeof(StuffMetadata)),
typeof(Stuff));
This helper class will register all the metadata relationships in an assembly:
public static class MetadataTypesRegister
{
static bool installed = false;
static object installedLock = new object();
public static void InstallForThisAssembly()
{
if (installed)
{
return;
}
lock (installedLock)
{
if (installed)
{
return;
}
foreach (Type type in Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetTypes())
{
foreach (MetadataTypeAttribute attrib in type.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(MetadataTypeAttribute), true))
{
TypeDescriptor.AddProviderTransparent(
new AssociatedMetadataTypeTypeDescriptionProvider(type, attrib.MetadataClassType), type);
}
}
installed = true;
}
}
}
Supplying an instance of the metadata class instead of the main class to the ValidationContext constructor seems to work for me.
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