Why does ServiceStack not implement the ruleSet optional parameter in the Validate method?

Question

Why does ServiceStack not implement the ruleSet optional parameter in the Validate method?

Answer 1

I have found you can call it by casting to AbstractValidator

var validator = new PersonValidator();
var person = new Person();
var result = ((AbstractValidator<Person>)validator).Validate(person, ruleSet: "Names");

It seems that form of IValidator.Validate() is an extension method, so you could instead add a using statement to your cs file, and it should work as-is.

using ServiceStack.FluentValidation;