Modern way to handle and validate POST-data in MVC 2

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Published on 2010-05-04T23:20:46Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 23:38 UTC
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There are a lot of articles devoted to working with data in MVC, and nothing about MVC 2.

So my question is: what is the proper way to handle POST-query and validate it.

Assume we have 2 actions. Both of them operates over the same entity, but each action has its own separated set of object properties that should be bound in automatic manner. For example:

  • Action "A" should bind only "Name" property of object, taken from POST-request
  • Action "B" should bind only "Date" property of object, taken from POST-request

As far as I understand - we cannot use Bind attribute in this case.

So - what are the best practices in MVC2 to handle POST-data and probably validate it.

UPD:
After Actions performed - additional logic will be applied to the objects so they become valid and ready to store in persistent layer. For action "A" - it will be setting up Date to current date.

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