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; }
}
