I have 2 fields on View. One is a dropdown with Yes/No. The second is a checkbox. If the dropdown = "Yes", I want to require the checkbox = true;
I want a combination of the [RequiredIF] and [MustBeTrue] custom validators, but have no clue how to approach it. would like something like [MustBeTrueIf]
New to MVC, so any help appreciated!
-----------------------RequiredIf-------------------------
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Field | AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = true)]
public class RequiredIf1Attribute : ValidationAttribute,IClientValidatable
{
protected RequiredAttribute _innerAttribute;
public string DependentProperty { get; set; }
public object TargetValue { get; set; }
public bool AllowEmptyStrings
{
get
{
return _innerAttribute.AllowEmptyStrings;
}
set
{
_innerAttribute.AllowEmptyStrings = value;
}
}
public RequiredIf1Attribute(string dependentProperty, object targetValue)
{
_innerAttribute = new RequiredAttribute();
DependentProperty = dependentProperty;
TargetValue = targetValue;
}
protected override ValidationResult IsValid(object value, ValidationContext validationContext)
{
// get a reference to the property this validation depends upon
var containerType = validationContext.ObjectInstance.GetType();
var field = containerType.GetProperty(DependentProperty);
if (field != null)
{
// get the value of the dependent property
var dependentValue = field.GetValue(validationContext.ObjectInstance, null);
// trim spaces of dependent value
if (dependentValue != null && dependentValue is string)
{
dependentValue = (dependentValue as string).Trim();
if (!AllowEmptyStrings && (dependentValue as string).Length == 0)
{
dependentValue = null;
}
}
// compare the value against the target value
if ((dependentValue == null && TargetValue == null) ||
(dependentValue != null && (TargetValue == "*" || dependentValue.Equals(TargetValue))))
{
// match => means we should try validating this field
if (!_innerAttribute.IsValid(value))
{
// validation failed - return an error
return new ValidationResult(ErrorMessage);
}//, new[] { validationContext. });
}
}
return ValidationResult.Success;
}
public virtual IEnumerable<ModelClientValidationRule> GetClientValidationRules(ModelMetadata metadata, ControllerContext context)
{
var rule = new ModelClientValidationRule
{
ErrorMessage = FormatErrorMessage(metadata.GetDisplayName()),
ValidationType = "requiredif",
};
string depProp = BuildDependentPropertyId(metadata, context as ViewContext);
// find the value on the control we depend on;
// if it's a bool, format it javascript style
// (the default is True or False!)
string targetValue = (TargetValue ?? "").ToString();
if (TargetValue is bool)
targetValue = targetValue.ToLower();
rule.ValidationParameters.Add("dependentproperty", depProp);
rule.ValidationParameters.Add("targetvalue", targetValue);
yield return rule;
}
private string BuildDependentPropertyId(ModelMetadata metadata, ViewContext viewContext)
{
// build the ID of the property
string depProp = viewContext.ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldId(DependentProperty);
// unfortunately this will have the name of the current field appended to the beginning,
// because the TemplateInfo's context has had this fieldname appended to it. Instead, we
// want to get the context as though it was one level higher (i.e. outside the current property,
// which is the containing object, and hence the same level as the dependent property.
var thisField = metadata.PropertyName + "_";
if (depProp.StartsWith(thisField))
// strip it off again
depProp = depProp.Substring(thisField.Length);
return depProp;
}
}
-----------------------MustBeTrue-------------------------------
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = false)]
public class MustBeTrueAttribute : ValidationAttribute
{
public override bool IsValid(object value)
{
return value != null && value is bool && (bool)value;
}
}