INotifyDataErrorInfo

Validate using attributes in MVVM

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Introduction

The goal here is to create an easy way to add validation to properties when working with xaml and MVVM.

I have chosen this approach:


[ValidateMethod("ValidateFirstName")]
public string FirstName
{
    get { return firstName; }
    set { SetProperty(ref firstName, value); }
}

public string ValidateFirstName()
{
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(FirstName))
    {
        return "First name is mandatory";
    }

    return string.Empty;
}

Simple attribute referring to a method by string. The method then handles the validation.
The reason for choosing attributes is to make validation on properties easy to spot for all developers reading the code.
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Supporting INotifyDataErrorInfo in Universal apps

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Introduktion

Windows Store app (WinRT-XAML) does not have validation build inside bindings. However, that does not mean it is not possible to get validation by a similar approach.

In this post, I am going to show how to add validation to a control and use the binding for validating.

With validation enabled on the control, it should look similar to this.

<TextBox
    Header="First name"
    Text="{Binding FirstName, Mode=TwoWay}"
    Style="{StaticResource TextBoxStyle}" />

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Supporting INotifyDataErrorInfo in Windows Phone 8.1 Silverlight

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Introduction

In this post, I am going to show how to add validation to Windows Phone. As I mentioned in a previous post Windows Phone supports INotifyDataErrorInfo to some degree. The goal here is to add a red border to a Textbox when its text is invalid. Note that this approach is useful for all controls not only textboxes.

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Supporting INotifyDataErrorInfo in Windows Phone 8.1 Silverlight