ValidationRule<TValue> Class

Represents a base class for a form component validation rule. Inherit this class to create custom validation rules.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Kentico.Forms.Web.Mvc.ValidationRule
    Kentico.Forms.Web.Mvc.ValidationRule<TValue>
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Namespace: Kentico.Forms.Web.Mvc
Assembly: Kentico.Content.Web.Mvc (in Kentico.Content.Web.Mvc.dll) Version: 12.0.0

Syntax

[SerializableAttribute]
public abstract class ValidationRule<TValue> : ValidationRule

Type Parameters

TValue

Type of value which is supposed to be validated by this rule

The ValidationRule<TValue> type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
Protected method	ValidationRule<TValue>

Properties

	Name	Description
Public property	ErrorMessage	Gets or sets the error message to be shown when the form component's value is invalid. (Inherited from ValidationRule.)
Public property	InstanceIdentifier	Gets or sets identifier of the validation rule instance. (Inherited from ValidationRule.)
Public property	Title	Gets a title for this instance of validation rule. (Inherited from ValidationRule.)

Methods

	Name	Description
Public method	GetTitle	Gets a title for this instance of validation rule such as 'Maximum length is 100'. (Inherited from ValidationRule.)
Public method	IsValueValid	Validates the form component's value and returns true if the value is valid. This method is used by system. (Overrides ValidationRule.IsValueValid(Object).)
Public method	ModifyMetadata	Modifies modelMetadata according to the current object. (Inherited from ValidationRule.)
Protected method	Validate	Wrapped by IsValueValid(Object) which converts the value to type specified by the generic type. Override this method to apply desired validation.