How to add a validation error in MVC for a view model with multiple properties?

Question

If I have a view model that looks something like this:

public class Car

{

     Wheel CarWheel {get;set;}
     Body CarBody {get;set;}

}

And my Wheel and Body classes look something like this:

public class Wheel
{
    int Number {get;set;}
    string WheelType {get;set;}
}

public class Body
{
    int Number {get;set;}
    string BodyType {get;set;}
}

And I want to add a model error for the wheel number being less than 1:

ModelState.AddModelError(???, "Error! You must have at least one wheel to avoid abrasion on your bottom");

How do I specify that the error is specifically with the Wheel class, and not the Body class?

Bryan · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-21 04:51:34Z

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To specify that the error is on the CarWheel version of Number and not CarBody, you'll need to "namespace" the value for the property name in the same way you would to get or set that property's value:

ModelState.AddModelError("CarWheel.Number", "Error! You must have at least one wheel to avoid abrasion on your bottom");

answered Aug 21, 2012 at 4:51

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Sender · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-21 12:33:58Z

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ModelState.AddModelError("Car_CarWheel_Number", "Error! You must have at least one wheel to avoid abrasion on your bottom");

OR

ModelState.AddModelError("", "Error! You must have at least one wheel to avoid abrasion on your bottom \n\r Error 2");

answered Aug 21, 2012 at 12:33

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John Zumbrum Over a year ago

If you are using the standard Html.TextBoxFor, etc. generators, this will not work. The Naming convention there is Model.Property.

chris · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-22 10:10:52Z

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Bryan's answer or you could try using data annotations.

The range attribute should work for you or you could write your own if need be.

answered Aug 22, 2012 at 10:10

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