I am new to MVC but have worked my way through the validation tutorials and they do exactly what I want to do... but.... my model is in a separate portable class library.
How would I add the validation rules to this non-MVC solution so that my MVC website?
Is it possible please?
Thanks
You can create an interface to that class and use impromptu interface to have your class act as that interface...
Lets say this is the class from the portable library:
public class SomeClass
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
}
Create a cloned interface and specify validation attributes in it:
public interface ISomeClass
{
[Required]
string FirstName { get; set; }
string LastName { get; set; }
}
At the top of your view, pass the interface instead of the class:
@model YourNamespace.Models.ISomeClass
In your controller, do:
return View(instanceOfSomeClass.ActLike<ISomeClass>();
You can find impromptu interface here: http://code.google.com/p/impromptu-interface/
Since the class and the interface look exactly the same, model binding works as well.
Hope this helps.
