Can FluentValidation work with nested collections?

Question

Can FluentValidation work with hierarchical collections? Can the following object with arbitrary number of Child nodes be validated?

public class Node
{
    public string Id { get; set; }
    public List<Node> ChildNodes { get; set; }
}

In very simple terms I'd like the following code to work:

public class NodeValidator : AbstractValidator<Node>
{
    public NodeValidator()
    {
        RuleFor(x => x.ChildNodes).SetCollectionValidator(new NodeValidator());
        RuleFor(x => x.Id).NotEmpty();
    }
}

This line causes StackOverflow exception:

RuleFor(x => x.ChildNodes).SetCollectionValidator(new NodeValidator());

How can I validate property "Id" of a deeply nested object?

Grigory Zhadko · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-09 06:05:37Z

8

The accepted answer is not actual anymore. SetCollectionValidator method is deprecated

Instead, you should use RuleForEach and SetValidator. The proper code is:

RuleForEach(x => x.ChildNodes).SetValidator(this);

answered Apr 9, 2021 at 6:05

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Raphaël Althaus · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-15 13:39:24Z

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To avoid recursion in your ctor, I would correct your validator with

RuleFor(x => x.ChildNodes).SetCollectionValidator(this);

I gave it a try, and it seems to retrieve the validation errors correctly, but... I let you see if that's really what you need.

answered Aug 15, 2016 at 13:39

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