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    <p><strong>I ran into a scenario where I needed to know which property was currently being validated</strong> in a custom <code>ValidationAttribute</code>. I assumed this would be easy in MVC 3 since the <code>ValidationContext</code> is being passed into the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd730022%28v=VS.100%29.aspx" rel="noreferrer"><code>IsValid</code></a> method.</p> <p>Without going into detail, here is the basic idea:</p> <pre><code>protected override ValidationResult IsValid(Object value, ValidationContext validationContext) { if (ShouldICareAboutYou(validationContext.MemberName)) { //Do some stuff } //Return the results } </code></pre> <p>This seemed like the perfect solution, and indeed, when unit testing my custom ValidationAttribute using <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd411772%28v=vs.95%29.aspx" rel="noreferrer"><code>Validator.TryValidateObject</code></a> everything worked beautifully!</p> <p><strong>HOWEVER...</strong> </p> <p>When calling <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mvc.controller.tryupdatemodel.aspx" rel="noreferrer"><code>TryUpdateModel</code></a>, or <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mvc.controller.tryvalidatemodel.aspx" rel="noreferrer"><code>TryValidateModel</code></a> within my controller, the validation runs, but <code>ValidationContext.MemberName</code> is null.</p> <p><strong>Whaa Huh?!?</strong></p> <p>I did a little investigation and sure enough, right there inside of <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mvc.dataannotationsmodelvalidator.aspx" rel="noreferrer"><code>DataAnnotationsModelValidator</code></a> is the code... or lack thereof.</p> <pre><code>public override IEnumerable&lt;ModelValidationResult&gt; Validate(object container) { // Per the WCF RIA Services team, instance can never be null (if you have // no parent, you pass yourself for the "instance" parameter). ValidationContext context = new ValidationContext(container ?? Metadata.Model, null, null); context.DisplayName = Metadata.GetDisplayName(); // Setting the MemberName here would be trivial! // However, philh told me not to. Something about // a guy named Josh who pushed him down on the playground // in middle school. //context.MemberName = Metadata.PropertyName; (Suck It, Josh!!!) ValidationResult result = Attribute.GetValidationResult(Metadata.Model, context); if (result != ValidationResult.Success) { yield return new ModelValidationResult { Message = result.ErrorMessage }; } } </code></pre> <p>I realize that <code>DisplayName</code> <em>could</em> be the property name if no <code>DisplayAttribute</code> has been applied to the property. Unfortunately I can't really deal in hypotheticals. I need to know <strong>exactly</strong> what the property name is. </p> <p><strong>So what is the deal? Is this by design or an honest oversight.</strong> If it is an oversight, then it would be awesome to get this fixed in MVC 4 :)</p> <h2>Disclaimer:</h2> <p>The <em>added</em> comments in the code sample above are meant to be funny. I do not know, nor have I ever met <a href="http://haacked.com/articles/AboutHaacked.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Phil Haack</a>. From what I can tell he seems like a really nice guy. And pushing him down in middle school would have made me a royal douche!</p>
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