Question

I am using FluentValidation in a current project.

Recently I stumbled upon the AbstractValidators Validation Method

ValidationResult IValidator.Validate(ValidationContext<T> validationContext)

I did not find any use cases on why to use this method. When and how would validating using this method be useful?

Thanks for any input.

Answer 1

It’s been a while but I don’t want To hold back Jeremy Skinners answer to my question on Codeplex:

This [The validation context]is used internally by FluentValidation. Your best chance of
understanding how this works is to actually read the source code.
Here’s a quick summary:

The property chain tracks how deeply nested the rule is, for example
customer.Address.Line1

Ivalidatorselector is used to determine which rules should run. For
example, when you only elect to validate a specific property then this
is handled by a different ValidatorSelector.

Jeremy Skinner