FluentValidation #1

public class Customer
{
      public int Id { get; set; }
      public string Surname { get; set; }
      public string Forename { get; set; }
      public decimal Discount { get; set; }
      public string Address { get; set; }
}

using FluentValidation;

public class CustomerValidator : AbstractValidator<Customer>
{
      public CustomerValidator
      {
           RuleFor(customer => customer.Surname).NotNull();
      }
}

RuleFor(customer => customer.Surname).NotNull().NotEqual("foo");

Customer customer = new Customer();
CustomerValidator validator = new CustomerValidator();
ValidationResult results = validator.Validate(customer);

Customer customer = new Customer();
CustomerValidator validator = new CustomerValidator();

ValidationResult results = validator.Validate(customer);

if(! results.IsValid) 
{
     foreach(var failure in results.Errors)
     {
          Console.WriteLine("Property " + failure.PropertyName + " failed validation. Error was: " +      failure.ErrorMessage);
     }
}

Customer customer = new Customer();
CustomerValidator validator = new CustomerValidator();
validator.ValidateAndThrow(customer);

public class Customer
{
     public string Name { get; set; }
     public Address Address { get; set; }
}

public class Address 
{
     public string Line1 { get; set; }
     public string Line2 { get; set; }
     public string Town { get; set; }
     public string County { get; set; }
     public string Postcode { get; set; }
}

public class AddressValidator : AbstractValidator<Address>
{
     public AddressValidator() 
     {
          RuleFor(address => address.Postcode).NotNull();
          //etc
     }
}

public class CustomerValidator : AbstractValidator<Customer> 
{
     public CustomerValidator()
     {
          RuleFor(customer => customer.Name).NotNull();
          RuleFor(customer => customer.Address).SetValidator(new AddressValidator())
      }
}

public class Customer
{
     public IList<Order> Orders { get; set; }
}

public class Order 
{
     public string ProductName { get; set; }
     public decimal? Cost { get; set; }
}

var customer = new Customer();
customer.Orders = new List<Order> 
{
     new Order { ProductName = "Foo" },
     new Order { Cost = 5 } 
};

public class OrderValidator : AbstractValidator<Order>
{
     public OrderValidator() 
     {
          RuleFor(x => x.ProductName).NotNull();
          RuleFor(x => x.Cost).GreaterThan(0);
     }
}

public class PersonValidator : AbstractValidator<Person>
{
     public PersonValidator() 
     {
          RuleSet("Names", () =>
          {
               RuleFor(x => x.Surname).NotNull();
               RuleFor(x => x.Forename).NotNull();
          });
 
          RuleFor(x => x.Id).NotEqual(0);
      }
}

var validator = new PersonValidator();
var person = new Person();
var result = validator.Validate(person, ruleSet: "Names");