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Validator.TryValidateProperty Method

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Determines whether the specified property value is valid.

Namespace:  System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
Assembly:  System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations (in System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function TryValidateProperty ( _
    value As Object, _
    validationContext As ValidationContext, _
    validationResults As ICollection(Of ValidationResult) _
) As Boolean

public static bool TryValidateProperty(
    Object value,
    ValidationContext validationContext,
    ICollection<ValidationResult> validationResults
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the property is valid; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

MemberName of validationContext is not a valid property.

Remarks

The TryValidateProperty method tests each ValidationAttribute attribute associated with the property that is identified by the validationContext parameter.

If validationResults is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), the method stops at the first validation failure. If validationResults is not nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), the method evaluates all validation attributes and adds all of the failures to validationResults.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.