FormContext.GetValidationMetadataForField Method (String, Boolean)

Returns the validation value for the specified input field and a value that indicates what to do if the validation value is not found.

Namespace:  System.Web.Mvc
Assembly:  System.Web.Mvc (in System.Web.Mvc.dll)

member GetValidationMetadataForField : 
        fieldName:string * 
        createIfNotFound:bool -> FieldValidationMetadata

Parameters

fieldName
Type: System.String

The name of the field to retrieve the validation value for.

createIfNotFound
Type: System.Boolean

true to create a validation value if one is not found; otherwise, false.

Return Value

Type: System.Web.Mvc.FieldValidationMetadata
The value to validate the field input with.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentException

The fieldName parameter is either a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or empty.

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