CompareAttribute Class

Note: This API is now obsolete.

Provides an attribute that compares two properties of a model.

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

System::Object
  System::Attribute
    System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations::ValidationAttribute
      System.Web.Mvc::CompareAttribute

Syntax

C++

[ObsoleteAttribute("The recommended alternative is to use the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.CompareAttribute type, which has the same functionality as this type.")]
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Property)]
public ref class CompareAttribute : ValidationAttribute, IClientValidatable

Constructors

	Name	Description
	CompareAttribute(String^)	Initializes a new instance of the CompareAttribute class.

Properties

	Name	Description
	ErrorMessage	(Inherited from ValidationAttribute.)
	ErrorMessageResourceName	(Inherited from ValidationAttribute.)
	ErrorMessageResourceType	(Inherited from ValidationAttribute.)
	ErrorMessageString	(Inherited from ValidationAttribute.)
	OtherProperty	Gets the property to compare with the current property.
	OtherPropertyDisplayName	Gets the other properties display name.
	RequiresValidationContext	(Inherited from ValidationAttribute.)
	TypeId	(Inherited from Attribute.)

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object^)	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	Finalize()	(Inherited from Object.)
	FormatErrorMessage(String^)	Applies formatting to an error message based on the data field where the compare error occurred.(Overrides ValidationAttribute::FormatErrorMessage(String^).)
	FormatPropertyForClientValidation(String^)	Formats the property for client validation by prepending an asterisk (*) and a dot.
	GetClientValidationRules(ModelMetadata^, ControllerContext^)	Gets a list of compare-value client validation rules for the property using the specified model metadata and controller context.
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetValidationResult(Object^, ValidationContext^)	(Inherited from ValidationAttribute.)
	IsDefaultAttribute()	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	IsValid(Object^)	(Inherited from ValidationAttribute.)
	IsValid(Object^, ValidationContext^)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the compared object.(Overrides ValidationAttribute::IsValid(Object^, ValidationContext^).)
	Match(Object^)	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	MemberwiseClone()	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	(Inherited from Object.)
	Validate(Object^, String^)	(Inherited from ValidationAttribute.)
	Validate(Object^, ValidationContext^)	(Inherited from ValidationAttribute.)

Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	_Attribute::GetIDsOfNames(Guid, IntPtr, UInt32, UInt32, IntPtr)	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute::GetTypeInfo(UInt32, UInt32, IntPtr)	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute::GetTypeInfoCount(UInt32)	(Inherited from Attribute.)
	_Attribute::Invoke(UInt32, Guid, UInt32, Int16, IntPtr, IntPtr, IntPtr, IntPtr)	(Inherited from Attribute.)

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.