An Object Level Validation Framework

using System;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;

namespace Cobalt.Validation
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Can optionally use this exception to throw an exception from the middle tier when asked to perform an operation on an invalid object.  For example, if an invalid object makes it to the data access code, a data mapper could could throw a ValidationException when it is asked to save an object that is invalid.  This is more descriptive than throwing an <see cref="InvalidOperationException"/>.
    /// </summary>
    [Serializable]
    public class ValidationException : InvalidOperationException
    {

        #region Constructors

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ValidationException"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        public ValidationException(string message)
            : base(message)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ValidationException"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        public ValidationException(string message, Exception innerException)
            : base(message, innerException)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ValidationException"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        protected ValidationException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
            : base(info, context)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ValidationException"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        public ValidationException()
        {
        }

        #endregion

    }
}