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A framework for comprehensive validation of user input

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19 Jun 2012CPOL28 min read 31.3K   523   18  
Validation of input made as easy as possible for Windows.Forms, WPF, console-applications or any other purposes
using System;
using System.Text;
using Ganzer.Validation;
using Ganzer.Wpf.Validation;

namespace ValidatorTests.ViewModels
{
	//############################################################################
	/// <summary>
	/// The ListValidatorViewModel class defines a view model for testing the
	/// <see cref="ListValidator"/> validator.
	/// </summary>
	/// 
	public class ListValidatorViewModel : ValidatorViewModelBase
	{
		#region fields

		private ListValidator _validator;

		#endregion

		#region properties

		/// <summary>
		/// Indicates whether the validator works case sensitive.
		/// </summary>
		/// 
		public bool IgnoreCase
		{
			get
			{
				return _validator.IgnoreCase;
			}
			set
			{
				if( _validator.IgnoreCase == value )
					return;

				_validator.IgnoreCase = value;

				OnPropertyChanged("IgnoreCase");
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// The valid inputs.
		/// </summary>
		/// 
		public string ValidInputs
		{
			get
			{
				StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();

				foreach( string s in _validator.ValidInputs )
					result.AppendLine(s);

				return result.ToString();
			}
			set
			{
				string[] values = string.IsNullOrEmpty(value) ? new string[0] : value.Split(new string[] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.None);

				if( values.Length == _validator.ValidInputs.Count )
				{
					for( int i = 0; i < values.Length; ++i )
						if( values[i] != _validator.ValidInputs[i] )
							break;

					return;
				}

				_validator.ValidInputs.Clear();

				foreach( string s in values )
					_validator.ValidInputs.Add(s);

				OnPropertyChanged("AllowedValues");
			}
		}

		#endregion

		#region initialization

		/// <summary>
		/// Initializes this object.
		/// </summary>
		/// 
		public ListValidatorViewModel()
			: base(new ListValidator(true), LinkOptions.SelectFilled, SupportedControls.TextBox | SupportedControls.ComboBox, true, true, true)
		{
			_validator = (ListValidator)Validator;

			_validator.ValidInputs.Add("Andreas");
			_validator.ValidInputs.Add("Anna");
			_validator.ValidInputs.Add("Anton");
			_validator.ValidInputs.Add("Dinara");
			_validator.ValidInputs.Add("Bernd");
			_validator.ValidInputs.Add("Berta");
			_validator.ValidInputs.Add("Berthold");
			_validator.ValidInputs.Add("Bogumir");
			_validator.ValidInputs.Add("Brunhilde");
			_validator.ValidInputs.Add("Bruno");
			_validator.ValidInputs.Add("Lisa");
			_validator.ValidInputs.Add("Ludwig");
			_validator.ValidInputs.Add("Werner");
			_validator.ValidInputs.Add("Wolfgang");
		}

		#endregion
	}
}

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