Data Validation in mvvm

Question

I have a application with multiply ViewModels. Some property have DataAnnotations.

 [Required(ErrorMessage = "Field 'Range' is required.")]
    [Range(1, 10, ErrorMessage = "Field 'Range' is out of range.")]
    public int Password
    {
        get
        {
            return _password;
        }
        set
        {
            if (_password != value)
            {
                _password = value;
                RaisePropertyChanged("Password");
            }
        }
    }

How validation can be done by implementing the IDataErrorInfo or INotifyDataErrorInfo interface for all viewmodels?

I use This article, but validate when propertychange and don't validate required field.

Answer 1

Here is a simple example which uses IDataErrorInfo. This should help you get started.

XAML:

<Grid>
    <Grid.Resources>
        <ControlTemplate x:Key="LeftErrorTemplate">
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding AdornedElement.(Validation.Errors).[0].ErrorContent, ElementName=ErrorAdorner}" Background="Red" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
                <AdornedElementPlaceholder x:Name="ErrorAdorner">
                    <Border BorderBrush="Red" BorderThickness="1" />
                </AdornedElementPlaceholder>
            </StackPanel>
        </ControlTemplate>
    </Grid.Resources>
    <TextBlock Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="158,66,0,0" Name="textBlock1" Text="Name" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="44" />
    <TextBox Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="217,65,0,0" Name="textBox1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="120" 
             Text="{Binding Name, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged, ValidatesOnDataErrors=True}" 
             Validation.ErrorTemplate="{StaticResource LeftErrorTemplate}"/>
</Grid>

Code behind:

using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace WpfApplication1
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            var vm = new ViewModel();

            this.DataContext = vm;
        }
    }

    public class ViewModel : ObservableBase, IDataErrorInfo
    {
        private string _Name;

        public string Name
        {
            get { return _Name; }
            set
            {
                _Name = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("Name");
            }
        }

        public string Error
        {
            get { throw new NotImplementedException(); }
        }

        public string this[string columnName]
        {
            get
            {
                string errorMessage = string.Empty;

                switch (columnName)
                {
                    case "Name":
                        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Name))
                            errorMessage = "Enter name";
                        else if (Name.Trim() == string.Empty)
                            errorMessage = "Enter valid name";
                        break;
                }
                return errorMessage;
            }
        }

    }

    public class ObservableBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {

        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        public void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
        {
            if (PropertyChanged != null)
                PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
        }
    }
}