I am using Visual Studio 2012 and I cannot get a custom attribute client side logic to work to reproduce at a smaller scale, I created a new MVC 4 project I created the following model and Attribute that will never validate
public class MyModel
{
public int Id { get; set; }
[Required]
public string LastName { get; set; }
[NeverValid(ErrorMessage="Serverside Will Never Validate")]
public string FirstName { get; set; }
}
public class NeverValidAttribute : ValidationAttribute, IClientValidatable
{
public override bool IsValid(object value)
{
return false;
}
protected override ValidationResult IsValid(object value, ValidationContext validationContext)
{
return new ValidationResult(this.ErrorMessage, new[] { validationContext.MemberName });
}
public IEnumerable<ModelClientValidationRule> GetClientValidationRules(ModelMetadata metadata, ControllerContext context)
{
yield return new ModelClientValidationRule
{
ErrorMessage = this.ErrorMessage,
ValidationType = "nevervalid"
};
}
}
I then have the following actions added to the HomeController
public ActionResult Index()
{
return View(new MyModel());
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Index(MyModel model)
{
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Will Always Be Invalid
}
return View(model);
}
There is also a javascript file called nevervalid.js
$(function () {
$.validator.addMethod("nevervalid", function () {
return false;
}, "Clientside Should Not Postback");
$.validator.unobtrusive.adapters.addBool("nevervalid");
});
and the Index View
@model CustomAttribute.Models.MyModel
@{
ViewBag.Title = "Home Page";
}
@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
@Html.ValidationSummary(true)
<fieldset>
<legend>MyModel</legend>
@Html.HiddenFor(model => model.Id)
<div class="editor-label">
@Html.LabelFor(model => model.LastName)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.LastName)
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.LastName)
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
@Html.LabelFor(model => model.FirstName)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.FirstName)
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.FirstName)
</div>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Save" />
</p>
</fieldset>
}
@section Scripts {
@Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jqueryval")
@Scripts.Render("~/Scripts/nevervalid.js")
}
The relevant areas in my web.config look like this
<appSettings>
<add key="webpages:Version" value="2.0.0.0" />
<add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
<add key="PreserveLoginUrl" value="true" />
<add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
<add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
</appSettings>
when the page loads, the following files are loaded (got this from network tab under chrome's F12)
http://localhost:7440/
http://localhost:7440/Content/site.css
http://localhost:7440/Scripts/modernizr-2.5.3.js
http://localhost:7440/Scripts/jquery-1.7.1.js
http://localhost:7440/Scripts/jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.js
http://localhost:7440/Scripts/jquery.validate.js
http://localhost:7440/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.js
http://localhost:7440/Scripts/nevervalid.js
and my custom attribute adds relevant looking data- stuff to the first name input like so...
<input class="text-box single-line valid" data-val="true" data-val-nevervalid="Serverside Will Never Validate" id="FirstName" name="FirstName" type="text" value="">
so, I ask you, why oh why does this thing have to postback to do serverside validation while I have some perfectly looking javascript code here? do I have to sacrifice some animal on a moonless night on top of a hill somewhere?