I am developing an ASP.NET MVC Web Application. In my project I am doing remote validation using data annotation to my view model class. I know default remote attribute does not support server validation. I can validate it again in action method. But I do not want to do that it is violating separation of concerns. So I tried to create custom server client remote validation attribute. I found a code online and I used it. But it is giving me error when server validation is occurred. Please see my code below.
This is my custom remote validation attribute
public class RemoteClientServerAttribute : RemoteAttribute
{
protected override ValidationResult IsValid(object value, ValidationContext validationContext)
{
// Get the controller using reflection
Type controller = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetTypes()
.FirstOrDefault(type => type.Name.ToLower() == string.Format("{0}Controller",
this.RouteData["controller"].ToString()).ToLower());
if (controller != null)
{
// Get the action method that has validation logic
MethodInfo action = controller.GetMethods()
.FirstOrDefault(method => method.Name.ToLower() ==
this.RouteData["action"].ToString().ToLower());
if (action != null)
{
// Create an instance of the controller class
object instance = Activator.CreateInstance(controller);
// Invoke the action method that has validation logic
object response = action.Invoke(instance, new object[] { value });
if (response is JsonResult)
{
object jsonData = ((JsonResult)response).Data;
if (jsonData is bool)
{
return (bool)jsonData ? ValidationResult.Success :
new ValidationResult(this.ErrorMessage);
}
}
}
}
return ValidationResult.Success;
// If you want the validation to fail, create an instance of ValidationResult
// return new ValidationResult(base.ErrorMessageString);
}
public RemoteClientServerAttribute(string routeName)
: base(routeName)
{
}
public RemoteClientServerAttribute(string action, string controller)
: base(action, controller)
{
}
public RemoteClientServerAttribute(string action, string controller,
string areaName)
: base(action, controller, areaName)
{
}
}
This is my model
public class CreateCategoryVM
{
[Required]
[MaxLength(50)]
[RemoteClientServer("IsNameUnique","Category",ErrorMessage="Name is already taken")]
public string Name { get; set; }
}
I tried this also adding area name
[RemoteClientServer("IsNameUnique","Category","Admin",ErrorMessage="Name is already taken")]
public string Name { get; set; }
This is my remote validation action method
public JsonResult IsNameUnique(string Name)
{
IEnumerable<Category> categories = categoryRepo.Categories.Where(x => x.Name.Trim() == Name);
Category category = categories.FirstOrDefault();
return Json(category==null, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
But when I run the code an create, client validation is working properly if the name is already taken. But when I create with different name that does not exist yet, it is giving me error at server-side.
These are the screenshots error
Why is that error throwing? My controller is in new area created. Is this dealing with that?