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Comparing two lists and return not matching items results with error

I tried to compare two lists by using the Except method. But when I did, I got an error saying:
Cannot convert from 'Systems.Collections.Generic.List<>' to 'System.Linq.IQueryable<>'
'System.Collections.Generic.List<> does not contain a definition for 'Except' and the best extension method overload 'System.Linq.Queryable.Except(System.Linq.IQueryable, System.Collections.GEneric.IEnumerable)' has some invalid arguments
I also experienced this when I tried Intersect. I'm trying to compare Sent list and Result list (code and list shown below) and return items that does not have any match. So when I googled for how to do so, I came across the Except method as well as the Intersect.
public class Sent
{
public string Address;
public string Data;
}
public class Result
{
public string AddressOK;
public string DataOK;
}
var sent = new List<Sent>();
sent.Add(new Sent() { Address = linaddr1, Data = lindat1 });
var res = new List<Result>();
res.Add( new Result() { AddressOK = linaddr2, DataOK = lindat2 } );
//linaddr1 and 2, lindat1 and 2 contains the address and data shown in the list below
//taken from another part of the entire program
The lists look like such:
sent res
Address Data Address Data
04004C 55AA55 04004C 55AA55
040004 0720 040004 0720
040037 30
04004A FFFF 04004A FFFF
I only tried using this code:
var diff = sent.Except(res).ToList()
but as I've mentioned, it results with the aforementioned errors above.
EDIT: I edited the list. Sorry for that. It's just only a matter of the res list missing one or two or more items from the original list and then comparing both lists to see which item/s is/are missing from the res list.

Use Any:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
public class Program
{
public static void Main()
{
var sent = new List<Sent>()
{
new Sent { Address = "04004C", Data = "55AA55" },
new Sent { Address = "040004", Data = "0720" },
new Sent { Address = "040037", Data = "31" },
new Sent { Address = "04004A", Data = "FFFF" }
};
var res = new List<Result> () {
new Result { AddressOK = "04004C", DataOK = "55AA55" },
new Result { AddressOK = "040004", DataOK = "0721" },
new Result { AddressOK = "040038 ", DataOK = "31" },
new Result { AddressOK = "04004A", DataOK = "FFFF" }
};
var diff =
sent.Where (s => !res.Any (r => s.Address == r.AddressOK && s.Data == r.DataOK ));
foreach (var item in diff)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", item.Address, item.Data);
}
}
}
public class Sent
{
public string Address;
public string Data;
}
public class Result
{
public string AddressOK;
public string DataOK;
}
Output:
040004 0720
040037 31
Live Code: https://dotnetfiddle.net/ZVuiPd

The types Sent and Result are distinct types, but sent.Except(res) expects them to be the same. That's your first mistake.
The following is a simple (but incorrect) fix:
var diff =
sent
.Except(res.Select(x => new Sent() { Address = x.AddressOK, Data = x.DataOK }))
.ToList();
Even though this compiles, and runs, it doesn't remove the duplicates because your Sent doesn't override GetHashCode and Equals, hence it only compares references and not the actual properties.
You can either implement GetHashCode and Equals, or create an IEqualityComparer<Sent> to get this to work.
An IEqualityComparer<Sent> implementation might look like this:
public class SentEqualityComparer : IEqualityComparer<Sent>
{
public int GetHashCode(Sent sent)
{
return sent.Address.GetHashCode() ^ sent.Data.GetHashCode();
}
public bool Equals(Sent left, Sent right)
{
return (left.Address == right.Address) && (left.Data == right.Data);
}
}
And you would use it like so:
var diff =
sent
.Except(
res.Select(x => new Sent() { Address = x.AddressOK, Data = x.DataOK }),
new SentEqualityComparer())
.ToList();
This works as you expect.
The other option, to override GetHashCode and Equals, comes with an additional hurdle. The result of GetHashCode should not ever change throughout the lifetime of the object otherwise you can't use the object in a dictionary or any other data structure that relies on the hash code.
So, to make it work, you need to change Address & Data to be read-only.
Here is an implementation of your Sent class that will work correctly:
public sealed class Sent : IEquatable<Sent>
{
private readonly string _Address;
private readonly string _Data;
public string Address { get { return _Address; } }
public string Data { get { return _Data; } }
public Sent(string Address, string Data)
{
_Address = Address;
_Data = Data;
}
public override bool Equals(object obj)
{
if (obj is Sent)
return Equals((Sent)obj);
return false;
}
public bool Equals(Sent obj)
{
if (obj == null) return false;
if (!EqualityComparer<string>.Default.Equals(_Address, obj._Address)) return false;
if (!EqualityComparer<string>.Default.Equals(_Data, obj._Data)) return false;
return true;
}
public override int GetHashCode()
{
int hash = 0;
hash ^= EqualityComparer<string>.Default.GetHashCode(_Address);
hash ^= EqualityComparer<string>.Default.GetHashCode(_Data);
return hash;
}
}

If you are comfortable using an AOP component to automate the manual code of implementing IEquatable, another approach would be is to use Equals.Fody:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
public class Program
{
public static void Main()
{
var a = new Sent { Address = "04004C", Data = "55AA55" };
var b = new Sent { Address = "04004C", Data = "55AA55" };
Console.WriteLine(a.Equals(b)); // True with use of an AOP, False with no AOP
var sent = new List<Sent>() {
new Sent { Address = "04004C", Data = "55AA55" },
new Sent { Address = "040004", Data = "0720" },
new Sent { Address = "040037", Data = "31" },
new Sent { Address = "04004A", Data = "FFFF" }
};
var res = new List<Result>() {
new Result { AddressOK = "04004C", DataOK = "55AA55" },
new Result { AddressOK = "040004", DataOK = "0721" },
new Result { AddressOK = "040038 ", DataOK = "31" },
new Result { AddressOK = "04004A", DataOK = "FFFF" }
};
var diff =
sent.Except(
res.Select(r => new Sent { Address = r.AddressOK, Data = r.DataOK })
);
foreach (var item in diff)
Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", item.Address, item.Data);
}
}
[Equals]
public class Sent
{
public string Address;
public string Data;
[CustomEqualsInternal]
bool CustomLogic(Sent other)
{
return other.Address == this.Address && other.Data == this.Data;
}
}
public class Result
{
public string AddressOK;
public string DataOK;
}
Output:
True
040004 0720
040037 31
If you'll do map Result to Sent very often, you can further shorten your Linq query code to..
var diff = sent.Except(res.Select(r => (Sent)r));
..by automating the mapping of Result to Sent, use implicit operator:
[Equals]
public class Sent
{
public string Address;
public string Data;
[CustomEqualsInternal]
bool CustomLogic(Sent other)
{
return other.Address == this.Address && other.Data == this.Data;
}
public static implicit operator Sent(Result r)
{
return new Sent { Address = r.AddressOK, Data = r.DataOK };
}
}

#Kurisuchin
Suppose you have 2 list and in both you have ID property based on which you want to compare both list and want to store non matching item in third list.
In this Situation following Linq Query can help out.
var result = List2.Where(p => !List1.Any(p2 => p2.ID == p.ID)).ToList();

Is there a var.contains - C#

I have a question about the following code:
private void Filter (object sender, Android.Text.TextChangedEventArgs e)
{
List<Animal> animalList = new List<Animal>();
if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_editText.Text))
{
foreach (string str in _animalList)
{
if (str.Contains(_editText.Text))
{
animalList.Add (str);
}
}
}
_listView.Adapter = new AnimalAdapter(this, _animalList = animalList);
}
The Animal class:
public class Animal
{
private readonly int _intKey;
public int AnimalNumber { get; private set; }
public int StableNumber { get; private set; }
public int LactoseNumber { get; private set; }
public Animal ( int intKey, int animalNumber, int stableNumber, int lactoseNumber )
{
_intKey = intKey;
AnimalNumber = animalNumber;
StableNumber = stableNumber;
LactoseNumber = lactoseNumber;
}
public override string ToString ()
{
return "Number: " + AnimalNumber + "\nGroup: " + StableNumber + "\nLactation: " + LactoseNumber;
}
}
Declaration of _animalList:
private List<Animal> _animalList;
i need to check if the _animalList Contains the input of the _editText.Text.
But _animalList isn't a string so i need to use a var.
Is there something like a var.Contains or do i have to use something else?

Contains method is available for string type. You will need to cast your object to string.
A/c to your class definition you should do like:
foreach (Animal str in _animalList)
{
if (str.ToString().Contains(_editText.Text)) //using user defined "ToString()"
{
animalList.Add (str);
}
}
You can also check individual properties:
foreach (Animal str in _animalList)
{
if (str.AnimalNumber.ToString().Contains(_editText.Text)) //if "AnimalNumber" is like "_editText.Text"
{
animalList.Add (str);
}
}

Instead of trying to filter using ToString, it would be better to use the real property values. For example:
var number = Convert.ToInt32(_editText.Text);
var filteredList = _animalList
.Where(x => x.AnimalNumber == number ||
x.StableNumber == number ||
x.LactoseNumber == number)
.ToList();
Otherwise, user could type "Number" and since your ToString override contains that string, all of the items in the list would match positively.
(I didn't include any validation or error checking in the code above, so you should consider those as well).

var inputText = _editText.Text;
int enteredNumber;
// you should make sure that the inputText is always an int
var isInt = int.TryParse(inputText, out enteredNumber);
//for example, if you are going to find by AnimalNumber, which is an int, you can use this. .
if (isInt){
foreach (var animal in _animalList){
var animalNumber = animal.AnimalNumber;
if (animalNumber == enteredNumber)
{
animalList.Add(animal);
}
}
}
Edit (LINQ alternative):
if (isInt){
animalList.AddRange(from animal in _animalList
let animalNumber = animal.AnimalNumber
where animalNumber == enteredNumber
select animal);
}

_animalList.Select(a => a.ToString()).Contains(_editText.Text)
This expression returns true if the output of the ToString method of any animal object equals _editText.Text.
_animalList.Select(a => a.ToString()).Any(str => str.Contains(_editText.Text))
This expression returns true if the output of the ToString method of any animal object contains _editText.Text (as a substring). This is equivalent to Shaharyar's answer.
var animalList = _animalList.Where(a => a.ToString().Equals(_editText.Text)).ToList();
var animalList = _animalList.Where(a => a.ToString().Contains(_editText.Text)).ToList();
These statements filter the input list directly.

Splitting a large text file to form a table

I've a text file and I've to read the text file and then I've to convert the file data in the form of a table.
The file is in this form
{KeyValuePair}
{
Key1 = Value1 {next}
Key2 = Value2 {next}
Key3 = Value3 {next}
Key4 = {KeyValuePair} {
KeyA = ValueA {next}
KeyB = ValueB {next}
KeyC = ValueC {next}
}
}
and I need a output like this
My logic code is Here
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader("C:\\Users\\Kaushik Kishore\\Documents\\TextToRead.txt");
string data = reader.ReadToEnd();
//string[] stringSeparater = new string[] { "{KeyValuePair}" };
//string[] getData = data.Split(stringSeparater, StringSplitOptions.None);
//string[] separater = new string[] { "{next}" };
//string[] nextSplit = data.Split(separater, StringSplitOptions.None);
string pattern = #"(=)|(next)|(KeyValuePair)|({)|(})";
string[] output = Regex.Split(data, pattern);
foreach (string one in output)
{
Response.Write(one);
}
so thing I'm facing the problem is how to write the actual logic to extract the desired string.
Next specifies that We have to change the row in the table. each time the next keyword will occur I've to post the data in new Row.
Thanks in Advance
EDIT
I've done some effort and write some code
This is printing the data fine now I want to know how to pass the data from controller to view. when the data is coming in loop parts.
public ActionResult Index()
{
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader("C:\\Users\\Kaushik Kishore\\Documents\\Text2.txt");
string data = reader.ReadToEnd();
// replacing all tabs white space new line and everything
string trimmedData = Regex.Replace(data, #"\s", "");
string pattern = #"({next})|({KeyValuePair}{)|(}{next})";
string[] output = Regex.Split(trimmedData, pattern);
int length = output.Length;
int count = 0;
foreach (string one in output)
{
count++;
if (one == "{KeyValuePair}{")
{
Response.Write("Table Create</br>");
}
else if (count == length)
{
string[] last = one.Split('=');
foreach (string lastVal in last)
{
Response.Write(lastVal.Substring(0,lastVal.Length-1));
Response.Write('|');
}
}
else
{
string[] keyVal = one.Split('=');
foreach (string val in keyVal)
{
if (val == "{next}")
{
Response.Write("</br>");
}
else if (val == "}{next}")
{
Response.Write("Subtable End</br>");
}
else if (val == "}")
{
Response.Write("");
}
else
{
Response.Write(val);
Response.Write("|");
}
}
}
}
reader.Close();
return View();
}

This will be your controller part
public ActionResult Index()
{
ViewBag.DisplayTable = GetKeyValueDisplayContent(#"YourFilePath.Txt");
return View();
}
private string GetKeyValueDisplayContent(string fileToRead)
{
// 01 Get Data
string DataToProcess = GetDataToProcess(fileToRead);
// 02 Cleaning Data (replacing all tabs white space new line and everything)
DataToProcess = CleanDataToProcess(DataToProcess);
// 03 Retrieve Array from Data format
string[] output = GetDataInArray(DataToProcess);
// 04 Displaying Result
string DrawTable = GetDisplayHTML(output);
return DrawTable;
}
private string GetDataToProcess(string fileToRead)
{
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(fileToRead);
string data = reader.ReadToEnd();
reader.Close();
return data;
}
private string CleanDataToProcess(string dataToProcess)
{
return Regex.Replace(dataToProcess, #"\s", "");
}
private string[] GetDataInArray(string dataToProcess)
{
string pattern = #"({next})|({KeyValuePair}{)|(}{next})";
string[] output = Regex.Split(dataToProcess, pattern);
return output;
}
private string GetDisplayHTML(string[] output)
{
int length = output.Length;
int count = 0;
StringBuilder OutputToPrint = new StringBuilder();
foreach (string one in output)
{
if (one == "{KeyValuePair}{")
{
count++;
if (count >= 2)
{
OutputToPrint.Append("<td><table border = \"1\">");
}
else
{
OutputToPrint.Append("<table border = \"1\">");
}
}
else if (one.Contains("=") == true)
{
string[] keyVal = Regex.Split(one, #"=");
OutputToPrint.Append("<tr>");
foreach (string val in keyVal)
{
if (val != "")
{
OutputToPrint.Append("<td>");
OutputToPrint.Append(WebUtility.HtmlEncode(val));
OutputToPrint.Append("</td>");
}
}
}
else if (one.Equals("{next}"))
{
OutputToPrint.Append("</tr>");
}
else if (one.Contains("}{next}") == true)
{
OutputToPrint.Append("</table></td>");
}
else if (one == "}")
{
OutputToPrint.Append("</table>");
}
else { }
}
return OutputToPrint.ToString();
}
This will be the View
<div>
#Html.Raw(ViewBag.DisplayTable)
</div>
Hope You'll find this well

if you use this little pattern, and if you use it recursively on the value capturing group, I think you can obtain what you want:
string pattern = #"(?>\s*(?<key>[^\s=]+)\s*=\s*|^\s*)(?>{KeyValuePair}\s*{\s*(?<value>(?>(?<c>{)|(?<-c>})|[^{}]+)+(?(c)(?!)))\s*}|(?<value>[^\s{]+)\s*(?<next>{next})\s*)";
pattern details:
(?> # possible begin of the match
\s*(?<key>[^\s=]+)\s*=\s* # a keyname
| # OR
^\s* # the start of the string
)
(?>
# case KeyValuePair #
{KeyValuePair} \s* { \s*
(?<value>
(?>(?<c>{)|(?<-c>})|[^{}]+)+ (?(c)(?!)) # content inside balanced curly brackets*
)
\s* }
| OR
# case next #
(?<value>
[^\s{]+ # all that is not a white character or an opening curly bracket
)
\s*
(?<next> {next} )\s* # the goal of this capture is to know in which case you are
)
(*)You can find more explanations about balancing groups here: What are regular expression Balancing Groups?
The idea is to write a recursive method that will call itself when the pattern matches the "keyValuePair" case. In the "next" case, the method records only the key/value in an array (or this kind of structure). The method must return this kind of array.

I created a parser-based solution that outputs a dictionary containing the key value pairs. It can nest {KeyValuePair}s as deep as you want.
Use like this:
string data = File.ReadAllText("data.txt");
var p = new Parser(text);
Dictionary<string, Value> dictionary = p.Parse();
A value can be either a string or a dictionary:
public abstract class Value { }
public class StringValue : Value
{
public string Value { get; private set; }
public StringValue(string value)
{
this.Value = value;
}
}
public class DictionaryValue : Value
{
public Dictionary<string, Value> Values { get; private set; }
public DictionaryValue()
{
this.Values = new Dictionary<string, Value>();
}
}
This allows for error reporting:
public class ParseError : Exception
{
public ParseError(string message)
: base(message) { }
}
The parser consists of two things.
The tokenizer, which transforms the input text to a stream of tokens:
KeyValuePair, OpenBracket, KeyOrValue(Key1) , Assign,
KeyOrValue(Value1) , Next, KeyOrValue(Key2) , Assign,
KeyOrValue(Value2) , Next, KeyOrValue(Key3) , Assign,
KeyOrValue(Value3) , Next, KeyOrValue(Key4) , Assign, KeyValuePair,
OpenBracket, KeyOrValue(KeyA) , Assign, KeyOrValue(ValueA) , Next,
KeyOrValue(KeyB) , Assign, KeyOrValue(ValueB) , Next, KeyOrValue(KeyC)
, Assign, KeyOrValue(ValueC) , Next, CloseBracket, CloseBracket, End
And then the parser, which transforms the token stream into a dictionary.
Here is the complete code:
public class Parser
{
private Tokenizer tk;
public Parser(string text)
{
this.tk = new Tokenizer(text);
}
public Dictionary<string, Value> Parse()
{
Stack<Dictionary<string, Value>> dictionaries = new Stack<Dictionary<string, Value>>();
Token t;
while ((t = tk.ReadToken()) != Token.End)
{
switch (t)
{
case Token.KeyValuePair:
t = tk.ReadToken();
if (t != Token.OpenBracket)
throw new ParseError("{KeyValuePair} should be followed by a '{'");
dictionaries.Push(new Dictionary<string, Value>());
break;
case Token.CloseBracket:
if (dictionaries.Count > 1)
dictionaries.Pop();
break;
case Token.KeyOrValue:
string key = tk.TokenValue;
t = tk.ReadToken();
if (t != Token.Assign)
throw new ParseError("Key should be followed by a '='");
t = tk.ReadToken();
if (t == Token.KeyValuePair)
{
var value = new DictionaryValue();
dictionaries.Peek().Add(key, value);
dictionaries.Push(value.Values);
}
else if (t != Token.KeyOrValue)
throw new ParseError("Value expected after " + key + " =");
else
{
string value = tk.TokenValue;
dictionaries.Peek().Add(key, new StringValue(value));
t = tk.ReadToken();
if (t != Token.Next)
throw new ParseError("{next} expected after Key value pair (" + key + " = " + value + ")");
}
break;
case Token.Error:
break;
default:
break;
}
}
return dictionaries.Peek();
}
private class Tokenizer
{
private string _data;
private int currentIndex = 0;
private string tokenValue;
public string TokenValue
{
get { return tokenValue; }
}
public Tokenizer(string data)
{
this._data = data;
}
public Token ReadToken()
{
tokenValue = string.Empty;
if (currentIndex >= _data.Length) return Token.End;
char c = _data[currentIndex];
if (char.IsWhiteSpace(c))
{
currentIndex++;
return ReadToken();
}
else if (c == '{')
{
if (TryReadBracketedToken("KeyValuePair"))
{
currentIndex++;
return Token.KeyValuePair;
}
else if (TryReadBracketedToken("next"))
{
currentIndex++;
return Token.Next;
}
else
{
currentIndex++;
return Token.OpenBracket;
}
}
else if (c == '}')
{
currentIndex++;
return Token.CloseBracket;
}
else if (c == '=')
{
currentIndex++;
return Token.Assign;
}
else
{
StringBuilder valueBuilder = new StringBuilder();
while (currentIndex < _data.Length && !char.IsWhiteSpace(c))
{
valueBuilder.Append(c);
currentIndex++;
c = _data[currentIndex];
}
tokenValue = valueBuilder.ToString();
return Token.KeyOrValue;
}
}
private bool TryReadBracketedToken(string token)
{
bool result = _data.Length > currentIndex + token.Length + 2
&& _data.Substring(currentIndex + 1, token.Length + 1) == token + "}";
if (result)
{
currentIndex++;
currentIndex += token.Length;
}
return result;
}
}
private enum Token
{
KeyValuePair,
Next,
OpenBracket,
CloseBracket,
Assign,
KeyOrValue,
End,
Error
}
}
public abstract class Value { }
public class StringValue : Value
{
public string Value { get; private set; }
public StringValue(string value)
{
this.Value = value;
}
}
public class DictionaryValue : Value
{
public Dictionary<string, Value> Values { get; private set; }
public DictionaryValue()
{
this.Values = new Dictionary<string, Value>();
}
}
public class ParseError : Exception
{
public ParseError(string message)
: base(message) { }
}

Custom Validation Attribute Multiple Times on same field

How can I use Same Custom Validation Attribute Multiple Times on Same Field or simply enable AllowMultiple=true, for both server side and client side validation??
I have a following Custom Validation Attribute:
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Field | AttributeTargets.Property,
AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = true)]
public class RequiredIfAttribute : ValidationAttribute,IClientValidatable
{
public RequiredIfAttribute(string dependentProperties,
string dependentValues = "",
string requiredValue = "val")
{
}
}
Where in dependentProperties I can specify multiple dependant properties seperated by comma, in dependentValues I can specify for which values of dependant properties validation should process and finally in requiredValue I can specify expected value for the field to be validated.
In my model there are two properties LandMark, PinCode and I want to use validation as follows:
public string LandMark { get; set; }
[RequiredIf("LandMark","XYZ","500500")]
[RequiredIf("LandMark", "ABC", "500505")]
public string PinCode { get; set; }
The values here are just for example, as per it seems I can add the attribute multiple times and don't get any compile error, I have implemented TypeID in attribute and it works well from serverside if I remove client validation from it. But when I am implementing IClientValidatable on the attribute, it gives me an error:
"Validation type names in unobtrusive client validation rules must be unique."
Any help how can I solve it??

The Problem
Validation Attributes have two environments they can validate against:
Server
Client
Server Validation - Multiple Attributes Easy
If you have any attribute with:
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = true)]
public class RequiredIfAttribute : ValidationAttribute
And have put it on your class property like this:
public class Client
{
public short ResidesWithCd { get; set; };
[RequiredIf(nameof(ResidesWithCd), new[] { 99 }, "Resides with other is required.")]
public string ResidesWithOther { get; set; }
}
Then anytime the Server goes to validate an object (ex. ModelState.IsValid), it will check every ValidationAttribute on each property and call .IsValid() to determine validity. This will work fine, even if AttributeUsage.AllowMultiple is set to true.
Client Validation - HTML Attribute Bottleneck
If you enable client side by implementing IClientValidatable like this:
public IEnumerable<ModelClientValidationRule> GetClientValidationRules(ModelMetadata metadata, ControllerContext context)
{
var modelClientValidationRule = new ModelClientValidationRule
{
ValidationType = "requiredif",
ErrorMessage = ErrorMessageString
};
modelClientValidationRule.ValidationParameters.Add("target", prop.PropName);
modelClientValidationRule.ValidationParameters.Add("values", prop.CompValues);
return new List<ModelClientValidationRule> { modelClientValidationRule };
}
Then ASP.NET will emit the following HTML when generated:
(As long as ClientValidationEnabled &
UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled are enabled)
<input class="form-control" type="text" value=""
id="Client_CommunicationModificationDescription"
name="Client.CommunicationModificationDescription"
data-val="true"
data-val-requiredif="Communication Modification Description is required."
data-val-requiredif-target="CommunicationModificationCd"
data-val-requiredif-values="99" >
Data Attributes are the only vehicle we have for dumping rules into the client side validation engine which will search for any attributes on the page via a built in or custom adapter. And once part of the set of client side rules, it'll be able to determine the validity of each parsed rule with a built in or custom method.
So we can call jQuery Validate Unobtrusive to look for and parse these attributes by adding a custom adapter which will add a validation rule to the engine:
// hook up to client side validation
$.validator.unobtrusive.adapters.add('requiredif', ['target', 'values'], function (options) {
options.rules["requiredif"] = {
id: '#' + options.params.target,
values: JSON.parse(options.params.values)
};
options.messages['requiredif'] = options.message;
});
We can then tell that rule how function and determine validity by adding a custom method like this which will add a custom way to evaluate requiredif rules (as opposed to date rules or regex rules) which will rely on the parameters we loaded earlier through the adapter:
// test validity
$.validator.addMethod('requiredif', function (value, element, params) {
var targetHasCondValue = targetElHasValue(params.id, params.value);
var requiredAndNoValue = targetHasCondValue && !value; // true -> :(
var passesValidation = !requiredAndNoValue; // true -> :)
return passesValidation;
}, '');
Which all operates like this:
Solution
So, what have we learned? Well, if we want the same rule to appear multiple times on the same element, the adapter would have to see the exact set of rules multiple times per element, with no way to differentiate between each instance within multiple sets. Further, ASP.NET won't render the same attribute name multiple times since it's not valid html.
So, we either need to:
Collapse all the client side rules into a single mega attribute with all the info
Rename attributes with each instance number and then find a way to parse them in sets.
I'll explore Option One (emitting a single client side attribute), which you could do a couple ways:
Create a single Attribute that takes in multiple elements to validate on the server client
Keep multiple distinct server side attributes and then merge all attributes via reflection before emitting to the client
In either case you will have to re-write the client side logic (adapter/method) to take an array of values, instead of a single value at a time.
To we'll build/transmit a JSON serialized object that looks like this:
var props = [
{
PropName: "RoleCd",
CompValues: ["2","3","4","5"]
},
{
PropName: "IsPatient",
CompValues: ["true"]
}
]
Scripts/ValidateRequiredIfAny.js
Here's how we'll handle that in client side adapter / method:
// hook up to client side validation
$.validator.unobtrusive.adapters.add("requiredifany", ["props"], function (options) {
options.rules["requiredifany"] = { props: options.params.props };
options.messages["requiredifany"] = options.message;
});
// test validity
$.validator.addMethod("requiredifany", function (value, element, params) {
var reqIfProps = JSON.parse(params.props);
var anytargetHasValue = false;
$.each(reqIfProps, function (index, item) {
var targetSel = "#" + buildTargetId(element, item.PropName);
var $targetEl = $(targetSel);
var targetHasValue = elHasValue($targetEl, item.CompValues);
if (targetHasValue) {
anytargetHasValue = true;
return ;
}
});
var valueRequired = anytargetHasValue;
var requiredAndNoValue = valueRequired && !value; // true -> :(
var passesValidation = !requiredAndNoValue; // true -> :)
return passesValidation;
}, "");
// UTILITY METHODS
function buildTargetId(currentElement, targetPropName) {
// https://stackoverflow.com/a/39725539/1366033
// we are only provided the name of the target property
// we need to build it's ID in the DOM based on a couple assumptions
// derive the stacking context and depth based on the current element's ID/name
// append the target property's name to that context
// currentElement.name i.e. Details[0].DosesRequested
var curId = currentElement.id; // get full id i.e. Details_0__DosesRequested
var context = curId.replace(/[^_]+$/, ""); // remove last prop i.e. Details_0__
var targetId = context + targetPropName; // build target ID i.e. Details_0__OrderIncrement
// fail noisily
if ($("#" + targetId).length === 0)
console.error(
"Could not find id '" + targetId +
"' when looking for '" + targetPropName +
"' on originating element '" + curId + "'");
return targetId;
}
function elHasValue($el, values) {
var isCheckBox = $el.is(":checkbox,:radio");
var isChecked = $el.is(":checked");
var inputValue = $el.val();
var valueInArray = $.inArray(String(inputValue), values) > -1;
var hasValue = (!isCheckBox || isChecked) && valueInArray;
return hasValue;
};
Models/RequiredIfAttribute.cs
On the server side, we'll validate attributes like normal, but when we got to build the client side attributes, we'll look for all attributes and build one mega attribute
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Web.Helpers;
using System.Web.Mvc;
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = true)]
public class RequiredIfAttribute : ValidationAttribute, IClientValidatable
{
public PropertyNameValues TargetProp { get; set; }
public RequiredIfAttribute(string compPropName, string[] compPropValues, string msg) : base(msg)
{
this.TargetProp = new PropertyNameValues()
{
PropName = compPropName,
CompValues = compPropValues
};
}
protected override ValidationResult IsValid(object value, ValidationContext validationContext)
{
PropertyInfo compareProp = validationContext.ObjectType.GetProperty(TargetProp.PropName);
var compPropVal = compareProp.GetValue(validationContext.ObjectInstance, null);
string compPropValAsString = compPropVal?.ToString().ToLower() ?? "";
var matches = TargetProp.CompValues.Where(v => v == compPropValAsString);
bool needsValue = matches.Any();
if (needsValue)
{
if (value == null || value.ToString() == "" || value.ToString() == "0")
{
return new ValidationResult(FormatErrorMessage(null));
}
}
return ValidationResult.Success;
}
public IEnumerable<ModelClientValidationRule> GetClientValidationRules(ModelMetadata metadata, ControllerContext context)
{
// at this point, who cares that we're on this particular instance - find all instances
PropertyInfo curProp = metadata.ContainerType.GetProperty(metadata.PropertyName);
RequiredIfAttribute[] allReqIfAttr = curProp.GetCustomAttributes<RequiredIfAttribute>().ToArray();
// emit validation attributes from all simultaneously, otherwise each will overwrite the last
PropertyNameValues[] allReqIfInfo = allReqIfAttr.Select(x => x.TargetProp).ToArray();
string allReqJson = Json.Encode(allReqIfInfo);
var modelClientValidationRule = new ModelClientValidationRule
{
ValidationType = "requiredifany",
ErrorMessage = ErrorMessageString
};
// add name for jQuery parameters for the adapter, must be LOWERCASE!
modelClientValidationRule.ValidationParameters.Add("props", allReqJson);
return new List<ModelClientValidationRule> { modelClientValidationRule };
}
}
public class PropertyNameValues
{
public string PropName { get; set; }
public string[] CompValues { get; set; }
}
Then we can bind that to our model by applying multiple attributes simultaneously:
[RequiredIf(nameof(RelationshipCd), new[] { 1,2,3,4,5 }, "Mailing Address is required.")]
[RequiredIf(nameof(IsPatient), new[] { "true" },"Mailing Address is required.")]
public string MailingAddressLine1 { get; set; }
Further Reading
ASP.NET MVC custom multiple fields validation by Stephen Muecke
Unobtrusive Client Validation in ASP.NET MVC 3 by Brad Wilson

Finally here I found the answer my-self.
Look at following article for solution
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/validation/MultipleDataAnnotations.aspx

The link in the accepted answer (http://www.codeproject.com/KB/validation/MultipleDataAnnotations.aspx) is buggy, and someone else has written an errata here which I would recommend reading first. The answer above does not handle inheritance.
I believe this alternate solution has some advantages (including support of inheritance), but remains far from perfect code - improvements appreciated.
this C# uses Json.NET and Stuart Leeks HTML Attribute provider
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
namespace DabTrial.Infrastructure.Validation
{
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = true)]
public abstract class MultipleValidationAttribute : ValidationAttribute, IMetadataAware
{
private class Validation
{
public ICollection<string> ErrorMessage { get; set; }
public IDictionary<string, ICollection<object>> Attributes { get; set; }
}
private object _typeId = new object();
public const string attributeName = "multipleValidations";
public MultipleValidationAttribute()
{
}
public override object TypeId
{
get
{
return this._typeId;
}
}
public void OnMetadataCreated(ModelMetadata metadata)
{
Dictionary<string, Validation> allMultis;
if (metadata.AdditionalValues.ContainsKey(attributeName))
{
allMultis = (Dictionary<string, Validation>)metadata.AdditionalValues[attributeName];
}
else
{
allMultis = new Dictionary<string, Validation>();
metadata.AdditionalValues.Add(attributeName, allMultis);
}
foreach (var result in GetClientValidationRules(metadata))
{
if (allMultis.ContainsKey(result.ValidationType))
{
var thisMulti = allMultis[result.ValidationType];
thisMulti.ErrorMessage.Add(result.ErrorMessage);
foreach (var attr in result.ValidationParameters)
{
thisMulti.Attributes[attr.Key].Add(attr.Value);
}
}
else
{
var thisMulti = new Validation
{
ErrorMessage = new List<string>(),
Attributes = new Dictionary<string, ICollection<object>>()
};
allMultis.Add(result.ValidationType, thisMulti);
thisMulti.ErrorMessage.Add(result.ErrorMessage);
foreach (var attr in result.ValidationParameters)
{
var newList = new List<object>();
newList.Add(attr.Value);
thisMulti.Attributes.Add(attr.Key, newList);
}
}
}
}
public static IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, object>> GetAttributes(ModelMetadata metadata)
{
if (!metadata.AdditionalValues.ContainsKey(attributeName))
{
return null;
}
var returnVar = new List<KeyValuePair<string, object>>();
returnVar.Add(new KeyValuePair<string,object>("data-val", true));
var allMultis = (Dictionary<string, Validation>)metadata.AdditionalValues[attributeName];
foreach (var multi in allMultis)
{
string valName = "data-val-" + multi.Key;
returnVar.Add(new KeyValuePair<string,object>(valName, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(multi.Value.ErrorMessage)));
returnVar.AddRange(multi.Value.Attributes.Select(a=>new KeyValuePair<string,object>(valName + '-' + a.Key, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(a.Value))));
}
return returnVar;
}
public virtual IEnumerable<ModelClientValidationRule> GetClientValidationRules(ModelMetadata metadata,
ControllerContext context)
{
throw new NotImplementedException("This function must be overriden");
}
public virtual IEnumerable<ModelClientValidationRule> GetClientValidationRules(ModelMetadata metadata)
{
return GetClientValidationRules(metadata, null);
}
}
}
the Global.asax contains the code
HtmlAttributeProvider.Register((metadata) =>
{
return MultipleValidationAttribute.GetAttributes(metadata);
});
and the JavaScript (within a custom validators function)
function setMultiValidationValues(options, ruleName, values) {
var i = 0, thisRule;
for (; i < values.length; i++) {
thisRule = (i == 0) ? ruleName : ruleName + i;
options.messages[thisRule] = values[i].message;
delete values[i].message;
options.rules[thisRule] = values[i];
if (ruleName !== thisRule) {
(function addValidatorMethod() {
var counter = 0;
if (!$.validator.methods[ruleName]) {
if (++counter > 10) { throw new ReferenceError(ruleName + " is not defined"); }
setTimeout(addValidatorMethod, 100);
return;
}
if (!$.validator.methods[thisRule]) { $.validator.addMethod(thisRule, $.validator.methods[ruleName]); }
})();
}
}
}
function transformValidationValues(options) {
var rules = $.parseJSON(options.message),
propNames = [], p, utilObj,i = 0,j, returnVar=[];
for (p in options.params) {
if (options.params.hasOwnProperty(p)) {
utilObj = {};
utilObj.key = p;
utilObj.vals = $.parseJSON(options.params[p]);
propNames.push(utilObj);
}
}
for (; i < rules.length; i++) {
utilObj = {};
utilObj.message = rules[i];
for (j=0; j < propNames.length; j++) {
utilObj[propNames[j].key] = propNames[j].vals[i];
}
returnVar.push(utilObj);
}
return returnVar;
}
An example of its use is below:
C#
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Web.Mvc;
namespace DabTrial.Infrastructure.Validation
{
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = true)]
public class RegexCountAttribute : MultipleValidationAttribute
{
# region members
private string _defaultErrorMessageFormatString;
protected readonly string _regexStr;
protected readonly RegexOptions _regexOpt;
private int _minimumCount=0;
private int _maximumCount=int.MaxValue;
#endregion
#region properties
public int MinimumCount
{
get { return _minimumCount; }
set
{
if (value < 0) { throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(); }
_minimumCount = value;
}
}
public int MaximumCount
{
get { return _maximumCount; }
set
{
if (value < 0) { throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(); }
_maximumCount = value;
}
}
private string DefaultErrorMessageFormatString
{
get
{
if (_defaultErrorMessageFormatString == null)
{
_defaultErrorMessageFormatString = string.Format(
"{{0}} requires a {0}{1}{2} match(es) to regex {3}",
MinimumCount>0?"minimum of "+ MinimumCount:"",
MinimumCount > 0 && MaximumCount< int.MaxValue? " and " : "",
MaximumCount<int.MaxValue?"maximum of "+ MaximumCount:"",
_regexStr);
}
return _defaultErrorMessageFormatString;
}
set
{
_defaultErrorMessageFormatString = value;
}
}
#endregion
#region instantiation
public RegexCountAttribute(string regEx, string defaultErrorMessageFormatString = null, RegexOptions regexOpt = RegexOptions.None)
{
#if debug
if (minimumCount < 0) { throw new ArgumentException("the minimum value must be non-negative"); }
#endif
_regexStr = regEx;
DefaultErrorMessageFormatString = defaultErrorMessageFormatString;
_regexOpt = regexOpt;
}
#endregion
#region methods
protected override ValidationResult IsValid(object value,
ValidationContext validationContext)
{
var instr = (string)value;
int matchCount = 0;
if (MinimumCount > 0 && instr != null)
{
Match match = new Regex(_regexStr,_regexOpt).Match(instr);
while (match.Success && ++matchCount < MinimumCount)
{
match = match.NextMatch();
}
if (MaximumCount != int.MaxValue)
{
while (match.Success && ++matchCount <= MaximumCount)
{
match = match.NextMatch();
}
}
}
if (matchCount >= MinimumCount && matchCount <=MaximumCount)
{
return ValidationResult.Success;
}
string errorMessage = GetErrorMessage(validationContext.DisplayName);
return new ValidationResult(errorMessage);
}
protected string GetErrorMessage(string displayName)
{
return ErrorMessage ?? string.Format(DefaultErrorMessageFormatString,
displayName,
MinimumCount);
}
private bool HasFlag(RegexOptions options, RegexOptions flag)
{
return ((options & flag) == flag);
}
private string RegexpModifier
{
get
{
string options = string.Empty;
if (HasFlag(_regexOpt, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)) { options += 'i'; }
if (HasFlag(_regexOpt, RegexOptions.Multiline)) { options += 'm'; }
return options;
}
}
public override IEnumerable<ModelClientValidationRule> GetClientValidationRules(ModelMetadata metadata)
{
var returnVal = new ModelClientValidationRule {
ErrorMessage = GetErrorMessage(metadata.DisplayName),
ValidationType = "regexcount",
};
returnVal.ValidationParameters.Add("min",MinimumCount);
returnVal.ValidationParameters.Add("max",MaximumCount);
returnVal.ValidationParameters.Add("regex",_regexStr);
returnVal.ValidationParameters.Add("regexopt", RegexpModifier);
yield return returnVal;
}
#endregion
}
public class MinNonAlphanum : RegexCountAttribute
{
public MinNonAlphanum(int minimum) : base("[^0-9a-zA-Z]", GetDefaultErrorMessageFormatString(minimum))
{
this.MinimumCount = minimum;
}
private static string GetDefaultErrorMessageFormatString(int min)
{
if (min == 1)
{
return "{0} requires a minimum of {1} character NOT be a letter OR number";
}
return "{0} requires a minimum of {1} characters NOT be a letter OR number";
}
}
public class MinDigits : RegexCountAttribute
{
public MinDigits(int minimum) : base(#"\d", GetDefaultErrorMessageFormatString(minimum))
{
this.MinimumCount = minimum;
}
private static string GetDefaultErrorMessageFormatString(int min)
{
if (min == 1)
{
return "{0} requires a minimum of {1} character is a number";
}
return "{0} requires a minimum of {1} characters are numbers";
}
}
}
JavaScript:
$.validator.addMethod("regexcount", function (value, element, params) {
var matches = (value.match(params.regex)||[]).length
return matches >= params.min && matches <= params.max;
});
$.validator.unobtrusive.adapters.add("regexcount", ["min", "max", "regex", "regexopt"], function (options) {
var args = transformValidationValues(options), i=0;
for (; i < args.length; i++) {
args[i].regex = new RegExp(args[i].regex, args[i].regexopt);
delete args[i].regexopt;
}
setMultiValidationValues(options, "regexcount", args);
});

c# gettype of object from class

How could I make this work?:
public class myClass
{
public string first;
public int second;
public string third;
}
public string tester(object param)
{
//Catch the name of what was passed not the value and return it
}
//So:
myClass mC = new myClass();
mC.first = "ok";
mC.second = 12;
mC.third = "ko";
//then would return its type from definition :
tester(mC.first) // would return : "mc.first" or "myClass.first" or "first"
//and
tester(mC.second) // would return : "mc.second" or "myClass.second" or "second"

In the absence of infoof, the best you can do is Tester(() => mC.first) via expression trees...
using System;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
public static class Test
{
static void Main()
{
//So:
myClass mC = new myClass();
mC.first = "ok";
mC.second = 12;
mC.third = "ko";
//then would return its type from definition :
Tester(() => mC.first); // writes "mC.first = ok"
//and
Tester(() => mC.second); // writes "mC.second = 12"
}
static string GetName(Expression expr)
{
if (expr.NodeType == ExpressionType.MemberAccess)
{
var me = (MemberExpression)expr;
string name = me.Member.Name, subExpr = GetName(me.Expression);
return string.IsNullOrEmpty(subExpr)
? name : (subExpr + "." + name);
}
return "";
}
public static void Tester<TValue>(
Expression<Func<TValue>> selector)
{
TValue value = selector.Compile()();
string name = GetName(selector.Body);
Console.WriteLine(name + " = " + value);
}
}

This is not possible. Variable names don't exist in compiled code, so there's no way you can retrieve a variable name at runtime

That's not possible. "param" will have no information on where the value came from.
When calling tester(), a copy of the value in one of the properties is made, so the "link" to the property is lost.