Selective validation of child properties - Fluent Validation in MVC

Question

I\'m using Fluent Validation with the Ninject.Web.Mvc.FluentValidation library to automatically wire up all of my validators (and use dependency injection to create the validato

Answer 1

If you don't want to auto wireup child validators you can add empty interface to child validator:

public class PersonalDataValidator : AbstractValidator, IChildValidator

And then in your factory:

public class FluentValidatorFactory : ValidatorFactoryBase
{
    private readonly IKernel _kernel;

    public FluentValidatorFactory(IKernel kernel)
    {
        _kernel = kernel;
    }

    public override IValidator CreateInstance(Type validatorType)
    {
        IValidator validator = _kernel.Resolve(validatorType) as IValidator;

        ////we dont want that windosr auto wires up all child validators. 
        var childValidator = validator as IChildValidator;

        if (childValidator == null)
        {
            return validator;
        }

            return null;
    }
}