So is an [Email] attribute built in ASP.NET MVC 3 or not?

Question

The [Email] attribute was going to be built into ASP.NET MVC 3 as it was in futures? So is it now available or not? I guess it is quite a dumb question but I\'ve sp

Answer 1

If [Email] is supposed to be a data annotation for MVC models (like [Required]), then it's not built into ASP.NET MVC 3.

All the model data annotations are found in the namesace System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations. There you find classes like RequiredAttribute.

Update:

It's pretty easy to add the Email attribute:

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace YourNamespace
{
    public class EmailAttribute : RegularExpressionAttribute
    {
        public EmailAttribute() : base("[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*@(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?")
        {
        }
    }
}

What the best or correct regular expression for checking email addresses is, is a separate and long debate on the net. I'm not insisting that mine is either of it.