How do I use IValidatableObject?

Question

I understand that IValidatableObject is used to validate an object in a way that lets one compare properties against each other.

I\'d still like to have

Answer 1

Quote from Jeff Handley's Blog Post on Validation Objects and Properties with Validator:

When validating an object, the following process is applied in Validator.ValidateObject:

1. Validate property-level attributes
2. If any validators are invalid, abort validation returning the failure(s)
3. Validate the object-level attributes
4. If any validators are invalid, abort validation returning the failure(s)
5. If on the desktop framework and the object implements IValidatableObject, then call its Validate method and return any failure(s)

This indicates that what you are attempting to do won't work out-of-the-box because the validation will abort at step #2. You could try to create attributes that inherit from the built-in ones and specifically check for the presence of an enabled property (via an interface) before performing their normal validation. Alternatively, you could put all of the logic for validating the entity in the Validate method.

You also could take a look a the exact implemenation of Validator class here