FluentValidation rule for null object

Question

I\'ve been trying to work out how to create a FluentValidation rule that checks if the instance of an object it\'s validating is not null, prior to validating it\'s properti

Answer 1

I can't really test that right now, but you can either try to override Validate, or include the rules in the When block:

public CustomerValidator()
{
     When(x => x != null, () => {
         RuleFor(x => x.Surname).NotEmpty();
         //etc.
     });
}