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RuleBase Members

Serves as the base class for Validation Rules.

Constructors

Name	Description
RuleBase()	Initializes a new instance of the RuleBase class.
RuleBase(IRuleBaseProperties)	Initializes a new instance of the RuleBase class and initializes the RuleBase.Properties property.

Fields

Name	Description
PropertiesCustomMessageTemplate	Holds the name of the RuleBaseProperties.CustomMessageTemplate property.
PropertiesId	Holds the name of the RuleBaseProperties.Id property.
PropertiesInvertResult	Holds the name of the RuleBaseProperties.InvertResult property.
PropertiesMessageTemplateCollectionValidationMessageSuffix	Holds the name of the RuleBaseProperties.MessageTemplateCollectionValidationMessageSuffix property.
PropertiesMessageTemplateSkipNullOrEmptyValues	Holds the name of the RuleBaseProperties.MessageTemplateSkipNullOrEmptyValues property.
PropertiesMessageTemplateTargetDoesNotSatisfyCollectionCriteria	Holds the name of the RuleBaseProperties.MessageTemplateTargetDoesNotSatisfyCollectionCriteria property.
PropertiesMessageTemplateTargetDoesNotSatisfyTargetCriteria	Holds the name of the RuleBaseProperties.MessageTemplateTargetDoesNotSatisfyTargetCriteria property.
PropertiesName	Holds the name of the RuleBaseProperties.Name property.
PropertiesSkipNullOrEmptyValues	Holds the name of the RuleBaseProperties.SkipNullOrEmptyValues property.
PropertiesTargetContextIDs	Holds the name of the RuleBaseProperties.TargetContextIDs property.
PropertiesTargetCriteria	Holds the name of the RuleBaseProperties.TargetCriteria property.
PropertiesTargetType	Holds the name of the RuleBaseProperties.TargetType property.

Properties

Name	Description
DefaultMessageTemplateCollectionValidationMessageSuffix static	Specifies the default additional text displayed when the Validation Rule applied to a collection property is broken.
DefaultMessageTemplateSkipNullOrEmptyValues static	Specifies the default template for the message displayed when the Validation Rule was not checked because one of the target property values is null or empty.
DefaultMessageTemplateTargetDoesNotSatisfyCollectionCriteria static	Specifies the default template for the message displayed when the Validation Rule was not checked because the validated object is not an element of the target collection.
DefaultMessageTemplateTargetDoesNotSatisfyTargetCriteria static	Specifies the default template for the message displayed when the Validation Rule was not checked because the criteria specified by the RuleBaseProperties.TargetCriteria property is not satisfied by the validated object.
Id	Returns the identifier of the current Validation Rule.
Properties	Represents the Validation Rule’s properties exported to the Application Model.
PropertiesType	Specifies the type of the Validation Rule Properties class used by the Validation Rule.
TargetObject	Specifies the object currently being validated by the Validation Rule.
UsedProperties	Specifies the names of the properties to be highlighted when the current Validation Rule is broken.

Name	Description
Equals(Object, Object) static	Determines whether the specified object instances are considered equal. Inherited from Object.
Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. Inherited from Object.
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. Inherited from Object.
GetPropertyValue<T>(String, Func<T>, Boolean)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. Inherited from Object.
GetValidationResultMessage(String, RuleBase, Object, ICaptionHelperProvider) static
GetValidationResultMessage(String, RuleBase, Object) static	For internal use.
MemberwiseClone() protected	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. Inherited from Object.
ReferenceEquals(Object, Object) static	Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. Inherited from Object.
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. Inherited from Object.
Validate(Object)	Checks that a particular object satisfies the Validation Rule.

Events

Name	Description
CustomFormatValidationMessage static	Occurs when the validation result message is being formatted.

See Also

RuleBase Class

DevExpress.Persistent.Validation Namespace

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