Using DataAnnotations 4.0

Question

I am using DA 4.0 with a MVC application and have created a custom validator as shown below:

    public static ValidationResult NumberOfItems(int numItems, ValidationContext pValidationContext)
    {
        if (numItems == 1)
        {
            //Tag as critical error
            //return new ValidationResult... 
        }

        if (numItems > 1 && numItems <= 10)
        {
            //Tag as non critical error
        }

        //Else it's successful
        return ValidationResult.Success;
    }

I'd like to tag an error message as a Critical error or not. If it's not a critical error, I'd like to access this in my view and render it in a different way.

So, there are 2 parts to this:

1. Tag failures as different types in the custom validator
2. Modify the default ModelBinder to identify the critical error

How would I do this?

Answer 1

Both of your questions require re-writing a whole bunch of MVC's internal error handling code. There is no easy path that I can see to add Error severity to all the different places ModelState and ViewModel validation occur.

The only answer to "How would I do this?" is "with a lot of custom code". ;)