5 // Atsushi Enomoto <atsushi@ximian.com>
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31 using System.ComponentModel;
33 namespace System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
35 public abstract class ValidationAttribute : Attribute
37 protected ValidationAttribute ()
38 : this ("This member is required")
43 protected ValidationAttribute (Func<string> errorMessageAccessor)
45 throw new NotImplementedException ();
48 protected ValidationAttribute (string errorMessage)
50 ErrorMessage = errorMessage;
54 public virtual string FormatErrorMessage (string name)
56 throw new NotImplementedException ();
59 public string ErrorMessage { get; set; }
60 public string ErrorMessageResourceName { get; set; }
61 public Type ErrorMessageResourceType { get; set; }
62 protected string ErrorMessageString { get; private set; }
64 public abstract bool IsValid (object value);
67 public void Validate (object value, string name)
69 throw new NotImplementedException ();