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Class RegexValidator

A validator that validates that the value against a regular expression.

Inheritance

System.Object

Namespace: Umbraco.Cms.Core.PropertyEditors.Validators

Assembly: Umbraco.Core.dll

Syntax

public sealed class RegexValidator : IValueFormatValidator, IValueValidator

Constructors

RegexValidator()

Initializes a new instance of the RegexValidator class.

Declaration

public RegexValidator()

Remarks

Use this constructor when the validator is used as an IValueFormatValidator, and the regular expression is supplied at validation time.

RegexValidator(String)

Initializes a new instance of the RegexValidator class.

Declaration

public RegexValidator(string regex)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	regex

Remarks

Use this constructor when the validator is used as an IValueValidator, and the regular expression must be supplied when the validator is created.

RegexValidator(ILocalizedTextService)

Declaration

public RegexValidator(ILocalizedTextService textService)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ILocalizedTextService	textService

RegexValidator(ILocalizedTextService, String)

Declaration

public RegexValidator(ILocalizedTextService textService, string regex)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ILocalizedTextService	textService
System.String	regex

Methods

Validate(Object, String, Object, PropertyValidationContext)

Validates a value.

Declaration

public IEnumerable<ValidationResult> Validate(object value, string valueType, object dataTypeConfiguration, PropertyValidationContext validationContext)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	value	The value to validate.
System.String	valueType	The value type.
System.Object	dataTypeConfiguration	A datatype configuration.
PropertyValidationContext	validationContext	The context in which the value is being validated.

Returns

Type	Description
IEnumerable<System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.ValidationResult>	Validation results.

Remarks

The value can be a string, a Json structure (JObject, JArray...)... corresponding to what was posted by an editor.

ValidateFormat(Object, String, String)

Validates a value.

Declaration

public IEnumerable<ValidationResult> ValidateFormat(object value, string valueType, string format)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	value	The value to validate.
System.String	valueType	The value type.
System.String	format	A format definition.

Returns

Type	Description
IEnumerable<System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.ValidationResult>	Validation results.

Remarks

The format is expected to be a valid regular expression.

This is used to validate values against the property type validation regular expression.