FluentValidation 11.6.0

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dotnet add package FluentValidation --version 11.6.0
NuGet\Install-Package FluentValidation -Version 11.6.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="FluentValidation" Version="11.6.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add FluentValidation --version 11.6.0
#r "nuget: FluentValidation, 11.6.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install FluentValidation as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=FluentValidation&version=11.6.0

// Install FluentValidation as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=FluentValidation&version=11.6.0

FluentValidation is validation library for .NET that uses a fluent interface and lambda expressions for building strongly-typed validation rules.

Supporting the project

If you use FluentValidation in a commercial project, please sponsor the project financially. FluentValidation is developed and supported by @JeremySkinner for free in his spare time and financial sponsorship helps keep the project going. You can sponsor the project via either GitHub sponsors or OpenCollective.

Example

With FluentValidation, you can define a class that inherits from AbstractValidator which contains the rules for a particular class. The example below shows how you could define rules for a Customer class, and then how to execute the validator.

using FluentValidation;

public class CustomerValidator: AbstractValidator<Customer> {
  public CustomerValidator() {
    RuleFor(x => x.Surname).NotEmpty();
    RuleFor(x => x.Forename).NotEmpty().WithMessage("Please specify a first name");
    RuleFor(x => x.Discount).NotEqual(0).When(x => x.HasDiscount);
    RuleFor(x => x.Address).Length(20, 250);
    RuleFor(x => x.Postcode).Must(BeAValidPostcode).WithMessage("Please specify a valid postcode");
  }

  private bool BeAValidPostcode(string postcode) {
    // custom postcode validating logic goes here
  }
}

var customer = new Customer();
var validator = new CustomerValidator();

// Execute the validator.
ValidationResult results = validator.Validate(customer);

// Inspect any validation failures.
bool success = results.IsValid;
List<ValidationFailure> failures = results.Errors;

Full Documentation

Full documentation can be found at https://docs.fluentvalidation.net

Release Notes and Change Log

Release notes can be found on GitHub.

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FluentValidation 11 is a major release. Please read the upgrade guide at https://docs.fluentvalidation.net/en/latest/upgrading-to-11.html

Full release notes can be found at https://github.com/FluentValidation/FluentValidation/releases