DbContext.ValidateEntity Method

[This page is specific to the Entity Framework version 6. The latest version is available as the 'Entity Framework' NuGet package. For more information about Entity Framework, see msdn.com/data/ef.]

Extension point allowing the user to customize validation of an entity or filter out validation results. Called by GetValidationErrors().

Namespace:  System.Data.Entity
Assembly:  EntityFramework (in EntityFramework.dll)

'Declaration
Protected Overridable Function ValidateEntity ( _
    entityEntry As DbEntityEntry, _
    items As IDictionary(Of Object, Object) _
) As DbEntityValidationResult
'Usage
Dim entityEntry As DbEntityEntry 
Dim items As IDictionary(Of Object, Object)
Dim returnValue As DbEntityValidationResult 

returnValue = Me.ValidateEntity(entityEntry, _
    items)

protected virtual DbEntityValidationResult ValidateEntity(
    DbEntityEntry entityEntry,
    IDictionary<Object, Object> items
)

protected:
virtual DbEntityValidationResult^ ValidateEntity(
    DbEntityEntry^ entityEntry, 
    IDictionary<Object^, Object^>^ items
)

abstract ValidateEntity : 
        entityEntry:DbEntityEntry * 
        items:IDictionary<Object, Object> -> DbEntityValidationResult  
override ValidateEntity : 
        entityEntry:DbEntityEntry * 
        items:IDictionary<Object, Object> -> DbEntityValidationResult

protected function ValidateEntity(
    entityEntry : DbEntityEntry, 
    items : IDictionary<Object, Object>
) : DbEntityValidationResult

• entityEntry
  Type: System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.DbEntityEntry
  DbEntityEntry instance to be validated.

• items
  Type: System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<Object, Object>
  User-defined dictionary containing additional info for custom validation. It will be passed to ValidationContext and will be exposed as Items . This parameter is optional and can be null.

Type: System.Data.Entity.Validation.DbEntityValidationResult
Entity validation result. Possibly null when overridden.

DbContext Class

System.Data.Entity Namespace