DbContext.ShouldValidateEntity 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 override the default behavior of validating only added and modified entities.

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

'Declaration
Protected Overridable Function ShouldValidateEntity ( _
    entityEntry As DbEntityEntry _
) As Boolean
'Usage
Dim entityEntry As DbEntityEntry 
Dim returnValue As Boolean 

returnValue = Me.ShouldValidateEntity(entityEntry)

protected virtual bool ShouldValidateEntity(
    DbEntityEntry entityEntry
)

protected:
virtual bool ShouldValidateEntity(
    DbEntityEntry^ entityEntry
)

abstract ShouldValidateEntity : 
        entityEntry:DbEntityEntry -> bool  
override ShouldValidateEntity : 
        entityEntry:DbEntityEntry -> bool

protected function ShouldValidateEntity(
    entityEntry : DbEntityEntry
) : boolean

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

Type: System.Boolean
true to proceed with validation; false otherwise.

DbContext Class

System.Data.Entity Namespace