Fluent validation to check list of objects Id's are not null or empty in C#

Question

i have written one rule to check whether objects Id within list are not null or empty. But rule is not failing. Is any problem in here with my code ?

NOTE : Id's are of string type.

RuleFor(x => x.MyListOfObjects).Must(x => x.All(x => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(x.Id)))
                        .WithMessage("The Id should not be empty or null.");

Any pointers or suggestions are welcomed.

Do you have examples for this rule actually being executed where it is not behaving as expected? For example, do you have unit tests that can reproduce the success and failure behaviors? Have you verified that the validator is being executed in the real code? — emagers, Jun 11 '22 at 18:04

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '22 at 18:06

I've written the possible example for your code. Looks like everything is ok for your statement if you use fluent validation in the such way (please notice that if one item is "" or null check is still applied):

internal static class Program
        {
            static void Main(string[] args)
            {
                var list = new ListClass();
                var result = list.Validate();
    
                if(!result.IsValid) Console.WriteLine($"Error: {result.Errors.First()}");
            }
    
        }
    
        class ListClass
        {
            public List<Item> List = new List<Item>()
            {
                new Item {Id = "Empty"},
                new Item {Id = null},
                new Item {Id = ""},
            };
    
            private readonly Validator _validator = new Validator();
    
            public ValidationResult Validate() => _validator.Validate(this);
        }
    
        class Item
        {
            public string Id { get; set; }
        }
    
        class Validator : AbstractValidator<ListClass>
        {
            public Validator()
            {
                RuleFor(x => x.List).Must(x => x.All(x => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(x.Id)))
                    .WithMessage("The Id should not be empty or null.");
            }
        }

Fluent validation to check list of objects Id's are not null or empty in C#

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