&#180;Validating Link Item

´Validating Link Item

oliaxe

Vote:

Hi,

I'm working in a validator for LinkItem.
It does validate what I want and it works when I'm debugging it.

However it does not work like it should in the CMS.
Instead of showing my warning message, it displays a popup with this text:

Could not save property. The page may have been changed by another user. Please reload the page.

It seems to be something with the scoping, I had the same issue with another validator for an Image block. That did work when the image block was standalone but not when the block was used as a property, and I guess it's the same with the LinkItem property.

Here's how my validator is built:

public class LinkItemValidator : IValidate<LinkItem>
{
     public IEnumerable<ValidationError> Validate(LinkItem instance)
     {
           //bla bla bla check
            yield return new()
            {
                RelatedProperties = new[] { nameof(instance.Text) },
                ErrorMessage = "Error message",
                Severity = ValidationErrorSeverity.Warning,
                ValidationType = ValidationErrorType.Unspecified
            };
     }
}

Does anybody know how I can validate the text on LinkItem and other similar properties?

Thanks.

#313347

Nov 29, 2023 11:55

Dileep D

Vote:

I have mostly used page or block instance to validate a specific property instead of proprety type instance itself. Looking at the code I believe yield is the issue here you may want to check. If you use this in the validate method it should work.

var errorList = new List<ValidationError>();

if (instance != null)
{
errorList.Add(new ValidationError
{
ErrorMessage = $"Link item text is {instance.Text}",
Severity = ValidationErrorSeverity.Error
});
}

return errorList

#313658

Edited, Dec 04, 2023 15:16

oliaxe

Vote:

Thanks for your response.

Unfortunatey your suggestion throws the same error so there has to be something else that's off.

#313696

Dec 05, 2023 7:13

Sebastian

Vote:

Hey oliaxe,

can you specify the major version of the CMS you are working with (and ideally update the thread's tags as well). I am still in the 11 world and suspect you are referring to version 12 since I found out it there it was made much simpler to work with LinkItem instances directly.

Best

#314080

Dec 12, 2023 10:31