FluentValidation 11.2.2

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.NET 5.0 This package targets .NET 5.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Standard 2.0 This package targets .NET Standard 2.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details. 
dotnet add package FluentValidation --version 11.2.2                

                    
                

            
NuGet\Install-Package FluentValidation -Version 11.2.2
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="11.2.2" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add FluentValidation --version 11.2.2                

                    
                

            
#r "nuget: FluentValidation, 11.2.2"
#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=11.2.2

// Install FluentValidation as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=FluentValidation&version=11.2.2

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.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 is compatible.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 is compatible.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 is compatible. 
.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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11.3.0 2,684,174 11/10/2022
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11.2.1 18,149,064 8/28/2022
11.2.0 6,413,590 8/8/2022
11.1.1 516,815 8/6/2022
11.1.0 10,496,500 6/22/2022
11.0.3 2,800,052 6/10/2022
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10.3.6 22,582,484 12/13/2021
10.3.5 2,811,335 11/30/2021
10.3.4 8,617,100 10/22/2021
10.3.3 10,321,120 8/24/2021
10.3.1 643,255 8/19/2021
10.3.0 7,238,309 7/9/2021
10.2.3 7,181,694 6/3/2021
10.2.2 412,338 6/1/2021
10.2.1 1,214,607 5/30/2021
10.2.0 319,965 5/28/2021
10.1.0 4,647,783 4/28/2021
10.0.4 3,780,190 4/17/2021
9.5.4 4,455,859 4/5/2021
9.5.3 3,684,785 3/15/2021
9.5.2 1,728,591 3/8/2021
9.5.1 6,130,950 2/11/2021
9.5.0 2,845,739 1/31/2021
9.4.0 2,783,117 1/14/2021
9.3.0 12,736,868 11/10/2020
9.3.0-preview3 36,017 10/19/2020
9.3.0-preview2 142,728 9/15/2020
9.3.0-preview1 12,772 8/26/2020
9.2.2 6,544,381 9/20/2020
9.2.1 25,554 9/19/2020
9.2.0 7,238,807 8/26/2020
9.1.3 975,314 8/19/2020
9.1.2 881,794 8/12/2020
9.1.1 632,029 8/8/2020
9.1.0 142,692 8/8/2020
9.0.1 4,952,264 7/14/2020
9.0.0-preview5 86,545 5/23/2020
9.0.0-preview4 136,829 4/22/2020
9.0.0-preview3 187,651 2/29/2020
9.0.0-preview2 31,455 2/21/2020
9.0.0-preview1 92,200 2/8/2020
8.6.3 5,739,087 8/28/2020
8.6.2 25,238,466 2/29/2020
8.6.1 11,554,859 12/28/2019
8.6.0 3,903,595 12/4/2019
8.5.1 3,558,420 11/2/2019
8.5.0 5,532,996 9/24/2019
8.5.0-preview5 65,946 9/1/2019
8.5.0-preview4 92,077 7/23/2019
8.5.0-preview3 30,893 7/10/2019
8.5.0-preview2 73,182 6/13/2019
8.5.0-preview1 57,020 5/10/2019
8.4.0 13,057,458 5/10/2019
8.3.0 3,708,706 4/24/2019
8.2.3 635,321 4/12/2019
8.2.2 951,056 4/5/2019
8.2.1 429,102 4/4/2019
8.2.0 1,005,605 3/26/2019
8.1.3 4,883,308 1/25/2019
8.1.2 2,210,352 12/18/2018
8.1.1 555,148 12/11/2018
8.1.0 610,747 12/6/2018
8.1.0-preview2 29,046 11/14/2018
8.1.0-preview1 27,479 10/14/2018
8.0.101 799,680 11/24/2018
8.0.100 3,700,556 9/4/2018
8.0.0 1,011,737 8/16/2018
8.0.0-rc1 51,927 7/24/2018
8.0.0-preview4 25,397 7/16/2018
8.0.0-preview3 23,942 7/13/2018
8.0.0-preview2 23,759 7/13/2018
7.6.105 1,470,011 8/11/2018
7.6.104 2,644,040 7/6/2018
7.6.103 1,222,297 6/16/2018
7.6.102 296,435 6/14/2018
7.6.101 74,554 6/13/2018
7.6.100 165,688 6/7/2018
7.6.0 374,792 6/1/2018
7.6.0-preview1 47,160 4/12/2018
7.5.2 3,614,550 3/16/2018
7.5.1 250,328 3/11/2018
7.5.0 719,803 2/26/2018
7.4.0 1,684,073 1/26/2018
7.3.4 1,010,204 1/2/2018
7.3.3 180,622 12/22/2017
7.3.2 69,912 12/21/2017
7.3.1 314,611 12/13/2017
7.3.0 87,378 12/13/2017
7.3.0-beta3 27,817 12/8/2017
7.3.0-beta2 44,868 11/20/2017
7.3.0-beta1 24,776 11/11/2017
7.2.1 2,656,936 10/24/2017
7.2.0 780,266 10/5/2017
7.2.0-beta3 41,120 9/5/2017
7.2.0-beta2 26,973 8/22/2017
7.2.0-beta1 23,243 8/19/2017
7.1.1 1,884,014 7/25/2017
7.1.0 532,358 6/28/2017
7.1.0-beta1 23,019 6/24/2017
7.0.3 724,349 6/7/2017
7.0.2 273,553 5/26/2017
7.0.1 78,801 5/23/2017
7.0.0 577,316 5/19/2017
7.0.0-beta3 27,535 5/1/2017
7.0.0-beta2 26,671 4/17/2017
7.0.0-beta1 24,253 4/7/2017
6.4.1 1,622,823 3/15/2017
6.4.1-beta1 23,382 3/13/2017
6.4.0 862,077 3/3/2017
6.4.0-rc4 145,926 2/13/2017
6.4.0-rc3 38,891 2/3/2017
6.4.0-rc2 39,351 1/30/2017
6.4.0-rc1 23,146 1/30/2017
6.4.0-beta9 90,209 11/21/2016
6.4.0-beta8 50,127 10/31/2016
6.4.0-beta7 23,762 10/28/2016
6.4.0-beta6 24,055 10/25/2016
6.4.0-beta5 23,699 10/24/2016
6.4.0-beta4 23,794 10/21/2016
6.4.0-beta3 70,405 7/4/2016
6.4.0-beta2 24,678 7/1/2016
6.4.0-beta10 22,900 1/30/2017
6.4.0-beta1 27,951 6/28/2016
6.3.4-alpha 396,725 6/1/2016
6.3.3-alpha 22,715 5/27/2016
6.2.1 4,763,079 2/26/2016
6.2.1-beta1 28,106 2/24/2016
6.2.0 155,898 2/22/2016
6.2.0-beta1 23,948 2/12/2016
6.1.0 394,736 1/18/2016
6.0.2 110,651 1/5/2016
6.0.1 38,510 1/5/2016
6.0.0 121,319 12/22/2015
5.6.2 1,390,772 5/29/2015
5.6.1 33,549 5/29/2015
5.5.0 1,103,736 10/31/2014
5.4.0 571,449 7/3/2014
5.3.0 100,782 5/27/2014
5.2.0 72,704 5/21/2014
5.1.0 922,249 3/11/2014
5.0.0.1 460,095 10/24/2013
4.0.0.1 276,095 7/18/2013
4.0.0 107,958 4/29/2013
3.4.6 381,458 8/30/2012
3.4.0 64,449 8/17/2012
3.3.1 80,224 3/30/2012
3.2.0 71,063 11/14/2011
3.1.0 52,141 7/30/2011
3.0.0.1 25,828 7/5/2011
3.0.0 41,510 6/25/2011
2.0.0 67,750 1/9/2011
1.3.0 193,290 1/7/2011

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