ServiceStack Validation Feature Throws Exception -

i trying implement validation feature in servicestack validate requestdto's before calling db operations. when try validate request dto

validationresult result = this.addbookinglimitvalidator.validate(request); 

the code automatically throws validation error automatically. can not debug service happening behind scenes ? can change behaviour or doing wrong here. thanks.

my request dto :

[route("/bookinglimit", "post")] [authenticate] public class addbookinglimit : ireturn<addbookinglimitresponse> {          public int shiftid { get; set; }   public datetime date { get; set; }   public int limit { get; set; } } 

my response dto :

public class addbookinglimitresponse {   public int id { get; set; }   public responsestatus responsestatus { get; set; } } 

validation class :

public class addbookinglimitvalidator : abstractvalidator<addbookinglimit> {   public addbookinglimitvalidator()   {     rulefor(r => r.limit).greaterthan(0).withmessage("limit 0 dan büyük olmalıdır");   } } 

service implementation :

public addbookinglimitresponse post(addbookinglimit request) {   validationresult result = this.addbookinglimitvalidator.validate(request);              shift shift = new shiftrepository().get(request.shiftid);   bookinglimit bookinglimit = new bookinglimit   {     restaurantid = base.usersession.restaurantid,     shiftid = request.shiftid,     startdate = request.date.addhours(shift.starthour.hour).addminutes(shift.starthour.minute),     enddate = request.date.addhours(shift.endhour.hour).addminutes(shift.endhour.minute),     limit = request.limit,     createdate = datetime.now,     createdby = base.usersession.userid,     status = (byte)status.active   };   return new addbookinglimitresponse   {     id = new bookinglimitrepository().add(bookinglimit)   };         } 

apphost code :

container.registervalidators(typeof(addbookinglimitvalidator).assembly); plugins.add(new validationfeature()); 

and consume service in c# code:

 try  {    addbookinglimitresponse response = clienthelper.jsonclient.post(new addbookinglimit    {      date = datetime.parse(dailybookinglimitdatetextbox.text),      limit = convert.toint32(dailybookinglimittextbox.text),      shiftid = convert.toint32(dailydaytypeselection.selectedvalue)     });     webmanager.showmessage(usermessages.savesuccessful.formatstring(fields.bookinglimit));   }   catch (webserviceexception ex)   {     webmanager.showmessage(ex.responsestatus.message);              } 

right, servicestack validates request dto before service gets called if validationfeature enabled.

to manually invoke validator in service, have remove line apphost first:

plugins.add(new validationfeature()); 

please make sure validator property in service has type ivalidator<>, otherwise won't injected ioc container if register validators container.registervalidators(typeof(addbookinglimitvalidator).assembly).

public class testservice : service {     public ivalidator<request> validator { get; set; }      public requestresponse post(request request)     {         validator.validate(request);          ...     } }