Questions tagged [validation]
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Check if object exists before updating/deleting
In an application that doesn't use an ORM, is it good practice to check whether an object exists before attempting to update/delete it?
For example:
@Route(method="DELETE", path="/posts/\d+")
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Should a method decide whether to execute or not? [closed]
I couldn't find a question on SE but it has probably been asked elsewhere already (in case, please mark it).
A method containing code to run just with specific external conditions can:
decide ...
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Why is it bad to use exceptions for handling this type of validation? It seems like it makes the code so much cleaner
I'm working on a .NET Core REST API and I'm writing a service class to create new user accounts. I have the following code:
public async Task<UserDto> RegisterNewUserAccount(...
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Where should tests and checks be implemented in a mathematical modelling process?
I have a mathematical model with two main "stages" 1. data loading (only a few KB of data) and 2. running a model on the data. I want to implement some tests and checks to ensure the data being fed ...
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In a Domain Driven Development DDD, have a validation on a DTO that calls a external service is wrong, if yes, where should it be?
I have this question, is more about pattern and in theory what is wrong or not instead of if is possible or not (because it is).
In a DDD design, I have a DTO that I am validating, to check not nulls,...
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DDD - How to do informative validation (specifically on entity creation)?
For my domain entities currently, all validation errors cause exceptions to be thrown. I don't like this as it doesn't allow me to compile all validation errors before exiting a method. I'd like to ...
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Should we delegate user input sanitization/validation?
Consider this code:
new FrameworkClass( [ 'query' => $_POST[ 'input' ] ] );
FrameworkClass is supposed to do input sanitization and validation. Should we just trust 3rd party code to do it's job?
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Using the objects retrieved at the time of request validation
I hope the question title already answers the subject here. Lets say I have a number of ids that needs to be validated in a request.
Example:
request uri:
[POST] /album/{album_id}/song
Request ...
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What to do when an aggregate is given a bad event?
What is usually done when an aggregate is asked to apply an "impossible" event to its state?
For example, if a ShoppingCart aggregate has already applied a CustomerAckRec (The customer has ...
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Formatting a string by converting to a number then back to a string
I'm not sure whether this qualifies as code smell, or if there may be some better way of performing the same task, but, basically, I want to format a 10 digit string, using C#, and have the following ...
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Fluent validation - integrate in my business objects best practices
I am involved in the development of a price engine system.
I have a set of business objects like Car, Engine, Wheels, etc
I want to validate them using the framework Fluent Validation
Here an example:...
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Should I fix known bad domains in user emails?
Checking my Sendgrid account I've noticed many drops due to "Known bad domain". Those bad domains often seem to have been caused due to user mistake.
***@gmal.com
***@gmail.com.br
***@hotmal.com
I ...
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Prefixing a number with + on html inputs
When asking for positive number inputs on html, is it valid to allow + on the textbox? Like +42? Surely the + sign gets removed during server-side processing. But will allowing + be fine on the html ...
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If functions have to do null checks before doing the intended behaviour is this bad design?
So I don't know if this is good or bad code design so I thought I better ask.
I frequently create methods that do data processing involving classes and I often do a lot of checks in the methods to ...
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How far do you go in server-side validation of POST/GET requests?
Our application had a few vulnerabilities detected by AppScan and we had to add server-side validation to catch SQL injection attempts.
But my question is, how far do you go in server-side ...
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Should the ORM create the related objects (ForeignKey objects) when saving the entity?
This question is coming from a frustration when using the Entity Framework and ASP.NET MVC, but I assume it's a general frustration across more frameworks and languages.
Lets say we have an object ...
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Is it ok to have validation layer before access control layer
I am creating an API strcutured web application and in this application we have different layers which are doing their own job.
First layer is Validation layer which validate user input and if it ...
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JS Captcha in contact form validation to avoid spam bots
I am looking for opinions about how bulletproof could be this captcha system to avoid spam in a contact form.
The form submit goes through ajax.
So I generate 2 random numbers with javascript. The ...
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How to handle submitted data - sanitization or validation or both?
As I was working on upgrading deprecated ereg_replace() statements in an e-cart sollution I was suddenly puzzled by questions regarding how to handle the submitted data I was working with.
I was ...
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Validate JSON on server side
I'm working on Web Application (ASP.Net MVC) that will allow users to edit a JSON object in the browser and save it to database.
To do so, JSON object will be sent from view to server side (...
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Designing for the validation of phone numbers
Let's say we have a registration system that finalises the creation of an account by SMSing the user their new account details.
This system could be used by people all around the world, so let's say ...
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Message validation in async messaging-based services
I'm looking for information on the best approach to message validation in asynchronous-messaging-based services (i.e. services that pull messages from some sort of message queue or broker, rather than ...
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design pattern/oop for large validation rule set
I'm writing this in node.js
I have some data that needs validating before anything can be done with this. The data is validated in two different ways. I can use JSONSchema to validate the structure ...
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Validation layer of clustered WebApi solution
Currently I have a design problem, which I am not sure how exactly to solve and what would be the best approach.
So what I have is a ASP.NET Core WebApi project which is actually clustered solution. ...
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JavaScript only validation on AJAX form submit
I've been mulling this question over for a few days in my head and I can't come to a solid answer.
We understand that client side validation for forms is not enough, because you can easily turn ...
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How to validate reference use?
I use "reference" term here like in C++ world, not like in C# (for example). I use non-C++ syntax on purpose -- this is general question, not about this particular implementation.
Starting something ...
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The “scope” of knowledge about what the valid parameters are
I have a question which I'm not sure how to generalize and ask properly, so I'll try with an example.
Suppose that I design a parking lot management system. In my system, I have the objects Car and ...
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Should I assert the preconditions of functions in a public API?
I am writing a library for some data structures in C that will be used in embedded systems. I have had issues designing and coming up with a solid error handling plan. This API is only subject to ...
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Overall view validation with a datagrid and keeping to MVVM
I am struggling to find a good architecture for what must be a common problem
Enable/Disable a button in a View that contains a datagrid, and has
validation requirements on the cell, row and ...
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Multi-level validation in C#
I have a Console project reads inputs from CSV file and tries to save them to database.
For that, I created a class Person that maps a CSV row.
The CSV file has two columns Name and Age. Person ...
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Validation Rule or Business Rule
I am in a confusion where I cannot decide whether a rule is validation rule or Business rule. I have simple POJO with JSR 303 bean validation rules.
public class VehicleDto {
@NotNull(message = "...
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Best approach for name similarity
As part of validation, we perform name similarity check and allow only if the threshold is reached. I got some help from StackOverflow regarding the implementation and finally implemented JaroWinkler ...
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Where should I enforce that an entity has between 0 and 7 attributes
Background
I need to implement a URL whitelist to limit the number of pages that a javascript widget can be deployed on.
The requesting domain is already limited for an account, but I now want to ...
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Would an age between 0 and 17 cause validation to fail? [closed]
I recently asked a question about validation here: What is the "best" way to apprach validation from the perspective of a DDD purist?
Please see the code below, which I borrowed from here:
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Validating requests to API have come from a valid source
I am currently working on a project where I am developing a library which will do HTTP POSTs to a backend service on my server. The data that the backend service receives is processed and stored in a ...
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Should an empty validation pass if no rules supplied? [closed]
If I have a validator class with a validate function that takes a ruleContainer as input. Should the validation pass if the container is empty ( least astonishment?) or should I throw an exception or ...
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With a REST API, is there a convention for clients validate a request without committing any changes?
This may be easiest to explain with an example use case.
Let's say I have an e-commerce site where users can add items to their shopping cart. When adding items to the cart, users can type in the ...
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How to represent and validate website URLs for a JPA entity
I have an application that will allow the user to enter and store (in a DB) a website URL for a company. The only requirement (as of now) beyond entry of the website URL is to validate that the URL is ...
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Validating Arguments in Constuctor
In general, I like to favour immutability where possible and not allow objects to be created in an invalid state or get into an invalid state. Sometimes though it feels like it might go too far.
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Design Gaps Validation
Does anybody face the issue with Design Validation and related overheads?
When we deliver a Solution we have a lot of so-called Streams (usually 3-8, average 5).
Each Stream is responsible for its ...
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Clean architecture validation in domain vs data persistence layer?
I'm studying up on clean and as a result am quite dramatically rethinking a great deal of how I design and write software.
I've thing I'm still wrestling with however, is for business rules like "on ...
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How to avoid double data validation in an application with web interface?
I am learning software design by building a CRUD web application (ASP.NET MVC with Entity Framework). I split it into two projects: first is Core library, that contains business logic, second is Web ...
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Are periodic validation or verification tests required after the software is released?
I'm working as a programmer in a load cell manufacturing company.
We develop our own software for load cell manufacturing and testing purposes.
Quality Assurance Department of our company has ...
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Should a backend Restful API implement data validation
I am working a project which involves back-end Restful API and single-page front-end app. I am wondering if the back-end API has to implement all sort of data validation logic , which is also to be ...
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MVC remote validation approach
I have a model, the model has 2 strings; foo and bar.
foo is what it is, it will be one of x amount of possible values (it's not an enum, though).
bar is entered by the user, so I want to validate ...
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How to perform input validation without exceptions or redundancy
When I'm trying to create an interface for a specific program I'm generally trying to avoid throwing exceptions that depend on non-validated input.
So what often happens is that I've thought of a ...
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method to check nested transaction
So I am writing a method to check and throw if a new transaction is being made in another transaction.
I first came up with straight forward checkNestedTransaction, but this seems vague since I cannot ...
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Database Constraint from another table column
Let's consider the following objects :
Article which can be of different types
Equipment which point to an Article, some fields on equipment are only used for some types.
I want to add constraint ...
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Validating an app's feature
I am currently coding a productive study app. In my app, the user can input a list of productive, non-productive and necessary tasks which he will be doing throughout a period of time. The user is ...
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Putting NoSQL DB schemas on front-end, safely
We are using Firebase which is probably similar to MongoDB in that it stores arbitrary JSON structures. We are also using Node.js and so the library in question could in theory be used both backend ...
