// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding.Validation;
 
/// <summary>
/// Contract for attributes that determine whether associated properties should be validated. When the attribute is
/// applied to a property, the validation system calls <see cref="ShouldValidateEntry"/> to determine whether to
/// validate that property. When applied to a type, the validation system calls <see cref="ShouldValidateEntry"/>
/// for each property that type defines to determine whether to validate it.
/// </summary>
public interface IPropertyValidationFilter
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets an indication whether the <paramref name="entry"/> should be validated.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="entry"><see cref="ValidationEntry"/> to check.</param>
    /// <param name="parentEntry"><see cref="ValidationEntry"/> containing <paramref name="entry"/>.</param>
    /// <returns><c>true</c> if <paramref name="entry"/> should be validated; <c>false</c> otherwise.</returns>
    bool ShouldValidateEntry(ValidationEntry entry, ValidationEntry parentEntry);
}