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services.AddOptions<BearerTokensOptions>()
           .Bind(configuration.GetSection("BearerTokens"))
           .Validate(bearerTokens =>
          {
                 return bearerTokens.AccessTokenExpirationMinutes < bearerTokens.RefreshTokenExpirationMinutes;
          }, "RefreshTokenExpirationMinutes is less than AccessTokenExpirationMinutes. Obtaining new tokens using the refresh token should happen only if the access token has expired.");

{
  "ApiSettings": {
    "AllowedEndpoints": [
      {
        "Name": "Service 1",
        "Timeout": 30,
        "Url": "http://service1.site.com"
      },
      {
        "Name": "Service 2",
        "Timeout": 10,
        "Url": "https://service2.site.com"
      }
    ]
  }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace FluentValidationSample.Models
{
    public class AllowedEndpoint
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public int Timeout { get; set; }
        public Uri Url { get; set; }
    }

    public class ApiSettings
    {
        public IEnumerable<AllowedEndpoint> AllowedEndpoints { get; set; }
    }
}

namespace FluentValidationSample.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.Configure<ApiSettings>(Configuration.GetSection(nameof(ApiSettings)));

using System;
using System.Linq;
using FluentValidation;
using FluentValidationSample.Models;

namespace FluentValidationSample.ModelsValidations
{
    public class ApiSettingsValidator : AbstractValidator<ApiSettings>
    {
        public ApiSettingsValidator()
        {
            RuleFor(apiSetting => apiSetting).NotNull()
            .WithMessage("مدخل ApiSettings تعریف نشده‌است.");

            RuleFor(apiSetting => apiSetting.AllowedEndpoints).NotNull().NotEmpty()
            .WithMessage("مدخل AllowedEndpoints تعریف نشده‌است.");

            When(apiSetting => apiSetting.AllowedEndpoints != null,
            () =>
                {
                    RuleFor(apiSetting => apiSetting.AllowedEndpoints)
                        .Must(endpoints => endpoints.GroupBy(endpoint => endpoint.Name).Count() == endpoints.Count())
                        .WithMessage("نام‌های سرویس‌ها باید منحصربفرد باشند.");

                    RuleFor(apiSetting => apiSetting.AllowedEndpoints)
                        .Must(endpoints => !endpoints.Any(endpoint => endpoint.Timeout > 90 || endpoint.Timeout < 1))
                        .WithMessage("مقدار timeout باید بین 1 و 90 باشد");

                    RuleFor(apiSetting => apiSetting.AllowedEndpoints)
                        .Must(endpoints => endpoints.GroupBy(endpoint => endpoint.Url.ToString().ToLower()).Count() == endpoints.Count())
                        .WithMessage("آدرس‌های سرویس‌ها باید منحصربفرد باشند.");

                    RuleFor(apiSetting => apiSetting.AllowedEndpoints)
                        .Must(endpoints => endpoints.All(endpoint => endpoint.Url.Scheme.Equals("https", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)))
                        .WithMessage("تمام آدرس‌ها باید HTTPS باشند.");
                });
        }
    }
}

services.AddOptions<BearerTokensOptions>()
           .Bind(configuration.GetSection("BearerTokens"))
           .Validate(bearerTokens =>
          {
                 return bearerTokens.AccessTokenExpirationMinutes < bearerTokens.RefreshTokenExpirationMinutes;
          }, "RefreshTokenExpirationMinutes is less than AccessTokenExpirationMinutes. Obtaining new tokens using the refresh token should happen only if the access token has expired.");

namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Options
{
    public interface IValidateOptions<TOptions> where TOptions : class
    {
        ValidateOptionsResult Validate(string name, TOptions options);
    }
}

using System.Linq;
using FluentValidation;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;

namespace FluentValidationSample.ModelsValidations
{
    public class AppConfigValidator<TOptions> : IValidateOptions<TOptions> where TOptions : class
    {
        private readonly IValidator<TOptions> _validator;

        public AppConfigValidator(IValidator<TOptions> validator)
        {
            _validator = validator;
        }

        public ValidateOptionsResult Validate(string name, TOptions options)
        {
            if (options is null)
            {
                return ValidateOptionsResult.Fail("Configuration object is null.");
            }

            var validationResult = _validator.Validate(options);
            return validationResult.IsValid
                ? ValidateOptionsResult.Success
                : ValidateOptionsResult.Fail(validationResult.Errors.Select(error => error.ToString()));
        }
    }
}

namespace FluentValidationSample.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.Configure<ApiSettings>(Configuration.GetSection(nameof(ApiSettings)));
            services.AddTransient<IValidateOptions<ApiSettings>, AppConfigValidator<ApiSettings>>();

namespace FluentValidationSample.Web.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        private readonly IUsersService _usersService;
        private readonly ApiSettings _apiSettings;

        public HomeController(IUsersService usersService, IOptions<ApiSettings> apiSettings)
        {
            _usersService = usersService;
            _apiSettings = apiSettings.Value;
        }

An unhandled exception occurred while processing the request.
OptionsValidationException: تمام آدرس‌ها باید HTTPS باشند.

    public class Role : IdentityRole<int, UserRole, RoleClaim>, IAuditableEntity
    {
        public Role()
        {
        }

        public Role(string name)
            : this()
        {
            Name = name;
        }

        public Role(string name, string description)
            : this(name)
        {
            Description = description;
        }

        public string Description { get; set; }
    }

    public class UserRole : IdentityUserRole<int>, IAuditableEntity
    {
        public virtual User User { get; set; }

        public virtual Role Role { get; set; }
    }

public class RoleClaim : IdentityRoleClaim<int>, IAuditableEntity
{
   public virtual Role Role { get; set; }
}

public class UserClaim : IdentityUserClaim<int>, IAuditableEntity
{
   public virtual User User { get; set; }
}

public class UserToken : IdentityUserToken<int>, IAuditableEntity
{
   public virtual User User { get; set; }
}

public class UserLogin : IdentityUserLogin<int>, IAuditableEntity
{
   public virtual User User { get; set; }
}

    public class User : IdentityUser<int, UserClaim, UserRole, UserLogin>, IAuditableEntity
    {
        public User()
        {
            UserUsedPasswords = new HashSet<UserUsedPassword>();
            UserTokens = new HashSet<UserToken>();
        }

        [StringLength(450)]
        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        [StringLength(450)]
        public string LastName { get; set; }

        [NotMapped]
        public string DisplayName
        {
            get
            {
                var displayName = $"{FirstName} {LastName}";
                return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(displayName) ? UserName : displayName;
            }
        }

        [StringLength(450)]
        public string PhotoFileName { get; set; }

        public DateTimeOffset? BirthDate { get; set; }

        public DateTimeOffset? CreatedDateTime { get; set; }

        public DateTimeOffset? LastVisitDateTime { get; set; }

        public bool IsEmailPublic { get; set; }

        public string Location { set; get; }

        public bool IsActive { get; set; } = true;

        public virtual ICollection<UserUsedPassword> UserUsedPasswords { get; set; }

        public virtual ICollection<UserToken> UserTokens { get; set; }
    }

    public class UserUsedPassword : IAuditableEntity
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }

        public string HashedPassword { get; set; }

        public virtual User User { get; set; }
        public int UserId { get; set; }
    }

 public abstract class ApplicationDbContextBase :
  IdentityDbContext<User, Role, int, UserClaim, UserRole, UserLogin, RoleClaim, UserToken>,
  IUnitOfWork

protected void BeforeSaveTriggers()
{
  ValidateEntities();
  SetShadowProperties();
  this.ApplyCorrectYeKe();
}

 public class ApplicationDbContext : ApplicationDbContextBase

        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder builder)
        {
            // it should be placed here, otherwise it will rewrite the following settings!
            base.OnModelCreating(builder);

            // Adds all of the ASP.NET Core Identity related mappings at once.
            builder.AddCustomIdentityMappings(SiteSettings.Value);

            // Custom application mappings


            // This should be placed here, at the end.
            builder.AddAuditableShadowProperties();
        }

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 public class UpperInvariantLookupNormalizer : ILookupNormalizer

 identityOptionsUser.RequireUniqueEmail = true;

   public override string Normalize(string key)

services.AddScoped<ILookupNormalizer, CustomNormalizer>();
services.AddScoped<UpperInvariantLookupNormalizer, CustomNormalizer>();

 public class UserValidator<TUser> : IUserValidator<TUser> where TUser : class

        public override async Task<IdentityResult> ValidateAsync(UserManager<User> manager, User user)
        {
            // First use the built-in validator
            var result = await base.ValidateAsync(manager, user).ConfigureAwait(false);
            var errors = result.Succeeded ? new List<IdentityError>() : result.Errors.ToList();

            // Extending the built-in validator
            validateEmail(user, errors);
            validateUserName(user, errors);

            return !errors.Any() ? IdentityResult.Success : IdentityResult.Failed(errors.ToArray());
        }

 services.AddScoped<IUserValidator<User>, CustomUserValidator>();
services.AddScoped<UserValidator<User>, CustomUserValidator>();

 public class PasswordValidator<TUser> : IPasswordValidator<TUser> where TUser : class

        private static void setPasswordOptions(PasswordOptions identityOptionsPassword, SiteSettings siteSettings)
        {
            identityOptionsPassword.RequireDigit = siteSettings.PasswordOptions.RequireDigit;
            identityOptionsPassword.RequireLowercase = siteSettings.PasswordOptions.RequireLowercase;
            identityOptionsPassword.RequireNonAlphanumeric = siteSettings.PasswordOptions.RequireNonAlphanumeric;
            identityOptionsPassword.RequireUppercase = siteSettings.PasswordOptions.RequireUppercase;
            identityOptionsPassword.RequiredLength = siteSettings.PasswordOptions.RequiredLength;
        }

"PasswordOptions": {
   "RequireDigit": false,
   "RequiredLength": 6,
   "RequireLowercase": false,
   "RequireNonAlphanumeric": false,
   "RequireUppercase": false
},

services.AddScoped<IPasswordValidator<User>, CustomPasswordValidator>();
services.AddScoped<PasswordValidator<User>, CustomPasswordValidator>();

   public static void AddErrorsFromResult(this ModelStateDictionary modelStat, IdentityResult result)

   public static string DumpErrors(this IdentityResult result, bool useHtmlNewLine = false)

  [AjaxOnly, HttpPost, ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
  [ResponseCache(Location = ResponseCacheLocation.None, NoStore = true)]
  public async Task<IActionResult> ValidateUsername(string username, string email)

  [AjaxOnly, HttpPost, ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
  [ResponseCache(Location = ResponseCacheLocation.None, NoStore = true)]
  public async Task<IActionResult> ValidatePassword(string password, string username)

IPasswordValidator<User> passwordValidator,
IUserValidator<User> userValidator,

  [Required(ErrorMessage = "(*)")]
  [Display(Name = "نام کاربری")]
  [Remote("ValidateUsername", "Register",
AdditionalFields = nameof(Email) + "," + ViewModelConstants.AntiForgeryToken, HttpMethod = "POST")]
  [RegularExpression("^[a-zA-Z_]*$", ErrorMessage = "لطفا تنها از حروف انگلیسی استفاده نمائید")]
  public string Username { get; set; }

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace MvcApplication1.Models
{
    public class Task
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }

        [Required]
        public string Name { set; get; }

        [DisplayName("Due Date")]
        public DateTime? DueDate { set; get; }

        [DisplayName("Is Complete")]
        public bool IsComplete { set; get; }

        [StringLength(450)]
        public string Description { set; get; }
    }
}

Install-Package MvcScaffolding

Attempting to resolve dependency 'T4Scaffolding'.
Attempting to resolve dependency 'T4Scaffolding.Core'.
Attempting to resolve dependency 'EntityFramework'.
Successfully installed 'T4Scaffolding.Core 1.0.0'.
Successfully installed 'T4Scaffolding 1.0.8'.
Successfully installed 'MvcScaffolding 1.0.9'.
Successfully added 'T4Scaffolding.Core 1.0.0' to MvcApplication1.
Successfully added 'T4Scaffolding 1.0.8' to MvcApplication1.
Successfully added 'MvcScaffolding 1.0.9' to MvcApplication1.

Scaffold Controller Task

Scaffold Controller -ModelType Task -ControllerName TasksController -DbContextType TasksDbContext

Scaffold Controller -ModelType Task -ControllerName TasksController -DbContextType TasksDbContext -Repository

Scaffold Controller -ModelType Task -ControllerName TasksController -DbContextType TasksDbContext -Repository -Force

public interface ITaskRepository : IDisposable
{
  IQueryable<Task> All { get; }
  IQueryable<Task> AllIncluding(params Expression<Func<Task, object>>[] includeProperties);
  Task Find(int id);
  void InsertOrUpdate(Task task);
  void Delete(int id);
  void Save();
}