In the previous chapter, I showed you how the model binding process creates objects from HTTP requests. Throughout that chapter, I simply displayed the data that the application received. That’s because the data that users provide should not be used until it has been inspected to ensure that the application is able to use it. The reality is that users will often enter data that isn’t valid and cannot be used, which leads me to the topic of this chapter: model validation.
Model validation is the process of ensuring the data received ...