using System;

using FluentValidation;

using FluentValidation.TestHelper;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        Console.WriteLine("Hello World");

        var uri = "http://www.foo.com";

        var linksValidator = new LinksValidator();

        linksValidator.ShouldNotHaveValidationErrorFor(l => l, uri);

    }

​

​

    public class LinksValidator : AbstractValidator<string>

    {

        public LinksValidator()

        {

            RuleFor(x => x)

                .Must(LinkMustBeAUri)

                .WithMessage("Link '{PropertyValue}' must be a valid URI. eg: http://www.SomeWebSite.com.au");

        }

​

        private static bool LinkMustBeAUri(string link)

        {

            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(link))

            {

                return false;

            }

​

            Uri result;

            return Uri.TryCreate(link, UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute, out result);

        }

    }

}