Request validation

[KoodiVille]

I run into an issue today, while building an integration for iCloud calendar. In short summary:
I have an RRULE as follows: RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=5 and without thinking too much I added both until and count to an update request as follows:

 new RecurrencePattern
{
    Count = count //not int.MinValue
    Until = until //not DateTime.MinValue
    ... other properties
}

This will end up in serialized as RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20250211T235959Z;COUNT=5
In my case the iCloud caldav server of course accepts the RRULE, but since it's invalid I can't deserialize it anymore when fetching the calendar events.

I know this is purely user error on my part. But what I was wondering, do you think it would make any sense to add possibility for something like a sanity check method Event.Validate();

[axunonb]

Guess you're on on v4.3.1 or earlier? v5.0.0-pre.39 will throw when Count and Until are both set other than null.
(Always good to know the version and a working code sample with Assertions)

[KoodiVille]

Thanks for the quick reply. I am currently using v4.3.1.
I guess this suggestion is a bit irrelevant, since I completely missed the updated approach for these RRULEs in the preview version, which should solve the issue I was facing.

[axunonb]

I understand your problem is, that you can't deserialize invalid iCalendar data submitted from your iCloud server. how could a Event.Validate() method help you out? Would you use when deserializing or when serializing?

[axunonb]

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