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using System;
using System.Net.Mail;
namespace XenCenterLib
{
///
/// Validates an email address.
///
public class EmailAddressValidator
{
///
/// Validates an email address. Null, empty, or strings containing forbidden chars
/// will return false. Otherwise validity is checked using a MS class.
///
/// Note: This uses FormatException to control flow.
///
/// email address is valid
public bool IsValid(string emailAddress)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(emailAddress))
return false;
if (ContainsForbiddenCharacters(emailAddress))
return false;
MailMessage mm = new MailMessage();
try
{
mm.To.Add(emailAddress);
return true;
}
catch (FormatException) //Thrown if an ill-formed email address is given
{
return false;
}
}
private bool ContainsForbiddenCharacters(string emailAddress)
{
char[] forbiddenCharacters = new []
{
'(',
')',
' '
};
if (emailAddress.IndexOfAny(forbiddenCharacters) == -1)
return false;
return true;
}
}
}