I have an object that's generated from an incoming json string. The string is deserialized in a custom converter that returns an object. This object has a method called IsValidForDB that checks if the properties are valid. This method looks like this:public class MyObject{   public bool IsValidForDB()   {      if (this.SomeProperty != SomeCondition)      {          return false;      }      if (this.SomeOtherProperty != SomeOtherCondition)      {          return false;      }      ....... several other conditions      return true;   }} My question is this: is this pattern a good way of validating an object's properties?
pattern for validating an object against some condition
c#
You have two things to consider here:  the entity shouldn't know anything about any database or repository. I would suggest you rename your method to IsValid(). the entity will be manipulated or operated upon by other classes, i.e. view models or controllers, etc. It can be an anti-pattern (or just smelly) to include business rules in the entity when those business rules rightfully belong elsewhereSo, I would suggest that the validation within your object simply evaluates the property values in an immediate way, avoiding any business rules.