Is it possible to use C# DataAnnotations with IOC containers?

Question

Is it possible to use C# DataAnnotations with IOC containers? I've got a ValidationAttribute that I'd like to inject a resolved object into the attribute class after the class is instantiated. Basicly, I want to access an annotation from an instantiated class. Or maybe I'm thinking about this backwords and should use validationContext.ObjectInstance?

Answer 1

There's no clean way of using this (with DI). You can however use IoC if you create a static method to access the current IoC Container. It's pretty nasty but it's the only solution I found.

By static I mean static accessor that grabs it from the application or request cache.