From 56b3ce84b4a2d909b3237242e6260389aa1cf956 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maksym Sadovnychyy <maksym.sadovnychyy@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 18:55:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] (feature): less strict default patch operation model
 validation

---
 .../Abstractions/Webapi/PatchRequestModelBase.cs         | 9 ---------
 src/MaksIT.Core/MaksIT.Core.csproj                       | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/MaksIT.Core/Abstractions/Webapi/PatchRequestModelBase.cs b/src/MaksIT.Core/Abstractions/Webapi/PatchRequestModelBase.cs
index 9f95b23..5296145 100644
--- a/src/MaksIT.Core/Abstractions/Webapi/PatchRequestModelBase.cs
+++ b/src/MaksIT.Core/Abstractions/Webapi/PatchRequestModelBase.cs
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ public abstract class PatchRequestModelBase : RequestModelBase {
 
   public Dictionary<string, PatchOperation>? Operations { get; set; }
 
-  private bool HasNonNullPatchField => GetType()
-    .GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance)
-    .Where(prop => prop.Name != nameof(Operations))
-    .Any(prop => prop.GetValue(this) != null);
-
   /// <summary>
   /// Attempts to retrieve the patch operation associated with the specified property name (case insensitive).
   /// </summary>
@@ -40,10 +35,6 @@ public abstract class PatchRequestModelBase : RequestModelBase {
   }
 
   public override IEnumerable<ValidationResult> Validate(ValidationContext validationContext) {
-    if (!HasNonNullPatchField) {
-      yield return new ValidationResult("At least one patch field must be provided", ["PatchField"]);
-    }
-
     if (Operations != null) {
       foreach (var operation in Operations) {
         if (!Enum.IsDefined(typeof(PatchOperation), operation.Value)) {
diff --git a/src/MaksIT.Core/MaksIT.Core.csproj b/src/MaksIT.Core/MaksIT.Core.csproj
index 390eede..2dbbb13 100644
--- a/src/MaksIT.Core/MaksIT.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/MaksIT.Core/MaksIT.Core.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
     <!-- NuGet package metadata -->
     <PackageId>MaksIT.Core</PackageId>
-    <Version>1.4.3</Version>
+    <Version>1.4.4</Version>
     <Authors>Maksym Sadovnychyy</Authors>
     <Company>MAKS-IT</Company>
     <Product>MaksIT.Core</Product>