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c# - Why are buddy classes used for validation?

I am curious as to why data validation is done using buddy classes. Consider the following example, where MyEntity is a Linq-to-SQL or Linq-to-Entities entity, and the class below is a partial class enhancing the entity.

[MetadataType(typeof(MyEntity.MyEntityMetadata))]
public partial class MyEntity
{
    private class MyEntityMetadata
    {
        [Required(ErrorMessage = "The title is required.")]
        public string Title { get; set; }
    }
}

Why is the design so? When they designed DataAnnotations, why was this "buddy pattern" selected? Why not place the attributes directly in the entity?

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I assume this prevents generated entities from overwriting custom Meta Data information.


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