public ActionResult Index()
    {
        User u = new User();
        u.Username = "test";
        u.Password = "test";
        u.Email = "test";

        DefaultContext db = new DefaultContext();

        if (ModelState.IsValid)
        {
            db.Users.Add(u);
            db.SaveChanges();
            Response.Write(u.Id);
        }
        else
            // model is not valid

        return View();
    }

public class Widget
{
    public int Id { get; set; }

    [Required]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public decimal Price { get; set; }
}

var widget = new Widget
                        {
                            Id = 12,
                            Price = 15.57M
                        };

        var context = new ValidationContext(widget, null, null);
        var results = new List<ValidationResult>();
        if( Validator.TryValidateObject( widget, context, results, true ) )
        {
            //Validation Successful
        }
        else
        {
            //Validation Failed
        }

User u = new User();
    u.Username = "test";
    u.Password = "test";
    u.Email = "test";


    if (TryValidateModel(u))
     {

     }else{

     }