# The Validations module provides validation capabilities as a mixin. When
# included into a class, it enhances the class with class and instance
# methods for defining validations and validating class instances.
#
# The Validation emulates the validation capabilities of ActiveRecord, and
# provides methods for validating acceptance, confirmation, presence, format,
# length and numericality of attributes.
#
# To use validations, you need to include the Validation module in your
# class:
#
# class MyClass
# include Validation
# validates_length_of :password, :minimum => 6
# end
module Validation
# Includes the Validation class methods into the including class.
def self.included(c)
c.extend ClassMethods
end
# Returns the validation errors associated with the object.
def errors
@errors ||= Errors.new
end
# Validates the object.
def validate
errors.clear
self.class.validate(self)
end
# Validates the object and returns true if no errors are reported.
def valid?
validate
errors.empty?
end
# Validation::Errors represents validation errors.
class Errors
# Initializes a new instance of validation errors.
def initialize
@errors = Hash.new {|h, k| h[k] = []}
end
# Returns true if no errors are stored.
def empty?
@errors.empty?
end
# Clears all errors.
def clear
@errors.clear
end
# Returns the errors for the given attribute.
def on(att)
@errors[att]
end
alias_method :[], :on
# Adds an error for the given attribute.
def add(att, msg)
@errors[att] << msg
end
# Returns an array of fully-formatted error messages.
def full_messages
@errors.inject([]) do |m, kv| att, errors = *kv
errors.each {|e| m << "#{att} #{e}"}
m
end
end
end
# The Generator class is used to generate validation definitions using
# the validates {} idiom.
class Generator
# Initializes a new generator.
def initialize(receiver ,&block)
@receiver = receiver
instance_eval(&block)
end
# Delegates method calls to the receiver by calling receiver.validates_xxx.
def method_missing(m, *args, &block)
@receiver.send(:"validates_#{m}", *args, &block)
end
end
# Validation class methods.
module ClassMethods
# Defines validations by converting a longhand block into a series of
# shorthand definitions. For example:
#
# class MyClass
# include Validation
# validates do
# length_of :name, :minimum => 6
# length_of :password, :minimum => 8
# end
# end
#
# is equivalent to:
# class MyClass
# include Validation
# validates_length_of :name, :minimum => 6
# validates_length_of :password, :minimum => 8
# end
def validates(&block)
Generator.new(self, &block)
end
# Returns the validations hash for the class.
def validations
@validations ||= Hash.new {|h, k| h[k] = []}
end
# Returns true if validations are defined.
def has_validations?
!validations.empty?
end
# Validates the given instance.
def validate(o)
if superclass.respond_to?(:validate) && !@skip_superclass_validations
superclass.validate(o)
end
validations.each do |att, procs|
v = o.send(att)
procs.each {|p| p[o, att, v]}
end
end
def skip_superclass_validations
@skip_superclass_validations = true
end
# Adds a validation for each of the given attributes using the supplied
# block. The block must accept three arguments: instance, attribute and
# value, e.g.:
#
# validates_each :name, :password do |object, attribute, value|
# object.errors[attribute] << 'is not nice' unless value.nice?
# end
def validates_each(*atts, &block)
atts.each {|a| validations[a] << block}
end
# Validates acceptance of an attribute.
def validates_acceptance_of(*atts)
opts = {
:message => 'is not accepted',
:allow_nil => true,
:accept => '1'
}.merge!(atts.extract_options!)
validates_each(*atts) do |o, a, v|
next if (v.nil? && opts[:allow_nil]) || (v.blank? && opts[:allow_blank])
o.errors[a] << opts[:message] unless v == opts[:accept]
end
end
# Validates confirmation of an attribute.
def validates_confirmation_of(*atts)
opts = {
:message => 'is not confirmed',
}.merge!(atts.extract_options!)
validates_each(*atts) do |o, a, v|
next if (v.nil? && opts[:allow_nil]) || (v.blank? && opts[:allow_blank])
c = o.send(:"#{a}_confirmation")
o.errors[a] << opts[:message] unless v == c
end
end
# Validates the format of an attribute.
def validates_format_of(*atts)
opts = {
:message => 'is invalid',
}.merge!(atts.extract_options!)
unless opts[:with].is_a?(Regexp)
raise ArgumentError, "A regular expression must be supplied as the :with option of the options hash"
end
validates_each(*atts) do |o, a, v|
next if (v.nil? && opts[:allow_nil]) || (v.blank? && opts[:allow_blank])
o.errors[a] << opts[:message] unless v.to_s =~ opts[:with]
end
end
# Validates the length of an attribute.
def validates_length_of(*atts)
opts = {
:too_long => 'is too long',
:too_short => 'is too short',
:wrong_length => 'is the wrong length'
}.merge!(atts.extract_options!)
validates_each(*atts) do |o, a, v|
next if (v.nil? && opts[:allow_nil]) || (v.blank? && opts[:allow_blank])
if m = opts[:maximum]
o.errors[a] << (opts[:message] || opts[:too_long]) unless v && v.size <= m
end
if m = opts[:minimum]
o.errors[a] << (opts[:message] || opts[:too_short]) unless v && v.size >= m
end
if i = opts[:is]
o.errors[a] << (opts[:message] || opts[:wrong_length]) unless v && v.size == i
end
if w = opts[:within]
o.errors[a] << (opts[:message] || opts[:wrong_length]) unless v && w.include?(v.size)
end
end
end
NUMBER_RE = /^\d*\.{0,1}\d+$/
INTEGER_RE = /\A[+-]?\d+\Z/
# Validates whether an attribute is a number.
def validates_numericality_of(*atts)
opts = {
:message => 'is not a number',
}.merge!(atts.extract_options!)
re = opts[:only_integer] ? INTEGER_RE : NUMBER_RE
validates_each(*atts) do |o, a, v|
next if (v.nil? && opts[:allow_nil]) || (v.blank? && opts[:allow_blank])
o.errors[a] << opts[:message] unless v.to_s =~ re
end
end
# Validates the presence of an attribute.
def validates_presence_of(*atts)
opts = {
:message => 'is not present',
}.merge!(atts.extract_options!)
validates_each(*atts) do |o, a, v|
o.errors[a] << opts[:message] unless v && !v.blank?
end
end
end
end