Created DynamicErrors

dynamic_form.gemspec

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
      "README",
      "Rakefile",
      "VERSION",
-     "dynamic-form.gemspec",
      "dynamic_form.gemspec",
      "init.rb",
      "lib/action_view/helpers/dynamic_form.rb",

lib/active_model/dynamic_errors.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+module ActiveModel
+  class Errors
+    # Redefine the ActiveModel::Errors::full_messages method:
+    #  Returns all the full error messages in an array. 'Base' messages are handled as usual.
+    #  Non-base messages are prefixed with the attribute name as usual UNLESS 
+    # (1) they begin with '^' in which case the attribute name is omitted.
+    #     E.g. validates_acceptance_of :accepted_terms, :message => '^Please accept the terms of service'
+    # (2) the message is a proc, in which case the proc is invoked on the model object.
+    #     E.g. validates_presence_of :assessment_answer_option_id, 
+    #     :message => Proc.new { |aa| "#{aa.label} (#{aa.group_label}) is required" }
+    #     which gives an error message like:
+    #     Rate (Accuracy) is required
+    def full_messages
+      full_messages = []
+
+      each do |attribute, messages|
+        messages = Array.wrap(messages)
+        next if messages.empty?
+
+        if attribute == :base
+          messages.each {|m| full_messages << m }
+        else
+          attr_name = attribute.to_s.gsub('.', '_').humanize
+          attr_name = @base.class.human_attribute_name(attribute, :default => attr_name)
+          options = { :default => "%{attribute} %{message}", :attribute => attr_name }
+
+          messages.each do |m|
+            if m =~ /^\^/
+              options[:default] = "%{message}"
+              full_messages << I18n.t(:"errors.dynamic_format", options.merge(:message => m[1..-1]))
+            elsif m.is_a? Proc
+              options[:default] = "%{message}"
+              full_messages << I18n.t(:"errors.dynamic_format", options.merge(:message => m.call(@base)))
+            else
+              full_messages << I18n.t(:"errors.format", options.merge(:message => m))
+            end            
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      full_messages
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+require 'active_support/i18n'
+I18n.load_path << File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/locale/en.yml'

lib/active_model/locale/en.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+en:
+  errors:
+    # The default format to use in full dynamic error messages.
+    dynamic_format: "%{message}"

lib/dynamic_form.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require "active_model/dynamic_errors"
 require 'action_view/helpers/dynamic_form'
 
 class ActionView::Base

test/dynamic_form_test.rb

@@ -369,4 +369,10 @@ def test_default_form_builder_no_instance_variable
 
     assert_dom_equal expected, output_buffer
   end
+
+  def test_error_messages_without_prefixed_attribute_name
+    error = error_messages_for(@post)
+    assert_dom_equal %(<div class="errorExplanation" id="errorExplanation"><h2>1 error prohibited this post from being saved</h2><p>There were problems with the following fields:</p><ul><li>Author name can't be empty</li></ul></div>),
+      error
+  end
 end