Implement Structure#validate method

docs/validation.md

@@ -255,3 +255,49 @@ errors; /*
 ]
 */
 ```
+
+### Validate raw data
+
+In addition to the _instance_ `validate()` method, Structure also adds a _static_ `validate()` to your structure classes that receives a _raw object_ or a _structure instance_ as parameter and has the same return type of the [normal validation](#validation):
+
+```javascript
+const User = attributes({
+  name: {
+    type: String,
+    minLength: 10
+  },
+  age: {
+    type: Number,
+    required: true
+  }
+})(class User { });
+
+// Using a raw object
+const rawData = {
+  name: 'John'
+};
+
+const { valid, errors } = User.validate(rawData);
+
+valid; // false
+errors; /*
+[
+  { message: '"name" length must be at least 10 characters long', path: 'name' },
+  { message: '"age" is required', path: 'age' }
+]
+*/
+
+// Using a structure instance
+const user = new User({
+  name: 'Some long name'
+});
+
+const validation = User.validate(user);
+
+validation.valid; // false
+validation.errors; /*
+[
+  { message: '"age" is required', path: 'age' }
+]
+*/
+```

src/attributesDecorator.js

@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ const { getInitialValues } = require('./initialValueCreation');
 const { SCHEMA } = require('./symbols');
 const {
   attributesDescriptor,
-  validationDescriptor,
   serializationDescriptor
 } = require('./propertyDescriptors');
 
+const {
+  validationDescriptor,
+  staticValidationDescriptor
+} = require('./validation');
+
 const define = Object.defineProperty;
 
 function attributesDecorator(declaredSchema) {
@@ -40,6 +44,8 @@ function attributesDecorator(declaredSchema) {
       value: declaredSchema
     });
 
+    define(WrapperClass, 'validate', staticValidationDescriptor);
+
     define(WrapperClass.prototype, SCHEMA, {
       value: declaredSchema
     });

src/propertyDescriptors.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { SCHEMA, ATTRIBUTES, VALIDATE } = require('./symbols');
+const { SCHEMA, ATTRIBUTES } = require('./symbols');
 const { NON_OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES } = require('./errorMessages');
 const { serialize } = require('./serialization');
 
@@ -30,24 +30,6 @@ exports.attributesDescriptor = {
   }
 };
 
-exports.validationDescriptor = {
-  value: function validate() {
-    const validation = this[SCHEMA][VALIDATE];
-    const serializedStructure = this.toJSON();
-
-    const errors = validation.validate(serializedStructure);
-
-    if(errors) {
-      return {
-        valid: false,
-        errors
-      };
-    }
-
-    return { valid: true };
-  }
-};
-
 exports.serializationDescriptor = {
   value: function toJSON() {
     return serialize(this);

src/validation/index.js

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const joi = require('joi');
 
+const { SCHEMA, VALIDATE } = require('../symbols');
+
 const validations = [
   require('./string'),
   require('./number'),
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ const validations = [
 const nestedValidation = require('./nested');
 const arrayValidation = require('./array');
 
-function validationForAttribute(typeDescriptor) {
+exports.validationForAttribute = function validationForAttribute(typeDescriptor) {
   if(typeDescriptor.itemType !== undefined) {
     return arrayValidation(typeDescriptor, typeDescriptor.itemType);
   }
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ function validationForAttribute(typeDescriptor) {
   }
 
   return validation.createJoiSchema(typeDescriptor);
-}
+};
 
 const mapDetail = ({ message, path }) => ({ message, path });
 
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ const validatorOptions = {
   allowUnknown: false
 };
 
-function validationForSchema(schema) {
+exports.validationForSchema = function validationForSchema(schema) {
   const schemaValidation = {};
 
   Object.keys(schema).forEach((attributeName) => {
@@ -54,7 +56,38 @@ function validationForSchema(schema) {
       return validationErrors;
     }
   };
-}
+};
 
-exports.validationForAttribute = validationForAttribute;
-exports.validationForSchema = validationForSchema;
+exports.validationDescriptor = {
+  value: function validate() {
+    const validation = this[SCHEMA][VALIDATE];
+    const serializedStructure = this.toJSON();
+
+    return validateData(validation, serializedStructure);
+  }
+};
+
+exports.staticValidationDescriptor = {
+  value: function validate(data) {
+    if(data[SCHEMA]) {
+      data = data.toJSON();
+    }
+
+    const validation = this[SCHEMA][VALIDATE];
+
+    return validateData(validation, data);
+  }
+};
+
+function validateData(validation, data) {
+  const errors = validation.validate(data);
+
+  if(errors) {
+    return {
+      valid: false,
+      errors
+    };
+  }
+
+  return { valid: true };
+}

test/unit/validation/staticMethod.spec.js

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+const { attributes } = require('../../../src');
+const { expect } = require('chai');
+
+describe('validation', () => {
+  describe('Using structure static method', () => {
+    var User;
+
+    before(() => {
+      User = attributes({
+        name: {
+          type: String,
+          required: true
+        },
+        age: {
+          type: Number,
+          min: 21
+        }
+      })(class User { });
+    });
+
+    context('when data is valid', () => {
+      it('returns valid as true and no errors', () => {
+        const { valid, errors } = User.validate({
+          name: 'The name',
+          age: 25
+        });
+
+        expect(valid).to.be.true;
+        expect(errors).to.be.undefined;
+      });
+    });
+
+    context('when data is invalid', () => {
+      it('returns valid as false and array of errors', () => {
+        const { valid, errors } = User.validate({
+          age: 10
+        });
+
+        expect(valid).to.be.false;
+        expect(errors).to.be.instanceOf(Array);
+        expect(errors).to.have.lengthOf(2);
+        expect(errors[0].path).to.equal('name');
+        expect(errors[1].path).to.equal('age');
+      });
+    });
+
+    context('when passed data is a structure', () => {
+      context('when structure is valid', () => {
+        it('returns valid as true and no errors', () => {
+          const user = new User({
+            name: 'Something',
+            age: 18
+          });
+
+          const { valid, errors } = User.validate(user);
+
+          expect(valid).to.be.false;
+          expect(errors).to.be.instanceOf(Array);
+          expect(errors).to.have.lengthOf(1);
+          expect(errors[0].path).to.equal('age');
+        });
+      });
+
+      context('when structure is invalid', () => {
+        it('returns valid as false and array of errors', () => {
+          const user = new User({
+            age: 10
+          });
+
+          const { valid, errors } = User.validate(user);
+
+          expect(valid).to.be.false;
+          expect(errors).to.be.instanceOf(Array);
+          expect(errors).to.have.lengthOf(2);
+          expect(errors[0].path).to.equal('name');
+          expect(errors[1].path).to.equal('age');
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});