Module: VirtualBox::AbstractModel::Validatable

Included in:
VirtualBox::AbstractModel
Defined in:
lib/virtualbox/abstract_model/validatable.rb

Overview

Provides validation methods for a class. Unlike ActiveRecord, validations are instance-level rather than class-level.

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

Instance Method Details

- (Object) __validates_extract_options(fields, defaults)

Internal method. Should never be called.



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# File 'lib/virtualbox/abstract_model/validatable.rb', line 162

def __validates_extract_options(fields, defaults)
  defaults.merge(fields.last.is_a?(Hash) ? fields.pop : {})
end

- (Object) add_error(field, error)

Adds an error to a field. The error is a message.



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# File 'lib/virtualbox/abstract_model/validatable.rb', line 22

def add_error(field, error)
  errors[field] ||= []
  errors[field].push(error)
end

- (Object) clear_errors

Clears all the errors from a model.



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# File 'lib/virtualbox/abstract_model/validatable.rb', line 28

def clear_errors
  @errors = {}
end

- (Hash) errors

Returns the errors on a model. The structure of this is a hash, keyed by the field name. The value of each member in the hash is an array of error messages.

Returns:

  • (Hash) 


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# File 'lib/virtualbox/abstract_model/validatable.rb', line 11

def errors
  @errors ||= {}
end

- (Object) errors_on(field)

Returns the errors on a specific field. This returns nil if there are no errors, otherwise it returns an array of error messages.



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# File 'lib/virtualbox/abstract_model/validatable.rb', line 17

def errors_on(field)
  @errors[field.to_sym]
end

- (Object) full_error_messages 



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# File 'lib/virtualbox/abstract_model/validatable.rb', line 32

def full_error_messages
  full_error_messages = Array.new
  errors.each do |field_name, messages|
    messages.each do |message|
      human_field_name = field_name.to_s.gsub('_', ' ').capitalize
      full_error_messages << "#{human_field_name} #{message}"
    end
  end
  full_error_messages
end

- (Boolean) valid?

This method calls the validate method on the model (which any subclass is expected to implement), and then checks that the validations didn't add any errors.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/virtualbox/abstract_model/validatable.rb', line 48

def valid?
  validate
  errors.empty?
end

- (Boolean) validate

Subclasses should override this method. Validation can be done any way an implementer feels. Helper methods such as #validates_presence_of, #validates_inclusion_of, etc. exist, but they're use isn't required. #add_error can be used to add an error to any field. By convention this method should return `true` or `false` to signal any errors.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/virtualbox/abstract_model/validatable.rb', line 60

def validate
  true
end

- (Object) validates_format_of(*fields)

Validates the format of a field with a given regular expression.

validates_format_of :foo, :with => /\d+/


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# File 'lib/virtualbox/abstract_model/validatable.rb', line 94

def validates_format_of(*fields)
  options = __validates_extract_options(fields, {
    :with => nil,
    :message => "is not properly formatted."
  })

  fields.collect { |field|
    value = send(field)
    # Use validates_presence_of if you need it to be set
    next if value.nil? || value.to_s.empty?
    if options[:with] && value =~ options[:with]
      true
    else
      add_error(field, options[:message])
      false
    end
  }.compact.all? { |v| v == true }
end

- (Object) validates_inclusion_of(*fields)

Validates that a field's value is within a specific range, array, etc.

validates_inclusion_of :foo, :in => [1,2,3]
validates_inclusion_of :bar, :in => (1..6)


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# File 'lib/virtualbox/abstract_model/validatable.rb', line 141

def validates_inclusion_of(*fields)
  options = __validates_extract_options(fields, {
    :in => nil,
    :message => "value %s is not included in the list."
  })

  fields.collect { |field|
    value = send(field)
    # Use validates_presence_of if you need it to be set
    return if value.nil? || value.to_s.empty?
    if options[:in] && options[:in].include?(value)
      true
    else
      message = options[:message] % value
      add_error(field, message)
      false
    end
  }.compact.all? { |v| v == true }
end

- (Object) validates_numericality_of(*fields)

Validates the numericality of a specific field.

validates_numericality_of :field


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# File 'lib/virtualbox/abstract_model/validatable.rb', line 117

def validates_numericality_of(*fields)
  options = __validates_extract_options(fields, {
    :message => "is not a number."
  })

  fields.collect { |field|
    value = send(field)
    # Use validates_presence_of if you need it to be set
    next if value.nil? || value.to_s.empty?
    if value.is_a?(Numeric) && value.to_s =~ /^\d$/
      true
    else
      add_error(field, options[:message])
      false
    end
  }.compact.all? { |v| v == true }
end

- (Boolean) validates_presence_of(*fields)

Validates the presence (non-emptiness) of a field or fields. This validation fails if the specified fields are either blank ("") or nil.

Additionally, a custom error message can be specified:

validates_presence_of :foo, :bar
validates_presence_of :baz, :message => "must not be blank!"

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/virtualbox/abstract_model/validatable.rb', line 74

def validates_presence_of(*fields)
  options = __validates_extract_options(fields, {
    :message => "can't be blank."
  })

  fields.collect { |field|
    value = send(field)
    if value.nil? || value.to_s.empty?
      add_error(field, options[:message])
      false
    else
      true
    end
  }.compact.all? { |v| v == true }
end