Active Model Validations

Provides a full validation framework to your objects.

A minimal implementation could be:

class Person
  include ActiveModel::Validations

  attr_accessor :first_name, :last_name

  validates_each :first_name, :last_name do |record, attr, value|
    record.errors.add attr, 'starts with z.' if value.to_s[0] == zz
  end
end

Which provides you with the full standard validation stack that you know from Active Record:

person = Person.new
person.valid?                   # => true
person.invalid?                 # => false

person.first_name = 'zoolander'
person.valid?                   # => false
person.invalid?                 # => true
person.errors                   # => #<OrderedHash {:first_name=>["starts with z."]}>

Note that ActiveModel::Validations automatically adds an errors method to your instances initialized with a new ActiveModel::Errors object, so there is no need for you to do this manually.

Active Model Length Validator

Active Model Confirmation Validator

Active Model Exclusion Validator

Active Model Presence Validator

Active Model Format Validator

Active Model validates method

Active Model Inclusion Validator

Active Model Numericality Validator

Active Model Acceptance Validator

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Instance Public methods
errors()

Returns the Errors object that holds all information about attribute error messages.

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# File activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb, line 183
def errors
  @errors ||= Errors.new(self)
end
invalid?(context = nil)

Performs the opposite of valid?. Returns true if errors were added, false otherwise.

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# File activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb, line 200
def invalid?(context = nil)
  !valid?(context)
end
valid?(context = nil)

Runs all the specified validations and returns true if no errors were added otherwise false. Context can optionally be supplied to define which callbacks to test against (the context is defined on the validations using :on).

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# File activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb, line 190
def valid?(context = nil)
  current_context, self.validation_context = validation_context, context
  errors.clear
  run_validations!
ensure
  self.validation_context = current_context
end
validates_with(*args, &block)

Passes the record off to the class or classes specified and allows them to add errors based on more complex conditions.

class Person
  include ActiveModel::Validations

  validate :instance_validations

  def instance_validations
    validates_with MyValidator
  end
end

Please consult the class method documentation for more information on creating your own validator.

You may also pass it multiple classes, like so:

class Person
  include ActiveModel::Validations

  validate :instance_validations, :on => :create

  def instance_validations
    validates_with MyValidator, MyOtherValidator
  end
end

Standard configuration options (:on, :if and :unless), which are available on the class version of #validates_with, should instead be placed on the validates method as these are applied and tested in the callback.

If you pass any additional configuration options, they will be passed to the class and available as options, please refer to the class version of this method for more information.

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# File activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/with.rb, line 134
def validates_with(*args, &block)
  options = args.extract_options!
  args.each do |klass|
    validator = klass.new(options, &block)
    validator.validate(self)
  end
end
Instance Protected methods
run_validations!()

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# File activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb, line 225
def run_validations!
  run_callbacks :validate
  errors.empty?
end