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authorJeremy Kemper <jeremy@bitsweat.net>2007-01-24 12:17:14 +0000
committerJeremy Kemper <jeremy@bitsweat.net>2007-01-24 12:17:14 +0000
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Docs: validations examples. Closes #7343.
git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@6031 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de
-rw-r--r--activerecord/CHANGELOG2
-rwxr-xr-xactiverecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb87
2 files changed, 76 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index 151e219d0b..8aa9ca213f 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
*SVN*
+* Docs: validations examples. #7343 [zackchandler]
+
* Add missing tests ensuring callbacks work with class inheritance. Closes #7339 [sandofsky]
* Fixtures use the table name and connection from set_fixture_class. #7330 [Anthony Eden]
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
index b8dc5009ea..061fe8e98b 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb
@@ -90,13 +90,32 @@ module ActiveRecord
deprecate :add_on_boundary_breaking => :validates_length_of, :add_on_boundry_breaking => :validates_length_of
# Returns true if the specified +attribute+ has errors associated with it.
+ #
+ # class Company < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # validates_presence_of :name, :address, :email
+ # validates_length_of :name, :in => 5..30
+ # end
+ #
+ # company = Company.create(:address => '123 First St.')
+ # company.errors.invalid?(:name) # => true
+ # company.errors.invalid?(:address) # => false
def invalid?(attribute)
!@errors[attribute.to_s].nil?
end
- # * Returns nil, if no errors are associated with the specified +attribute+.
- # * Returns the error message, if one error is associated with the specified +attribute+.
- # * Returns an array of error messages, if more than one error is associated with the specified +attribute+.
+ # Returns nil, if no errors are associated with the specified +attribute+.
+ # Returns the error message, if one error is associated with the specified +attribute+.
+ # Returns an array of error messages, if more than one error is associated with the specified +attribute+.
+ #
+ # class Company < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # validates_presence_of :name, :address, :email
+ # validates_length_of :name, :in => 5..30
+ # end
+ #
+ # company = Company.create(:address => '123 First St.')
+ # company.errors.on(:name) # => ["is too short (minimum is 5 characters)", "can't be blank"]
+ # company.errors.on(:email) # => "can't be blank"
+ # company.errors.on(:address) # => nil
def on(attribute)
errors = @errors[attribute.to_s]
return nil if errors.nil?
@@ -111,17 +130,48 @@ module ActiveRecord
end
# Yields each attribute and associated message per error added.
+ #
+ # class Company < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # validates_presence_of :name, :address, :email
+ # validates_length_of :name, :in => 5..30
+ # end
+ #
+ # company = Company.create(:address => '123 First St.')
+ # company.errors.each{|attr,msg| puts "#{attr} - #{msg}" } # =>
+ # name - is too short (minimum is 5 characters)
+ # name - can't be blank
+ # address - can't be blank
def each
@errors.each_key { |attr| @errors[attr].each { |msg| yield attr, msg } }
end
# Yields each full error message added. So Person.errors.add("first_name", "can't be empty") will be returned
# through iteration as "First name can't be empty".
+ #
+ # class Company < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # validates_presence_of :name, :address, :email
+ # validates_length_of :name, :in => 5..30
+ # end
+ #
+ # company = Company.create(:address => '123 First St.')
+ # company.errors.each_full{|msg| puts msg } # =>
+ # Name is too short (minimum is 5 characters)
+ # Name can't be blank
+ # Address can't be blank
def each_full
full_messages.each { |msg| yield msg }
end
# Returns all the full error messages in an array.
+ #
+ # class Company < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # validates_presence_of :name, :address, :email
+ # validates_length_of :name, :in => 5..30
+ # end
+ #
+ # company = Company.create(:address => '123 First St.')
+ # company.errors.full_messages # =>
+ # ["Name is too short (minimum is 5 characters)", "Name can't be blank", "Address can't be blank"]
def full_messages
full_messages = []
@@ -143,22 +193,35 @@ module ActiveRecord
def empty?
@errors.empty?
end
-
- # Removes all the errors that have been added.
+
+ # Removes all errors that have been added.
def clear
@errors = {}
end
- # Returns the total number of errors added. Two errors added to the same attribute will be counted as such
- # with this as well.
+ # Returns the total number of errors added. Two errors added to the same attribute will be counted as such.
def size
@errors.values.inject(0) { |error_count, attribute| error_count + attribute.size }
end
-
+
alias_method :count, :size
alias_method :length, :size
# Return an XML representation of this error object.
+ #
+ # class Company < ActiveRecord::Base
+ # validates_presence_of :name, :address, :email
+ # validates_length_of :name, :in => 5..30
+ # end
+ #
+ # company = Company.create(:address => '123 First St.')
+ # company.errors.to_xml # =>
+ # <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+ # <errors>
+ # <error>Name is too short (minimum is 5 characters)</error>
+ # <error>Name can't be blank</error>
+ # <error>Address can't be blank</error>
+ # </errors>
def to_xml(options={})
options[:root] ||= "errors"
options[:indent] ||= 2
@@ -374,7 +437,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
# end
#
# The first_name attribute must be in the object and it cannot be blank.
- #
+ #
# If you want to validate the presence of a boolean field (where the real values are true and false),
# you will want to use validates_inclusion_of :field_name, :in => [true, false]
# This is due to the way Object#blank? handles boolean values. false.blank? # => true
@@ -507,10 +570,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
# end
#
# It can also validate whether the value of the specified attributes are unique based on multiple scope parameters. For example,
- # making sure that a teacher can only be on the schedule once per semester for a particular class.
+ # making sure that a teacher can only be on the schedule once per semester for a particular class.
#
# class TeacherSchedule < ActiveRecord::Base
- # validates_uniqueness_of :teacher_id, :scope => [:semester_id, :class_id]
+ # validates_uniqueness_of :teacher_id, :scope => [:semester_id, :class_id]
# end
#
# When the record is created, a check is performed to make sure that no record exists in the database with the given value for the specified
@@ -524,7 +587,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
# * <tt>if</tt> - Specifies a method, proc or string to call to determine if the validation should
# occur (e.g. :if => :allow_validation, or :if => Proc.new { |user| user.signup_step > 2 }). The
# method, proc or string should return or evaluate to a true or false value.
-
def validates_uniqueness_of(*attr_names)
configuration = { :message => ActiveRecord::Errors.default_error_messages[:taken], :case_sensitive => true }
configuration.update(attr_names.pop) if attr_names.last.is_a?(Hash)
@@ -554,7 +616,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
end
end
-
# Validates whether the value of the specified attribute is of the correct form by matching it against the regular expression
# provided.