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authorJustin Weiss <justin@uberweiss.org>2014-08-05 13:13:40 -0700
committerJustin Weiss <justin@uberweiss.org>2014-08-05 13:13:40 -0700
commit2bb0abbec0e4abe843131f188129a1189b1bf714 (patch)
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Add a note on custom validation contexts.
The documentation on `:on` for validations was inconsistent, and most only referenced the `:create` and `:update` contexts. I fixed those to be consistent with the documentation on `AM::Validations.validates`, which seemed to have the best docs. [ci skip]
Diffstat (limited to 'activerecord')
-rw-r--r--activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb8
-rw-r--r--activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/presence.rb8
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb
index b4785d3ba4..47ccef31a5 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
# Configuration options:
#
# * <tt>:message</tt> - A custom error message (default is: "is invalid").
- # * <tt>:on</tt> - Specifies when this validation is active. Runs in all
- # validation contexts by default (+nil+), other options are <tt>:create</tt>
- # and <tt>:update</tt>.
+ # * <tt>:on</tt> - Specifies the contexts where this validation is active.
+ # Runs in all validation contexts by default (nil). You can pass a symbol
+ # or an array of symbols. (e.g. <tt>on: :create</tt> or
+ # <tt>on: :custom_validation_context</tt> or
+ # <tt>on: [:create, :custom_validation_context]</tt>)
# * <tt>:if</tt> - Specifies a method, proc or string to call to determine
# if the validation should occur (e.g. <tt>if: :allow_validation</tt>,
# or <tt>if: Proc.new { |user| user.signup_step > 2 }</tt>). The method,
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/presence.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/presence.rb
index e586744818..c7aa814ba8 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/presence.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/validations/presence.rb
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
#
# Configuration options:
# * <tt>:message</tt> - A custom error message (default is: "can't be blank").
- # * <tt>:on</tt> - Specifies when this validation is active. Runs in all
- # validation contexts by default (+nil+), other options are <tt>:create</tt>
- # and <tt>:update</tt>.
+ # * <tt>:on</tt> - Specifies the contexts where this validation is active.
+ # Runs in all validation contexts by default (nil). You can pass a symbol
+ # or an array of symbols. (e.g. <tt>on: :create</tt> or
+ # <tt>on: :custom_validation_context</tt> or
+ # <tt>on: [:create, :custom_validation_context]</tt>)
# * <tt>:if</tt> - Specifies a method, proc or string to call to determine if
# the validation should occur (e.g. <tt>if: :allow_validation</tt>, or
# <tt>if: Proc.new { |user| user.signup_step > 2 }</tt>). The method, proc