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authorYves Senn <yves.senn@gmail.com>2015-07-07 14:39:58 +0200
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docs, clarify the meanaing of return values from validation methods.
[ci skip] Closes #20792. Custom validation methods are implemented in terms of callbacks. The `validate` callback chain can't be halted using return values of individual callbacks.
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@@ -965,8 +965,9 @@ own custom validators.
You can also create methods that verify the state of your models and add
messages to the `errors` collection when they are invalid. You must then
-register these methods by using the `validate` class method, passing in the
-symbols for the validation methods' names.
+register these methods by using the `validate`
+([API](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveModel/Validations/ClassMethods.html#method-i-validate))
+class method, passing in the symbols for the validation methods' names.
You can pass more than one symbol for each class method and the respective
validations will be run in the same order as they were registered.