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| -rw-r--r-- | activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb index de3339935f..8d21f8adbb 100644 --- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb +++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/validations.rb @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module ActiveResource end # Active Resource validation is reported to and from this object, which is used by Base#save - # to determine whether the object in a valid state to be saved. See usage example in Validations. + # to determine whether the object is in a valid state to be saved. See usage example in Validations. class Errors include Enumerable attr_reader :errors @@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ module ActiveResource @base, @errors = base, {} end - # Add an error to the base Active Resource object rather than an attribute. + # Adds an error to the base object instead of any particular attribute. This is used + # to report errors that don't tie to any specific attribute, but rather to the object + # as a whole. These error messages don't get prepended with any field name when iterating + # with +each_full+, so they should be complete sentences. # # ==== Examples # my_folder = Folder.find(1) @@ -68,9 +71,9 @@ module ActiveResource !@errors[attribute.to_s].nil? end - # A method to return the errors associated with +attribute+, which returns nil, if no errors are - # associated with the specified +attribute+, the error message if one error is associated with the specified +attribute+, - # or 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+. # # ==== Examples # my_person = Person.new(params[:person]) @@ -92,9 +95,7 @@ module ActiveResource alias :[] :on - # A method to return errors assigned to +base+ object through add_to_base, which returns nil, if no errors are - # associated with the specified +attribute+, the error message if one error is associated with the specified +attribute+, - # or an array of error messages if more than one error is associated with the specified +attribute+. + # Returns errors assigned to the base object through +add_to_base+ according to the normal rules of <tt>on(attribute)</tt>. # # ==== Examples # my_account = Account.find(1) |