From 2e70f44123cb6fab9124b52a6cc02ff453b8397f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henrik Nyh <henrik@nyh.se>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 12:09:55 +0100
Subject: ActiveRecord/ActiveModel '#validate' alias for 'valid?'

It's unintuitive to call '#valid?' when you want to run validations but
don't care about the return value.

The alias in ActiveRecord isn't strictly necessary (the ActiveModel
alias is still in effect), but it clarifies.
---
 activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'activemodel/lib')

diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb
index e9674d5143..cf97f45dba 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ module ActiveModel
     # Runs all the specified validations and returns +true+ if no errors were
     # added otherwise +false+.
     #
+    # Aliased as validate.
+    #
     #   class Person
     #     include ActiveModel::Validations
     #
@@ -319,6 +321,8 @@ module ActiveModel
       self.validation_context = current_context
     end
 
+    alias_method :validate, :valid?
+
     # Performs the opposite of <tt>valid?</tt>. Returns +true+ if errors were
     # added, +false+ otherwise.
     #
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