module ActiveModel
module Validations
module ClassMethods
# Validates whether the associated object or objects are all valid themselves. Works with any kind of association.
#
# class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
# has_many :pages
# belongs_to :library
#
# validates_associated :pages, :library
# end
#
# Warning: If, after the above definition, you then wrote:
#
# class Page < ActiveRecord::Base
# belongs_to :book
#
# validates_associated :book
# end
#
# ...this would specify a circular dependency and cause infinite recursion.
#
# NOTE: This validation will not fail if the association hasn't been assigned. If you want to ensure that the association
# is both present and guaranteed to be valid, you also need to use +validates_presence_of+.
#
# Configuration options:
# * :message - A custom error message (default is: "is invalid")
# * :on - Specifies when this validation is active (default is :save, other options :create, :update)
# * :if - 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.
# * :unless - Specifies a method, proc or string to call to determine if the validation should
# not occur (e.g. :unless => :skip_validation, or :unless => Proc.new { |user| user.signup_step <= 2 }). The
# method, proc or string should return or evaluate to a true or false value.
def validates_associated(*attr_names)
configuration = { :message => ActiveRecord::Errors.default_error_messages[:invalid], :on => :save }
configuration.update(attr_names.extract_options!)
validates_each(attr_names, configuration) do |record, attr_name, value|
record.errors.add(attr_name, configuration[:message]) unless
(value.is_a?(Array) ? value : [value]).inject(true) { |v, r| (r.nil? || r.valid?) && v }
end
end
end
end
end