gds-data-validation

A data validation library providing a rule-based schema definition language.
For checking (incoming) data against a specified schema definition.
GDS stands for General Data Structure.

Installation

gem install gds-data-validation

An Example

require "gds-data-validation"

dataValidation = GdsDataValidation.create( <<-EOS )
company = :name        : @t_string,
          :address     : address,
          :ceo         : person,
          :employees   : person*
person =  :firstname   : @t_string,
          :lastname    : @t_string,
          :yearOfBirth : @t_int,
          :address     : address
address = :street      : @t_string,
          :zipcode     : @t_int,
          :city        : @t_string
EOS

dataValidation.check( nil )   # => false
dataValidation.check(
  { name: 'My Company', address: { street: 'Broadway 300', zipcode: 22222, city: 'New York' },
    ceo: { firstname: 'John', lastname: 'McArthur', yearOfBirth: 1959,
           address: { street: 'Rosedale Dr. 40', zipcode: 34003, city: 'Los Angeles' } },
    employees: [
      { firstname: 'Berry', lastname: 'Miller', yearOfBirth: 1989,
        address: { street: 'South St. 12', zipcode: 48333, city: 'Chicago' } },
      { firstname: 'Jane', lastname: 'Smith', yearOfBirth: 1993,
        address: { street: 'Mainstreet 4', zipcode: 62883, city: 'Seattle' } } ] }
)   # => true

Introduction

The original idea was to create a library for the validation of data structures which have been created by the GDS (General Data Structure) language.

Synonyms and related terms are data validation, validation checker, schema validation, schema validator, schema checker.

Ruby Gem

You can find it on RubyGems.org:

rubygems.org/gems/gds-data-validation

Source Code

You can find the source code on GitHub:

github.com/uliramminger/gds-data-validation

Further Information

You will find detailed information here: urasepandia.de/gds-data-validation.html

Maintainer

Uli Ramminger [email protected]

Copyright

See MIT-LICENSE for further details.