Module: Sequel::Plugins::ValidationHelpers

Defined in:

lib/sequel/plugins/validation_helpers.rb

Overview

The validation_helpers plugin contains instance method equivalents for most of the legacy class-level validations. The names and APIs are different, though. Example:

Sequel::Model.plugin :validation_helpers
class Album < Sequel::Model
  def validate
    super
    validates_min_length 1, :num_tracks
  end
end

The validates_unique method has a unique API, but the other validations have the API explained here:

Arguments:

atts

Single attribute symbol or an array of attribute symbols specifying the attribute(s) to validate.

Options:

:allow_blank

Whether to skip the validation if the value is blank. You should make sure all objects respond to blank if you use this option, which you can do by:

Sequel.extension :blank

:allow_missing

Whether to skip the validation if the attribute isn’t a key in the values hash. This is different from allow_nil, because Sequel only sends the attributes in the values when doing an insert or update. If the attribute is not present, Sequel doesn’t specify it, so the database will use the table’s default value. This is different from having an attribute in values with a value of nil, which Sequel will send as NULL. If your database table has a non NULL default, this may be a good option to use. You don’t want to use allow_nil, because if the attribute is in values but has a value nil, Sequel will attempt to insert a NULL value into the database, instead of using the database’s default.

:allow_nil

Whether to skip the validation if the value is nil.

:message

The message to use. Can be a string which is used directly, or a proc which is called. If the validation method takes a argument before the array of attributes, that argument is passed as an argument to the proc.

The default validation options for all models can be modified by changing the values of the Sequel::Plugins::ValidationHelpers::DEFAULT_OPTIONS hash. You change change the default options on a per model basis by overriding a private instance method default_validation_helpers_options.

By changing the default options, you can setup internationalization of the error messages. For example, you would modify the default options:

Sequel::Plugins::ValidationHelpers::DEFAULT_OPTIONS.merge!(
  :exact_length=>{:message=>lambda{|exact| I18n.t("errors.exact_length", :exact => exact)}},
  :integer=>{:message=>lambda{I18n.t("errors.integer")}}
)

and then use something like this in your yaml translation file:

en:
  errors:
    exact_length: "is not %{exact} characters"
    integer: "is not a number"

Note that if you want to support internationalization of Errors#full_messages, you need to override the method. Here’s an example:

class Sequel::Model::Errors
  ATTRIBUTE_JOINER = I18n.t('errors.joiner').freeze
  def full_messages
    inject([]) do |m, kv|
      att, errors = *kv
      att.is_a?(Array) ? Array(att).map!{|v| I18n.t("attributes.#{v}")} : att = I18n.t("attributes.#{att}")
      errors.each {|e| m << (e.is_a?(LiteralString) ? e : "#{Array(att).join(ATTRIBUTE_JOINER)} #{e}")}
      m
    end
  end
end

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: InstanceMethods

Constant Summary

DEFAULT_OPTIONS =

Default validation options used by Sequel. Can be modified to change the error messages for all models (e.g. for internationalization), or to set certain default options for validations (e.g. :allow_nil=>true for all validates_format).

{
  :exact_length=>{:message=>lambda{|exact| "is not #{exact} characters"}},
  :format=>{:message=>lambda{|with| 'is invalid'}},
  :includes=>{:message=>lambda{|set| "is not in range or set: #{set.inspect}"}},
  :integer=>{:message=>lambda{"is not a number"}},
  :length_range=>{:message=>lambda{|range| "is too short or too long"}},
  :max_length=>{:message=>lambda{|max| "is longer than #{max} characters"}, :nil_message=>lambda{"is not present"}},
  :min_length=>{:message=>lambda{|min| "is shorter than #{min} characters"}},
  :not_null=>{:message=>lambda{"is not present"}},
  :numeric=>{:message=>lambda{"is not a number"}},
  :type=>{:message=>lambda{|klass| klass.is_a?(Array) ? "is not a valid #{klass.join(" or ").downcase}" : "is not a valid #{klass.to_s.downcase}"}},
  :presence=>{:message=>lambda{"is not present"}},
  :unique=>{:message=>lambda{'is already taken'}}
}