Module DataMapper::Validations::ValidatesFormat
In: lib/dm-validations/validators/format_validator.rb

Methods

Public Instance methods

Validates that the attribute is in the specified format. You may use the :as (or :with, it‘s an alias) option to specify the pre-defined format that you want to validate against. You may also specify your own format via a Proc or Regexp passed to the the :as or :with options.

@option [Boolean] :allow_nil (true)

  true or false.

@option [Boolean] :allow_blank (true)

  true or false.

@option [Format, Proc, Regexp] :as

  The pre-defined format, Proc or Regexp to validate against.

@option [Format, Proc, Regexp] :with

  An alias for :as.

  :email_address (format is specified in DataMapper::Validations::Format::Email - note that unicode emails will *not* be matched under MRI1.8.7)
  :url (format is specified in DataMapper::Validations::Format::Url)

@example Usage

  require 'dm-validations'

  class Page
    include DataMapper::Resource

    property :email, String
    property :zip_code, String

    validates_format_of :email, :as => :email_address
    validates_format_of :zip_code, :with => /^\d{5}$/

    # a call to valid? will return false unless:
    # email is formatted like an email address
    # and
    # zip_code is a string of 5 digits

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