module Athena::Validator::ConstraintValidatorInterface

Overview

A constraint validator is responsible for implementing the actual validation logic for a given AVD::Constraint.

Constraint validators should inherit from this type and implement a #validate method. Most commonly the validator type will be defined within the namespace of the related AVD::Constraint itself.

The #validate method itself does not return anything. Violations are added to the current #context, either as a single error message, or augmented with additional metadata about the failure. See AVD::ExecutionContextInterface for more information on how violations can be added.

Example

class AVD::Constraints::MyConstraint < AVD::Constraint
  # Initializer/etc for the constraint

  struct Validator < AVD::ConstraintValidator
    # Define a validate method that handles values of any type, and our `MyConstraint` constraint.
    def validate(value : _, constraint : AVD::Constraints::MyConstraint) : Nil
      # Implement logic to determine if the value is valid.
      # Violations should be added to the current `#context`,
      # See `AVD::ExecutionContextInterface` for more information.
    end
  end
end

Overloads of the #validate method can also be used to handle validating values of different types independently. If the value cannot be handled by any of self's validators, it is handled via AVD::ConstraintValidator#validate and is essentially a noop.

If a AVD::Constraint can only support values of certain types, AVD::ConstraintValidator#raise_invalid_type in a catchall overload can be used to add an invalid type AVD::Violation::ConstraintViolationInterface.

struct Validator < AVD::ConstraintValidator
  def validate(value : Number, constraint : AVD::Constraints::MyConstraint) : Nil
    # Handle validating `Number` values
  end

  def validate(value : Time, constraint : AVD::Constraints::MyConstraint) : Nil
    # Handle validating `Time` values
  end

  def validate(value : _, constraint : AVD::Constraints::MyConstraint) : Nil
    # Add an invalid type violation for values of all other types.
    self.raise_invalid_type value, "Number | Time"
  end
end

NOTE Normally custom validators should not handle nil or blank values as they are handled via other constraints.

Service Based Validators

If you're using Athena::Validator within the Athena ecosystem, constraint validators can also be defined as services if they require external dependencies. See AVD::ServiceConstraintValidator and the validator component documentation in the external documentation for more information.

Direct including types

• Athena::Validator::ConstraintValidator

Defined in:

constraint_validator_interface.cr

Instance Method Summary

• #context : AVD::ExecutionContextInterface

  Returns the a reference to the AVD::ExecutionContextInterface to which violations within self should be added.

• #validate(value : _, constraint : AVD::Constraint) : Nil

  Validate the provided value against the provided constraint.

Instance Method Detail