NAME

Catalyst::Controller::Validation::DFV - Form validation and refilling

VERSION

version 0.0.8

SYNOPSIS

Form Validation

            

              
              
use base 'Catalyst::Controller::Validation::DFV';
use Data::FormValidator::Constraints qw(:closures);
# define a DFV profile
my $dfv_profile = {
    required => [qw<
        email_address
        phone_home
        phone_mobile
    >],
    constraint_methods => {
        email_address   => email(),
        phone_home      => american_phone(),
        phone_mobile    => american_phone(),
    },
};
# check the form for errors
$c->forward('form_check', [$dfv_profile]);
# perform custom/complex checking and
# add to form validation failures
if (not is_complex_test_ok()) {
    $c->forward(
        'add_form_invalid',
        [ $error_key, $error_constraint_name ]
    );
}
            
          

Form Refilling

            

              
              
package MyApp::Controller::Root;
# ...
use base 'Catalyst::Controller::Validation::DFV';
# ...
sub render : ActionClass('RenderView') {
    # ...
}
sub end : Private {
    my ($self, $c) = @_;
    # render the page
    $c->forward('render');
    # fill in any forms
    $c->forward('refill_form');
}
            
          

DESCRIPTION

Form-validation using a Catalyst controller and Data::FormValidator

EXAMPLES

There are Template::Toolkit file examples in the examples/ directory of this distribution.

AUTHOR

Chisel <chisel@chizography.net>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Chisel Wright.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.