NAME

Validation::Class::Directive - Base Class for Validation Class Directives

VERSION

version 7.900048

SYNOPSIS

package Validation::Class::Directive::CheckBlacklist;

use base 'Validation::Class::Directive';

use strict;
use warnings;
use Validation::Class::Util;
use File::Slurp;

has 'mixin'     => 0;
has 'field'     => 1;
has 'multi'     => 0;
has 'message'   => '%s has been blacklisted';

sub validate {

    my $self = shift;

    my ($proto, $field, $param) = @_;

    if (defined $field->{check_blacklist} && $param) {

        # is the parameter value blacklisted?
        my @blacklist = read_file('/blacklist.txt');

        $self->error if grep { $param =~ /^$_$/ } @blacklist;

    }

}

1;

... in your validation class:

package MyApp::Person;

use Validation::Class;

field ip_address => {
    required        => 1,
    check_blacklist => 1
};

1;

... in your application:

package main;

use MyApp::Person;

my $person = MyApp::Person->new(ip_address => '0.0.0.0');

unless ($person->validates('ip_address')) {
    # handle validation error
}

DESCRIPTION

You can extend Validation::Class by creating your own validation rules (directives). Validation::Class::Directive provides a base-class for you to use when creating new directive classes. Please see Validation::Class::Directives for a complete list of core directives.

AUTHOR

Al Newkirk <anewkirk@ana.io>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Al Newkirk.

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