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SweetPea-Application-0.024
/ SweetPea::Application::Validate

NAME

SweetPea::Application::Validate - Data validation for SweetPea-Application.

SYNOPSIS

... from inside SweetPea::Application or a Controller;
if $s->validate->table('/users');

METHODS

new

The new method instantiates a new SweetPea::Application::Validate object
which use Data::FormValidator as a base for validating user input. 

$s->plug( 'validate', sub { return SweetPea::Application::Validate->new($s); });

input

The input method validates data input (usually from an HTML form) using
Data::FormValidator syntax.

Takes 2 arguments
arg 1 - required - validation rules (hashref)
arg 2 - optional - input parameters (hashref)

if ($s->validate->input({
    form_field => param('some_field')
}, {
    required => ['form_field']
})) {
    ...
}

or

if ($s->validate->input({required => ['form_field']}) {
    ...
}

table

The table method validates data input automatically using
Data::FormValidator syntax with the yaml datastore table profile supplied.

Takes 1 arguments
arg 1 - required - table yaml profile name (scalar)

if ($s->validate->table('tablename')) {
    print $s->validate->msgs;
}

profile

The profile method validates data input automatically using
Data::FormValidator syntax along with the specified yaml profile under the
configuration folder.

Takes 1 arguments
arg 1 - required - table yaml profile name (scalar)

if ($s->validate->profile('yamlfile')) {
    print $s->validate->msgs;
}

AUTHOR

Al Newkirk, <al.newkirk at awnstudio.com>