Validation::Class::Simple(3)

NAME
Validation::Class::Simple - Simple Ad-Hoc Data Validation

VERSION
version 7.900056

SYNOPSIS
    use Validation::Class::Simple;

    my $params = {
        name  => 'Root',
        email => 'root@localhost',
        pass  => 's3cret',
        pass2 => 's2cret'
    };

    # define object specific rules
    my $rules = Validation::Class::Simple->new(
        # define fields on-the-fly
        fields => {
            name  => { required => 1 },
            email => { required => 1 },
            pass  => { required => 1 },
            pass2 => { required => 1, matches => 'pass' },
        }
    );

    # set parameters to be validated
    $rules->params->add($params);

    # validate
    unless ($rules->validate) {
        # handle the failures
        warn $rules->errors_to_string;
    }

DESCRIPTION
Validation::Class::Simple is a simple validation module built around the powerful Validation::Class data validation framework.

This module is merely a blank canvas, a clean validation class derived from Validation::Class which has not been pre-configured (e.g. configured via keywords, etc).

It can be useful in an environment where you wouldn't care to create a validation class and instead would simply like to pass rules to a validation engine in an ad-hoc fashion.

QUICKSTART
If you are looking for a data validation module with an even lower learning curve built using the same tenets and principles as Validation::Class which is as simple and even lazier than this module, please review the documentation for Validation::Class::Simple::Streamer. Please review the "GUIDED-TOUR" in Validation::Class::Cookbook for a detailed step-by-step look into how Validation::Class works.

RATIONALE
If you are new to Validation::Class, or would like more information on the underpinnings of this library and how it views and approaches data validation, please review Validation::Class::Whitepaper.

PROXY METHODS
Each instance of Validation::Class::Simple is associated with a prototype class which provides the data validation engine and keeps the class namespace free from pollution and collisions, please see Validation::Class::Prototype for more information on specific methods and attributes.

Validation::Class::Simple is injected with a few proxy methods which are basically aliases to the corresponding prototype (engine) class methods, however it is possible to access the prototype directly using the proto/prototype methods.

  class
    $self->class;

See "class" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  clear_queue
    $self->clear_queue;

See "clear_queue" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  error_count
    $self->error_count;

See "error_count" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  error_fields
    $self->error_fields;

See "error_fields" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  errors
    $self->errors;

See "errors" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  errors_to_string
    $self->errors_to_string;

See "errors_to_string" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  get_errors
    $self->get_errors;

See "get_errors" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  get_fields
    $self->get_fields;

See "get_fields" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  get_hash
    $self->get_hash;

See "get_hash" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  get_params
    $self->get_params;

See "get_params" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  get_values
    $self->get_values;

See "get_values" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  fields
    $self->fields;

See "fields" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  filtering
    $self->filtering;

See "filtering" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  ignore_failure
    $self->ignore_failure;

See "ignore_failure" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  ignore_unknown
    $self->ignore_unknown;

See "ignore_unknown" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  is_valid
    $self->is_valid;

See "is_valid" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  param
    $self->param;

See "param" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  params
    $self->params;

See "params" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  plugin
    $self->plugin;

See "plugin" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  queue
    $self->queue;

See "queue" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  report_failure
    $self->report_failure;

See "report_failure" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  report_unknown
    $self->report_unknown;

See "report_unknown" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  reset_errors
    $self->reset_errors;

See "reset_errors" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  reset_fields
    $self->reset_fields;

See "reset_fields" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  reset_params
    $self->reset_params;

See "reset_params" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  set_errors
    $self->set_errors;

See "set_errors" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  set_fields
    $self->set_fields;

See "set_fields" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  set_params
    $self->set_params;

See "set_params" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  set_method
    $self->set_method;

See "set_method" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  stash
    $self->stash;

See "stash" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  validate
    $self->validate;

See "validate" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  validate_document
    $self->validate_document;

See "validate_document" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  validate_method
    $self->validate_method;

See "validate_method" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

  validate_profile
    $self->validate_profile;

See "validate_profile" in Validation::Class::Prototype for full documentation.

EXTENSIBILITY
Validation::Class does NOT provide method modifiers but can be easily extended with Class::Method::Modifiers.

  before
    before foo => sub { ... };

See "before method(s) => sub { ... }" in Class::Method::Modifiers for full documentation.

  around
    around foo => sub { ... };

See "around method(s) => sub { ... }" in Class::Method::Modifiers for full documentation.

  after
    after foo => sub { ... };

See "after method(s) => sub { ... }" in Class::Method::Modifiers for full documentation.

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.