lib/active_record/validations/associated.rb
module ActiveRecord module Validations class AssociatedValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator def validate_each(record, attribute, value) return if (value.is_a?(Array) ? value : [value]).collect{ |r| r.nil? || r.valid? }.all? record.errors.add(attribute, :invalid, options.merge(:value => value)) end end module ClassMethods # Validates whether the associated object or objects are all valid themselves. Works with any kind of association. # # class Book < ActiveRecord::Base # has_many :pages # belongs_to :library # # validates_associated :pages, :library # end # # Warning: If, after the above definition, you then wrote: # # class Page < ActiveRecord::Base # belongs_to :book # # validates_associated :book # end # # this would specify a circular dependency and cause infinite recursion. # # NOTE: This validation will not fail if the association hasn't been assigned. If you want to # ensure that the association is both present and guaranteed to be valid, you also need to # use +validates_presence_of+. # # Configuration options: # * <tt>:message</tt> - A custom error message (default is: "is invalid") # * <tt>:on</tt> - Specifies when this validation is active (default is <tt>:save</tt>, other options <tt>:create</tt>, <tt>:update</tt>). # * <tt>:if</tt> - Specifies a method, proc or string to call to determine if the validation should # occur (e.g. <tt>:if => :allow_validation</tt>, or <tt>:if => Proc.new { |user| user.signup_step > 2 }</tt>). The # method, proc or string should return or evaluate to a true or false value. # * <tt>:unless</tt> - Specifies a method, proc or string to call to determine if the validation should # not occur (e.g. <tt>:unless => :skip_validation</tt>, or <tt>:unless => Proc.new { |user| user.signup_step <= 2 }</tt>). The # method, proc or string should return or evaluate to a true or false value. def validates_associated(*attr_names) validates_with AssociatedValidator, _merge_attributes(attr_names) end end end end