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52           <td><strong>Module</strong></td>
53           <td class="class-name-in-header">MCollective::Validator</td>
54         </tr>
55         <tr class="top-aligned-row">
56             <td><strong>In:</strong></td>
57             <td>
58                 <a href="../../files/lib/mcollective/validator_rb.html">
59                 lib/mcollective/validator.rb
60                 </a>
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80       <h3 class="section-bar">Methods</h3>
81
82       <div class="name-list">
83       <a href="#M000217">[]</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
84       <a href="#M000219">has_validator?</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
85       <a href="#M000216">load_validators</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
86       <a href="#M000221">load_validators?</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
87       <a href="#M000218">method_missing</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
88       <a href="#M000222">validate</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
89       <a href="#M000220">validator_class</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
90       </div>
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109       <h3 class="section-bar">Public Class methods</h3>
110
111       <div id="method-M000217" class="method-detail">
112         <a name="M000217"></a>
113
114         <div class="method-heading">
115           <a href="#M000217" class="method-signature">
116           <span class="method-name">[]</span><span class="method-args">(klass)</span>
117           </a>
118         </div>
119       
120         <div class="method-description">
121           <p>
122 Returns and instance of the Plugin class from which objects can be created.
123 Valid plugin names are
124 </p>
125 <pre>
126   :valplugin
127   &quot;valplugin&quot;
128   &quot;ValpluginValidator&quot;
129 </pre>
130           <p><a class="source-toggle" href="#"
131             onclick="toggleCode('M000217-source');return false;">[Source]</a></p>
132           <div class="method-source-code" id="M000217-source">
133 <pre>
134     <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/mcollective/validator.rb, line 18</span>
135 18:     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-operator">[]</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">klass</span>)
136 19:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">klass</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">is_a?</span>(<span class="ruby-constant">Symbol</span>)
137 20:         <span class="ruby-identifier">klass</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">validator_class</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">klass</span>)
138 21:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">elsif</span> <span class="ruby-operator">!</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">klass</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">match</span>(<span class="ruby-regexp re">/.*Validator$/</span>))
139 22:         <span class="ruby-identifier">klass</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">validator_class</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">klass</span>)
140 23:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
141 24: 
142 25:       <span class="ruby-identifier">const_get</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">klass</span>)
143 26:     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
144 </pre>
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150         <a name="M000219"></a>
151
152         <div class="method-heading">
153           <a href="#M000219" class="method-signature">
154           <span class="method-name">has_validator?</span><span class="method-args">(validator)</span>
155           </a>
156         </div>
157       
158         <div class="method-description">
159           <p><a class="source-toggle" href="#"
160             onclick="toggleCode('M000219-source');return false;">[Source]</a></p>
161           <div class="method-source-code" id="M000219-source">
162 <pre>
163     <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/mcollective/validator.rb, line 37</span>
164 37:     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">has_validator?</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">validator</span>)
165 38:       <span class="ruby-identifier">const_defined?</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">validator_class</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">validator</span>))
166 39:     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
167 </pre>
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173         <a name="M000216"></a>
174
175         <div class="method-heading">
176           <a href="#M000216" class="method-signature">
177           <span class="method-name">load_validators</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
178           </a>
179         </div>
180       
181         <div class="method-description">
182           <p>
183 Loads the validator plugins. Validators will only be loaded every 5 minutes
184 </p>
185           <p><a class="source-toggle" href="#"
186             onclick="toggleCode('M000216-source');return false;">[Source]</a></p>
187           <div class="method-source-code" id="M000216-source">
188 <pre>
189     <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/mcollective/validator.rb, line 6</span>
190  6:     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">load_validators</span>
191  7:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">load_validators?</span>
192  8:         <span class="ruby-ivar">@last_load</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">Time</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">now</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_i</span>
193  9:         <span class="ruby-constant">PluginManager</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">find_and_load</span>(<span class="ruby-value str">&quot;validator&quot;</span>)
194 10:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
195 11:     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
196 </pre>
197           </div>
198         </div>
199       </div>
200
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202         <a name="M000221"></a>
203
204         <div class="method-heading">
205           <a href="#M000221" class="method-signature">
206           <span class="method-name">load_validators?</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
207           </a>
208         </div>
209       
210         <div class="method-description">
211           <p><a class="source-toggle" href="#"
212             onclick="toggleCode('M000221-source');return false;">[Source]</a></p>
213           <div class="method-source-code" id="M000221-source">
214 <pre>
215     <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/mcollective/validator.rb, line 45</span>
216 45:     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">load_validators?</span>
217 46:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">return</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">true</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-ivar">@last_load</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">nil?</span>
218 47: 
219 48:       (<span class="ruby-ivar">@last_load</span> <span class="ruby-operator">-</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Time</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">now</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_i</span>) <span class="ruby-operator">&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-value">300</span>
220 49:     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
221 </pre>
222           </div>
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226       <div id="method-M000218" class="method-detail">
227         <a name="M000218"></a>
228
229         <div class="method-heading">
230           <a href="#M000218" class="method-signature">
231           <span class="method-name">method_missing</span><span class="method-args">(method, *args, &amp;block)</span>
232           </a>
233         </div>
234       
235         <div class="method-description">
236           <p>
237 Allows validation plugins to be called like module methods : <a
238 href="Validator.html#M000222">Validator.validate</a>()
239 </p>
240           <p><a class="source-toggle" href="#"
241             onclick="toggleCode('M000218-source');return false;">[Source]</a></p>
242           <div class="method-source-code" id="M000218-source">
243 <pre>
244     <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/mcollective/validator.rb, line 29</span>
245 29:     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">method_missing</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">method</span>, <span class="ruby-operator">*</span><span class="ruby-identifier">args</span>, <span class="ruby-operator">&amp;</span><span class="ruby-identifier">block</span>)
246 30:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">has_validator?</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">method</span>)
247 31:         <span class="ruby-identifier">validator</span> = <span class="ruby-constant">Validator</span>[<span class="ruby-identifier">method</span>].<span class="ruby-identifier">validate</span>(<span class="ruby-operator">*</span><span class="ruby-identifier">args</span>)
248 32:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
249 33:         <span class="ruby-identifier">raise</span> <span class="ruby-constant">ValidatorError</span>, <span class="ruby-node">&quot;Unknown validator: '#{method}'.&quot;</span>
250 34:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
251 35:     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
252 </pre>
253           </div>
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255       </div>
256
257       <div id="method-M000222" class="method-detail">
258         <a name="M000222"></a>
259
260         <div class="method-heading">
261           <a href="#M000222" class="method-signature">
262           <span class="method-name">validate</span><span class="method-args">(validator, validation)</span>
263           </a>
264         </div>
265       
266         <div class="method-description">
267           <p>
268 Generic <a href="Validator.html#M000222">validate</a> method that will call
269 the correct validator plugin based on the type of the validation parameter
270 </p>
271           <p><a class="source-toggle" href="#"
272             onclick="toggleCode('M000222-source');return false;">[Source]</a></p>
273           <div class="method-source-code" id="M000222-source">
274 <pre>
275     <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/mcollective/validator.rb, line 53</span>
276 53:     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">validate</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">validator</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">validation</span>)
277 54:       <span class="ruby-constant">Validator</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">load_validators</span>
278 55: 
279 56:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">begin</span>
280 57:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> [<span class="ruby-identifier">:integer</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">:boolean</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">:float</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">:number</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">:string</span>].<span class="ruby-identifier">include?</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">validation</span>)
281 58:           <span class="ruby-constant">Validator</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">typecheck</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">validator</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">validation</span>)
282 59: 
283 60:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
284 61:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">case</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">validation</span>
285 62:             <span class="ruby-keyword kw">when</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Regexp</span>,<span class="ruby-constant">String</span>
286 63:               <span class="ruby-constant">Validator</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">regex</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">validator</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">validation</span>)
287 64: 
288 65:             <span class="ruby-keyword kw">when</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Symbol</span>
289 66:               <span class="ruby-constant">Validator</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">send</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">validation</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">validator</span>)
290 67: 
291 68:             <span class="ruby-keyword kw">when</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Array</span>
292 69:               <span class="ruby-constant">Validator</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">array</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">validator</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">validation</span>)
293 70: 
294 71:             <span class="ruby-keyword kw">when</span> <span class="ruby-constant">Class</span>
295 72:               <span class="ruby-constant">Validator</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">typecheck</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">validator</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">validation</span>)
296 73:           <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
297 74:         <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
298 75:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">rescue</span> =<span class="ruby-operator">&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>
299 76:         <span class="ruby-identifier">raise</span> <span class="ruby-constant">ValidatorError</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">e</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">to_s</span>
300 77:       <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
301 78:     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
302 </pre>
303           </div>
304         </div>
305       </div>
306
307       <div id="method-M000220" class="method-detail">
308         <a name="M000220"></a>
309
310         <div class="method-heading">
311           <a href="#M000220" class="method-signature">
312           <span class="method-name">validator_class</span><span class="method-args">(validator)</span>
313           </a>
314         </div>
315       
316         <div class="method-description">
317           <p><a class="source-toggle" href="#"
318             onclick="toggleCode('M000220-source');return false;">[Source]</a></p>
319           <div class="method-source-code" id="M000220-source">
320 <pre>
321     <span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/mcollective/validator.rb, line 41</span>
322 41:     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-keyword kw">self</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">validator_class</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">validator</span>)
323 42:       <span class="ruby-node">&quot;#{validator.to_s.capitalize}Validator&quot;</span>
324 43:     <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
325 </pre>
326           </div>
327         </div>
328       </div>
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334   </div>
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338   <p><small><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer">[Validate]</a></small></p>
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