Module: MCollective::Validator

Returns and instance of the Plugin class from which objects can be created. Valid plugin names are

  :valplugin
  "valplugin"
  "ValpluginValidator"

[Source]

    # File lib/mcollective/validator.rb, line 18
18:     def self.[](klass)
19:       if klass.is_a?(Symbol)
20:         klass = validator_class(klass)
21:       elsif !(klass.match(/.*Validator$/))
22:         klass = validator_class(klass)
23:       end
24: 
25:       const_get(klass)
26:     end

has_validator?(validator)

[Source]

    # File lib/mcollective/validator.rb, line 37
37:     def self.has_validator?(validator)
38:       const_defined?(validator_class(validator))
39:     end

load_validators()

Loads the validator plugins. Validators will only be loaded every 5 minutes

[Source]

    # File lib/mcollective/validator.rb, line 6
 6:     def self.load_validators
 7:       if load_validators?
 8:         @last_load = Time.now.to_i
 9:         PluginManager.find_and_load("validator")
10:       end
11:     end

load_validators?()

[Source]

    # File lib/mcollective/validator.rb, line 45
45:     def self.load_validators?
46:       return true if @last_load.nil?
47: 
48:       (@last_load - Time.now.to_i) > 300
49:     end

method_missing(method, *args, &block)

Allows validation plugins to be called like module methods : Validator.validate()

[Source]

    # File lib/mcollective/validator.rb, line 29
29:     def self.method_missing(method, *args, &block)
30:       if has_validator?(method)
31:         validator = Validator[method].validate(*args)
32:       else
33:         raise ValidatorError, "Unknown validator: '#{method}'."
34:       end
35:     end

validate(validator, validation)

Generic validate method that will call the correct validator plugin based on the type of the validation parameter

[Source]

    # File lib/mcollective/validator.rb, line 53
53:     def self.validate(validator, validation)
54:       Validator.load_validators
55: 
56:       begin
57:         if [:integer, :boolean, :float, :number, :string].include?(validation)
58:           Validator.typecheck(validator, validation)
59: 
60:         else
61:           case validation
62:             when Regexp,String
63:               Validator.regex(validator, validation)
64: 
65:             when Symbol
66:               Validator.send(validation, validator)
67: 
68:             when Array
69:               Validator.array(validator, validation)
70: 
71:             when Class
72:               Validator.typecheck(validator, validation)
73:           end
74:         end
75:       rescue => e
76:         raise ValidatorError, e.to_s
77:       end
78:     end

validator_class(validator)

[Source]

    # File lib/mcollective/validator.rb, line 41
41:     def self.validator_class(validator)
42:       "#{validator.to_s.capitalize}Validator"
43:     end

Methods

Public Class methods