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Validateur 2.2.0 Is Released

TL;DR

Validateur is a functional validations library inspired by Ruby’s ActiveModel. Validateur 2.2 is a minor feature release.

Changes Between 2.1.0 and 2.2.0

nested

nested is a new validator runner for nested attributes.

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(require '[validateur.validation :refer :all])

(let [v (vr/nested :user (vr/validation-set
                            (vr/presence-of :name)
                            (vr/presence-of :age)))
        extra-nested (vr/nested [:user :profile]
                                (vr/validation-set
                                 (vr/presence-of :age)
                                 (vr/presence-of [:birthday :year])))]
  (v {})
  ;= {[:user :age] #{"can't be blank"}
      [:user :name] #{"can't be blank"}}
  (v {:user {:name "name"}})
  ;= {[:user :age] #{"can't be blank"}}
  (extra-nested {:user {:profile {:age 10
                                  :birthday {:year 2004}}}})
  ;= {}
  (extra-nested {:user {:profile {:age 10}}})
  ;= {[:user :profile :birthday :year] #{"can't be blank"}}

Contributed by Sam Ritchie.

validate-by

validate-by is a new validator function. It returns a function that, when given a map, will validate that the + value of the attribute in that map is one of the given:

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(require '[validateur.validation :refer :all])

(validation-set
   (presence-of :name)
   (presence-of :age)
   (validate-by [:user :name] not-empty :message \"Username can't be empty!\"))

Contributed by Sam Ritchie.

Full Change Log

Validateur change log is available on GitHub.

Validateur is a ClojureWerkz Project

Validateur is part of the group of libraries known as ClojureWerkz, together with

  • Langohr, a Clojure client for RabbitMQ that embraces the AMQP 0.9.1 model
  • Monger, a Clojure MongoDB client for a more civilized age
  • Elastisch, a minimalistic Clojure client for ElasticSearch
  • Cassaforte, a Clojure Cassandra client built around CQL
  • Neocons, a client for the Neo4J REST API
  • Welle, a Riak client with batteries included
  • Quartzite, a powerful scheduling library

and several others. If you like Validateur, you may also like our other projects.

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About The Author

Michael on behalf of the ClojureWerkz Team