svalidate

sValidate

A simple and easy validation syntax for Scala and Java classes

For more detailed information, please refer to the API Documentation.

Requires: Scala 2.12, 2.11

1. Add it to your project ...

Using sbt:

In build.sbt:

libraryDependencies += "com.github.vickumar1981" %% "svalidate" % "1.0.1"

Using gradle:

In build.gradle:

dependencies {
    compile 'com.github.vickumar1981:svalidate_2.12:1.0.1'
}

Using Maven:

In pom.xml:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.vickumar1981</groupId>
    <artifactId>svalidate_2.12</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.1</version>
</dependency>

Note: For Java 7 or Scala 2.11, please use the svalidate_2.11 artifact as a dependency instead.

2. Basic Usage

Let's create a simple class called Address that looks like:

package test.example

case class Address(street: String,
                   city: String,
                   state: String,
                   zipCode: String)

The rules for validating an Address are:

street address is required
city is required
state abbr. must be exactly two capital letters
zip code must be exactly 5 digits

Using sValidate's validation syntax, we can add a new validator of the type Validatable<Address>

package test.example

import com.github.vickumar1981.svalidate.{Validatable, Validation}

object ModelValidations {
  implicit object AddressValidator extends Validatable[Address] {
      override def validate(value: Address): Validation = {
        (value.street.nonEmpty orElse "Street addr. is required") ++
          (value.city.nonEmpty orElse "City is required") ++
          (value.zipCode.matches("\\d{5}") orElse "Zip code must be 5 digits") ++
          (value.state.matches("[A-Z]{2}") orElse "State abbr must be 2 letters")
      }
    }
}

To extend validation to the Address class, we import our validator and the validation syntax.

import test.example.Address

object TestValidation {
  import test.example.ModelValidations._
  import com.github.vickumar1981.svalidate.ValidationSyntax._
  
  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
    val addr = Address("", "", "", "")
    val errors = addr.validate().errors
    println(errors)
    // ArrayBuffer(Street addr. is required, City is required, Zip code must be 5 digits, State abbr must be 2 letters)
  }
}

See Scala Address validation example

See Java Address validation example

3. Nested Classes

Let's say we have a Person class which contains an Address instance, and whose validation depends upon the validation of the address member instance.

Additionally, a Person also has a hasContact: Boolean indicator

The class might look like:

case class Person(firstName: String,
                  lastName: String,
                  hasContactInfo: Boolean,
                  address: Option[Address] = None,
                  phone: Option[String] = None)

The rules for validating a Person are:

first name is required
last name is required
phone number and address are both optional, and their validation depends upon the hasContactInfo indicator
a phone number must be exactly 10 numbers
if the hasContactInfo flag is true, then both phone and address should be validated
if the hasContactInfo flag is false, then both phone and address should be empty

An example validator for Person might look like:

package text.example

import com.github.vickumar1981.svalidate.{Validatable, Validation}

object ModelValidations {
  implicit object PersonValidator extends Validatable[Person] {
      def validateContactInfo(value: Person): Validation = {
        (value.address errorIfEmpty "Address is required") ++
          (value.phone errorIfEmpty "Phone # is required") ++
          value.address.maybeValidate() ++
          value.phone.maybeValidate(_.matches("\\d{10}") orElse "Phone # must be 10 digits")
      }

      override def validate(value: Person): Validation = {
        (value.firstName.nonEmpty orElse "First name is required") ++
          (value.lastName.nonEmpty orElse "Last name is required") ++
          (value.hasContactInfo andThen validateContactInfo(value)) ++
          value.hasContactInfo.orElse {
            (value.address errorIfDefined "Address must be empty") ++
              (value.phone errorIfDefined "Phone # must be empty")
          }
      }
  }
}

See Scala Person validation example

See Java Person validation example

4. Validating With

Sometimes, validation depends on an external value. This is where we can use the .validateWith[T](t: T) syntax.

Let's say we have a Contacts class which contains an optional list of Facebook and Twitter emails.

Each user in our system also has a ContactSettings object, that determines the validation of the user's Contacts

The two classes might look like:

case class Contacts(facebook: Option[List[String]] = None, twitter: Option[List[String]] = None)
case class ContactSettings(hasFacebookContacts: Option[Boolean] = Some(true),
                           hasTwitterContacts: Option[Boolean] = Some(true))

The rules for validating a user's Contacts are:

If the hasFacebookContacts or hasTwitterContacts indicators are set to true, then the respective facebook or twitter list of emails for a user must be supplied
If the hasFacebookContacts or hasTwitterContacts indicators are set to false, then the respective facebook or twitter list of emails for a user must be empty
If the hasFacebookContacts or hasTwitterContacts indicators are empty, then the respective facebook or twitter list of emails can be empty or supplied

We will use a ValidatableWith[Contacts, ContactSettings] validator.

An example implementation might look like:

package text.example

import com.github.vickumar1981.svalidate.{ValidatableWith, Validation}

object ModelValidations {
  implicit object ContactInfoValidator extends ValidatableWith[Contacts, ContactSettings] {
      override def validateWith(value: Contacts, contactSettings: ContactSettings): Validation = {
        contactSettings.hasFacebookContacts.maybeValidate {
          contacts =>
            (contacts andThen { value.facebook errorIfEmpty "Facebook contacts are required" }) ++
              (contacts orElse { value.facebook errorIfDefined "Facebook contacts must be empty"})
        } ++
          contactSettings.hasTwitterContacts.maybeValidate {
            contacts =>
              (contacts andThen { value.twitter errorIfEmpty "Twitter contacts are required" }) ++
                (contacts orElse { value.twitter errorIfDefined "Twitter contacts must be empty" })
          }
      }
  }
}

An example of using .validateWith:

import test.example.{ContactSettings, ContactInfo}

object TestValidation {
  import test.example.ModelValidations._
  import com.github.vickumar1981.svalidate.ValidationSyntax._
  
  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
    val contacts = Contacts(None, None)
    val contactSettings = ContactSettings(None, None)
    val result = contact.validateWith(contactSettings)
    println(result.isSuccess)
    // true
  }
}

See Scala Contacts validation example

Note: There is currently no .validateWith syntax for Java

5. Reporting an Issue

Please report any issues or bugs to the Github issues page.

6. Contributing

Please view the contributing guidelines

7. License

This project is licensed under the Apache 2 License.

vickumar1981 / svalidate 1.0.1

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