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=head1 NAME

Validator::LIVR - Lightweight validator supporting Language Independent Validation Rules Specification (LIVR)

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    # Common usage
    Validator::LIVR->default_auto_trim(1);

    my $validator = Validator::LIVR->new({
        name      => 'required',
        email     => [ 'required', 'email' ],
        gender    => { one_of => ['male', 'female'] },
        phone     => { max_length => 10 },
        password  => [ 'required', {min_length => 10} ],
        password2 => { equal_to_field => 'password' }
    });

    if ( my $valid_data = $validator->validate($user_data) ) {
       save_user($valid_data);
    } else {
       my $errors = $validator->get_errors();
       ...
    }

    # You can use modifiers separately or can combine them with validation:
    my $validator = Validator::LIVR->new({
        email => [ 'required', 'trim', 'email', 'to_lc' ]
    });

    # Feel free to register your own rules
    # You can use aliases(prefferable, syntax covered by the specification) for a lot of cases:

    my $validator = Validator::LIVR->new({
        password => ['required', 'strong_password']
    });

    $validator->register_aliased_rule({
        name  => 'strong_password',
        rules => {min_length => 6},
        error => 'WEAK_PASSWORD'
    });

    # or you can write more sophisticated rules directly

    my $validator = Validator::LIVR->new({
        password => ['required', 'strong_password']
    });

    $validator->register_rules( 'strong_password' =>  sub {
        return sub {
            my $value = shift;

            # We already have "required" rule to check that the value is present
            return if !defined($value) || $value eq '';

            return 'WEAK_PASSWORD' if length($value) < 6;
            return;
        }
    } );


    # If you want to stop on the first error
    # you can overwrite all rules with your own which use exceptions
    my $default_rules = Validator::LIVR->ger_default_rules();

    while ( my ($rule_name, $rule_builder) = each %$default_rules ) {
        Validator::LIVR->register_default_rules($rule_name => sub {
            my $rule_validator = $rule_builder->(@_);

            return sub {
                my $error = $rule_validator->(@_);
                die $error if $error;
                return;
            }
        });
    }

=head1 DESCRIPTION

L<Validator::LIVR> lightweight validator supporting Language Independent Validation Rules Specification (LIVR)

See L<http://livr-spec.org> for rules documentation.

Features:

=over 4

=item * Rules are declarative and language independent

=item * Any number of rules for each field

=item * Return together errors for all fields

=item * Excludes all fields that do not have validation rules described

=item * Has possibility to validatate complex hierarchical structures

=item * Easy to describe and undersand rules

=item * Returns understandable error codes(not error messages)

=item * Easy to add own rules

=item * Multipurpose (user input validation, configs validation, contracts programming etc)

=back

=head1 CLASS METHODS

=head2 Validator::LIVR->new( $LIVR [, $IS_AUTO_TRIM] )

Contructor creates validator objects.

$LIVR - validations rules. Rules description is available here - L<https://github.com/koorchik/LIVR>

$IS_AUTO_TRIM - asks validator to trim all values before validation. Output will be also trimmed.
if $IS_AUTO_TRIM is undef than default_auto_trim value will be used.

=head2 Validator::LIVR->register_aliased_default_rule( $ALIAS )

$ALIAS - is a hash that contains: name, rules, error (optional).

    Validator::LIVR->register_aliased_default_rule({
        name  => 'valid_address',
        rules => { nested_object => {
            country => 'required',
            city    => 'required',
            zip     => 'positive_integer'
        }}
    });

Then you can use "valid\_address" for validation:

    {
        address => 'valid_address'
    }


You can register aliases with own errors:

    Validator::LIVR->register_aliased_default_rule({
        name  => 'adult_age'
        rules => [ 'positive_integer', { min_number => 18 } ],
        error => 'WRONG_AGE'
    });

All rules/aliases for the validator are equal. The validator does not distinguish "required", "list\_of\_different\_objects" and "trim" rules. So, you can extend validator with any rules/alias you like.


=head2 Validator::LIVR->register_default_rules( RULE_NAME => \&RULE_BUILDER, ... )

&RULE_BUILDER - is a subtorutine reference which will be called for building single rule validator.


    Validator::LIVR->register_default_rules( my_rule => sub {
        my ($arg1, $arg2, $arg3, $rule_builders) =  @_;

        # $rule_builders - are rules from original validator
        # to allow you create new validator with all supported rules
        # my $validator = Validator::LIVR->new($livr)->register_rules(%$rule_builders)->prepare();

        return sub {
            my ( $value, $all_values, $output_ref ) = @_;

            if ($not_valid) {
                return "SOME_ERROR_CODE"
            }
            else {

            }

        }
    });

Then you can use "my_rule" for validation:

    {
        name1 => 'my_rule' # Call without parameters
        name2 => { 'my_rule' => $arg1 } # Call with one parameter.
        name3 => { 'my_rule' => [$arg1] } # Call with one parameter.
        name4 => { 'my_rule' => [ $arg1, $arg2, $arg3 ] } # Call with many parameters.
    }


Here is "max_number" implemenation:

    sub max_number {
        my $max_number = shift;

        return sub {
            my $value = shift;

            # We do not validate empty fields. We have "required" rule for this purpose
            return if !defined($value) || $value eq '';

            return 'TOO_HIGH' if $value > $max_number; # Return error message
            return; # returning undef means that there was no errors;
        };
    }

    Validator::LIVR->register_default_rules( max_number => \&max_number );

All rules for the validator are equal. It does not distinguish "required", "list_of_different_objects" and "trim" rules.
So, you can extend validator with any rules you like.

Just look at the existing rules implementation:

=over 4

=item * L<Validator::LIVR::Rules::Common>

=item * L<Validator::LIVR::Rules::String>;

=item * L<Validator::LIVR::Rules::Numeric>;

=item * L<Validator::LIVR::Rules::Special>;

=item * L<Validator::LIVR::Rules::Meta>;

=item * L<Validator::LIVR::Rules::Modifiers>;

=back

All rules description is available here - L<https://github.com/koorchik/LIVR>


=head2 Validator::LIVR->get_default_rules( )

returns hashref containing all default rule_builders for the validator.
You can register new rule or update existing one with "register_rules" method.

=head2 Validator::LIVR->default_auto_trim($IS_AUTO_TRIM)

Enables or disables automatic trim for input data. If is on then every new validator instance will have auto trim option enabled

=head1 OBJECT METHODS

=head2 $VALIDATOR->validate(\%INPUT)

Validates user input. On success returns $VALID_DATA (contains only data that has described validation rules). On error return false.

    my $VALID_DATA = $VALIDATOR->validate(\%INPUT)

    if ($VALID_DATA) {

    } else {
        my $errors = $VALIDATOR->get_errors();
    }

=head2 $VALIDATOR->get_errors( )

Returns errors hash.

    {
        "field1" => "ERROR_CODE",
        "field2" => "ERROR_CODE",
        ...
    }

For example:

    {
        "country"  => "NOT_ALLOWED_VALUE",
        "zip"      => "NOT_POSITIVE_INTEGER",
        "street"   => "REQUIRED",
        "building" => "NOT_POSITIVE_INTEGER"
    },

=head2 $VALIDATOR->register_rules( RULE_NAME => \&RULE_BUILDER, ... )

&RULE_BUILDER - is a subtorutine reference which will be called for building single rule validator.

See "Validator::LIVR->register_default_rules" for rules examples.

=head2 $VALIDATOR->register_aliased_rule( $ALIAS )

$ALIAS - is a composite validation rule.

See "Validator::LIVR->register_aliased_default_rule" for rules examples.

=head2 $VALIDATOR->get_rules( )

returns hashref containing all rule_builders for the validator. You can register new rule or update existing one with "register_rules" method.

=head1 AUTHOR

Viktor Turskyi, C<< <koorchik at cpan.org> >>

=head1 BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to Github L<https://github.com/koorchik/Validator-LIVR>


=head1 SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Validator::LIVR


You can also look for information at:

=over 4

=item * RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)

L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Validator-LIVR>

=item * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

L<http://annocpan.org/dist/Validator-LIVR>

=item * CPAN Ratings

L<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Validator-LIVR>

=item * Search CPAN

L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Validator-LIVR/>

=back


=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


=head1 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

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