# ABSTRACT: DependsOn Directive for Validation Class Field Definitions package Validation::Class::Directive::DependsOn; use strict; use warnings; use base 'Validation::Class::Directive'; use Validation::Class::Util; our $VERSION = '7.900059'; # VERSION has 'mixin' => 1; has 'field' => 1; has 'multi' => 1; has 'message' => '%s requires %s'; sub validate { my $self = shift; my ($proto, $field, $param) = @_; if (defined $field->{depends_on} && defined $param) { my $specification = $field->{depends_on}; if ($field->{required} || $param) { my $dependents = isa_arrayref($specification) ? $specification : [$specification] ; if (@{$dependents}) { my @required_fields = (); foreach my $dependent (@{$dependents}) { my $field = $proto->fields->get($dependent); push @required_fields, $field->label || $field->name unless $proto->params->has($dependent) ; } if (my @r = @required_fields) { my$list=(join(' and ',join(', ',@r[0..$#r-1])||(),$r[-1])); $self->error(@_, $list); } } } } return $self; } 1; __END__ =pod =head1 NAME Validation::Class::Directive::DependsOn - DependsOn Directive for Validation Class Field Definitions =head1 VERSION version 7.900059 =head1 SYNOPSIS use Validation::Class::Simple; my $rules = Validation::Class::Simple->new( fields => { password_confirmation => { depends_on => 'password' } } ); # set parameters to be validated $rules->params->add($parameters); # validate unless ($rules->validate) { # handle the failures } =head1 DESCRIPTION Validation::Class::Directive::DependsOn is a core validation class field directive that validates the existence of dependent parameters. =over 8 =item * alternative argument: an-array-of-parameter-names This directive can be passed a single value or an array of values: fields => { password2_confirmation => { depends_on => ['password', 'password2'] } } =back =head1 AUTHOR Al Newkirk =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Al Newkirk. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. =cut