[PLUGIN] instance_validations

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InstanceValidations

ActiveRecord lets you define validations at the class level. This
plugin lets you define validations for ActiveRecord instances. Take
the following ActiveRecord class:

class Chicken < ActiveRecord::Base
include InstanceValidations
# Has two columns, name and home_town. Only validate name
validates_presence_of :name
end

All instances of Chicken will require a name in order to be valid. If
you don’t define any instance validations, you’ll get the expected
behavior:

chicken = Chicken.new
chicken.valid? => false, will have an error on name

If you do specify instance validations, the class validations are
ignored and only instance validations are used:

chicken_without_a_name = Chicken.new
class << chicken_without_a_name
validates_presence_of :home_town
end
chicken_without_a_name.valid? => false, will
have an error on home_town but not name
chicken_without_a_name.home_town = “Roostershire”
chicken_without_a_name.valid? => true

Written by Pat M… Released under the MIT License.
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