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+package DBIx::Class::Validation;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use base qw( DBIx::Class );
+use Carp qw( croak );
+use English qw( -no_match_vars );
+
+local $^W = 0; # Silence C:D:I redefined sub errors.
+
+our $VERSION = '0.01';
+
+__PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( 'validation_module' => 'FormValidator::Simple' );
+__PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( 'validation_profile' );
+__PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( 'validation_auto' => 1 );
+
+sub validation_module {
+ my $class = shift;
+ my $module = shift;
+
+ eval("use $module");
+ croak("Unable to load the validation module '$module' because $EVAL_ERROR") if ($EVAL_ERROR);
+ croak("The '$module' module does not support the check method") if (!$module->can('check'));
+
+ $class->_validation_module_accessor( $module );
+}
+
+sub validation {
+ my $class = shift;
+ my %args = @_;
+
+ $class->validation_module( $args{module} ) if (exists $args{module});
+ $class->validation_profile( $args{profile} ) if (exists $args{profile});
+ $class->validatio_auto( $args{auto} ) if (exists $args{auto});
+}
+
+sub validate {
+ my $self = shift;
+ my %data = $self->get_columns();
+ my $module = $self->validation_module();
+ my $profile = $self->validation_profile();
+ my $result = $module->check( \%data => $profile );
+ return $result if ($result->success());
+ croak( $result );
+}
+
+sub insert {
+ my $self = shift;
+ $self->validate if ($self->validation_auto());
+ $self->next::method(@_);
+}
+
+sub update {
+ my $self = shift;
+ $self->validate if ($self->validation_auto());
+ $self->next::method(@_);
+}
+
+1;
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+DBIx::Class::Validation - Validate all data before submitting to your database.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+In your base DBIC package:
+
+ __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/... Validation/);
+
+And in your subclasses:
+
+ __PACKAGE__->validation(
+ module => 'FormValidator::Simple',
+ profile => { ... },
+ auto => 1,
+ );
+
+And then somewhere else:
+
+ eval{ $obj->validate() };
+ if( my $results = $EVAL_ERROR ){
+ ...
+ }
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=head2 validation
+
+ __PACKAGE__->validation(
+ module => 'FormValidator::Simple',
+ profile => { ... },
+ auto => 1,
+ );
+
+Calls validation_module(), validation_profile(), and validation_auto() if the corresponding
+argument is defined.
+
+=head2 validation_module
+
+ __PACKAGE__->validation_module('Data::FormValidator');
+
+Sets the validation module to use. Any module that supports a check() method just like
+Data::FormValidator's can be used here, such as FormValidator::Simple.
+
+Defaults to FormValidator::Simple.
+
+=head2 validation_profile
+
+ __PACKAGE__->validation_profile(
+ { ... }
+ );
+
+Sets the profile that will be passed to the validation module.
+
+=head2 validation_auto
+
+ __PACKAGE__->validation_auto( 1 );
+
+This flag, when enabled, causes any updates or inserts of the class
+to call validate() before actually executing.
+
+=head2 validate
+
+ $obj->validate();
+
+Validates all the data in the object against the pre-defined validation
+module and profile. If there is a problem then a hard error will be
+thrown. If you put the validation in an eval you can capture whatever
+the module's check() method returned.
+
+=head2 auto_validate
+
+ __PACKAGE__->auto_validate( 0 );
+
+Turns on and off auto-validation. This feature makes all UPDATEs and
+INSERTs call the validate() method before doing anything. The default
+is for auto-validation to be on.
+
+Defaults to on.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Aran C. Deltac <bluefeet@cpan.org>
+
+=head1 LICENSE
+
+You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.
+