CRUDlex\EntityValidator

class EntityValidator

Performs validation of the field values of the given Entity.

property entity

protected Entity

The entity to validate.

property definition

protected EntityDefinition

The entities definition.

fieldTypeToRules($field, AbstractData $data, Validator $validator)

Builds up the validation rules for a single field according to the entity definition type.

Parameters:
  • $field (string) – the field for the rules
  • $data (AbstractData) – the data instance to use for validation
  • $validator (Validator) – the validator to use
Returns:

array the validation rules for the field
fieldConstraintsToRules($field, AbstractData $data)

Builds up the validation rules for a single field according to the entity definition constraints.

Parameters:
  • $field (string) – the field for the rules
  • $data (AbstractData) – the data instance to use for validation
Returns:

array the validation rules for the field
buildUpRules(AbstractData $data, Validator $validator)

Builds up the validation rules for the entity according to its definition.

Parameters:
  • $data (AbstractData) – the data instance to use for validation
  • $validator (Validator) – the validator to use
Returns:

array the validation rules for the entity
buildUpData()

Builds up the data to validate from the entity.

Returns:array a map field to raw value
__construct(Entity $entity)

Constructor.

Parameters:
  • $entity (Entity) – the entity to validate
validate(AbstractData $data, $expectedVersion)

Validates the entity against the definition.

Parameters:
  • $data (AbstractData) – the data access instance used for counting things
  • $expectedVersion (integer) – the version to perform the optimistic locking check on
Returns:

array an array with the fields “valid” and “errors”; valid provides a quick check whether the given entity passes the validation and errors is an array with all errored fields as keys and arrays as values; this field arrays contains the actual errors on the field: “boolean”, “floating”, “integer”, “dateTime” (for dates and datetime fields), “inSet”, “reference”, “required”, “unique”, “value” (only for the version field, set if the optimistic locking failed).