From: Markus Schirp <mbj@...>
Date: 2011-08-24T22:21:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Any model-validation library without ActiveSupport dependency?

The dm-validations is subjected to be used with non datamapper models. 
It has support for plain old ruby objects.

For example I am already using it with virtus.


On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 09:46:34PM +0900, Richard Conroy wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Alexey Petrushin <axyd80@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks.
> >
> > But it has dependency on the dm-core (DataMapper), so it seems that it
> > can be used with DataMapper only.
> >
> >
> Model validations by their nature are very intimate with the ORM.
> 
> Another approach may be to use something like bureaucrat (an ORM agnostic
> form helper) or validations that are at the controller/view level.
> 
> It is not DRY, as those validations are not performed in console or through
> an API layer, but a lot of the benefit of validations occurs between the
> user and the keyboard.
> 
> regards,
> Richard
> 
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