lion/packages/validate/README.md
Thomas Allmer 396deb2e3b feat: finalize validation and adopt it everywhere
Co-authored-by: Alex Ghiu <alex.ghiu@ing.com>
Co-authored-by: Gerjan van Geest <Gerjan.van.Geest@ing.com>
Co-authored-by: Thijs Louisse <Thijs.Louisse@ing.com>
Co-authored-by: Joren Broekema <joren.broekema@ing.com>
Co-authored-by: Erik Kroes <erik.kroes@ing.com>
2019-11-18 15:30:08 +01:00

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# Validate
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## Features
- allow for advanced UX scenarios by updating validation state on every value change
- provide a powerful way of writing validation via pure functions
- multiple validation types(error, warning, info, success)
- default validators
- custom validators
Validation is applied by default to all [form controls](../field/docs/FormFundaments.md) via the
ValidateMixin.
For a detailed description of the validation system and the `ValidateMixin`, please see [ValidationSystem](./docs/ValidationSystem.md).
## How to use
### Installation
```sh
npm i --save @lion/validate
```
```js
import '@lion/input/lion-input.js';
import { %ValidatorName% } from '@lion/validate';
```
> Note that we import an lion-input here as an example of a form control implementing ValidateMixin.
> We could equally well use lion-textarea, lion-select, lion-fieldset etc. to illustrate our example.
### Example
All validators are provided as pure functions. They should be applied to the formcontrol (implementing
`ValidateMixin`) as follows:
```js
import '@lion/input/lion-input.js';
import { Required, IsString, MaxLength, DefaultSuccess, Validator } from '@lion/validate';
const isInitialsRegex = /^([A-Z]\.)+$/;
class IsInitialsExample extends Validator {
constructor(...args) {
super(...args);
this.name = 'IsExampleInitials';
}
execute(value) {
let hasError = false;
if (!IsString || !isInitialsRegex.test(value.toLowerCase())) {
hasError = true;
}
return hasError;
}
static getMessage({ fieldName }) {
return `Please enter a valid {fieldName} in the format "A.B.C.".`;
}
}
```
```html
<lion-input
label="Initials"
name="initials"
.validators="${[new Required(), new MaxLength(10), new IsInitialsExample(null, { type: 'warning' }), new DefaultSuccess()]}"
></lion-input>
```
In the example above we use different types of validators.
A validator applied to `.validators` expects an array with a function, a parameters object and
optionally an additional configuration object.
```js
MinMaxLength({ min: 5, max: 10 });
```
The custom `IsInitialsExample` checks if the value is fitting our regex, but does not prevent the user from submitting other values.
Retrieving validity states is as easy as checking for:
```js
myInitialsInput.hasFeedbackFor.include('error');
```