require 'validators' class Message < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :sender, :class_name => "User", :foreign_key => :from_user_id belongs_to :recipient, :class_name => "User", :foreign_key => :to_user_id validates_presence_of :title, :body, :sent_on, :sender, :recipient validates_length_of :title, :within => 1..255 validates_inclusion_of :message_read, :in => [ true, false ] validates_associated :sender, :recipient validates_as_utf8 :title end