openstreetmap-website/lib/validators.rb
2008-10-29 16:27:15 +00:00

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module ActiveRecord
module Validations
module ClassMethods
# error message when invalid UTF-8 is detected
@@invalid_utf8_message = " is invalid UTF-8"
##
# validation method to be included like any other validations methods
# in the models definitions. this one checks that the named attribute
# is a valid UTF-8 format string.
def validates_as_utf8(*attrs)
validates_each(attrs) do |record, attr, value|
record.errors.add(attr, @@invalid_utf8_message) unless valid_utf8? value
end
end
##
# Checks that a string is valid UTF-8 by trying to convert it to UTF-8
# using the iconv library, which is in the standard library.
def valid_utf8?(str)
return true if str.nil?
Iconv.conv("UTF-8", "UTF-8", str)
return true
rescue
return false
end
end
end
end