twin_validator¶ ↑

A simple twin field validator for Rails 3.

gem sources -a http://gemcutter.org/
gem install twin_validator

A twin field is a field that has a useless value unless a previous field has been set. This often manifiests itself as checkbox/text field or select/text field pair. Think in terms of a select box with one option for ‘Other’; the ‘Other’ option should show a text box, validated only when it it set as such.

You can validate the text field only when the previous field is set to your chosen value. Jump into your model and validate like so:

validates :field, :inclusion => { :in => [true, false }
validates :other_field, :twin => { :twins => [:field] }

For now, the only options you can use are:

:twins # An Enumerable of symbols to resolve as attributes of the model.
:check_against # A value that, if the twins are set to, this model should be validated as a result.

Copyright © 2010 Nathan Kleyn. See LICENSE for details.