/**
* Returns TRUE if $value is valid for this field, or a
* FileMaker_Error_Validation object describing how pre-validation
* failed.
*
* @param mixed $value Value to pre-validate.
* @param FileMaker_Error_Validation $error If pre-validation is being
* done on more than one field, you may pass validate() an existing
* error object to add pre-validation failures to.$error is not
* passed by reference, though, so you must catch the return value
* of validate() and use it as the new $error object. This method
* never overwrites an existing $error object with boolean TRUE.
*
* @return boolean|FileMaker_Error_Validation Result of field
* pre-validation on $value.
*/
function validate($value, $error = null)
{
return $this->_impl->validate($value, $error);
}
