/**
* Validate the model data for persistence.
*
* @param array $rules Optional rules to add to the validator.
* @param array $mask An optional mask for patch requests.
*
* @return array|bool An array of validation error messages or true.
*/
public function validate(array $rules = [], array $mask = [])
{
$this->_validator = Validator::instance(static::validationRules($rules));
$all = empty($mask);
$passed = $this->_validator->check($this->toArray($mask, false), $all);
return $passed === true ? true : $this->_validator->failures();
}
/**
* Get a Validator and check an input against a set of Rules.
*
* @param array|object $input Input data to validate.
* @param array $ruleSet A set of Rules to validate the data against.
* @param bool $all Set to false if Rules for missing input fields should be ignored.
*
* @return bool Returns true if all Rules pass on the input data; false otherwise.
*/
protected function validate($input, $ruleSet = [], $all = false)
{
$validator = Validator::instance($ruleSet);
return $validator->check($input, $all);
}
/**
* Test the Validator::instance() method.
*
* @group validate
*/
public function testInstance()
{
$this->assertInstanceOf('Tacit\\Validate\\Validator', Validator::instance());
}
