/**
* Validates the arguments array.
*
* @since 0.5.0
* @param WPPTD\Components\Metabox $parent the parent component
* @return bool|WPDLib\Util\Error an error object if an error occurred during validation, true if it was validated, false if it did not need to be validated
*/
public function validate($parent = null)
{
$status = parent::validate($parent);
if ($status === true) {
if (is_array($this->args['class'])) {
$this->args['class'] = implode(' ', $this->args['class']);
}
if (isset($this->args['options']) && !is_array($this->args['options'])) {
$this->args['options'] = array();
}
$this->args['id'] = $this->slug;
$this->args['name'] = $this->slug;
$this->_field = FieldManager::get_instance($this->args);
if ($this->_field === null) {
return new UtilError('no_valid_field_type', sprintf(__('The field type %1$s assigned to the field component %2$s is not a valid field type.', 'post-types-definitely'), $this->args['type'], $this->slug), '', ComponentManager::get_scope());
}
Utility::maybe_register_related_objects_field($this->_field, $this->args, $this, $parent);
if (null === $this->args['default']) {
$this->args['default'] = $this->_field->validate();
}
$this->args = Utility::validate_position_args($this->args);
}
return $status;
}
