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from gluon.validators import is_empty
from gluon.validators import Validator


class IS_NOT_EMPTY_IF_OTHER(Validator):
    '''Allow a field to be empty unless any some other value is present.

    Note: "other" field may be a list of fields. If any of them is not
          empty, the field must be filled.
    '''
    def __init__(self, other,
                 error_message='must be filled because other value '
                               'is present'):
        self.other = other
        self.error_message = error_message

    def __call__(self, value):
        if isinstance(self.other, (list, tuple)):
            others = self.other
        else:
            others = [self.other]

        has_other = False
        for other in others:
            other, empty = is_empty(other)
            if not empty:
                has_other = True
                break
        value, empty = is_empty(value)
        if empty and has_other:
            return (value, T(self.error_message))
        else:
            return (value, None)

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    r3bhatia 11 years ago

    Hi...Just wanted to know isto how do we use this custom validator?

     

    Can you please give a small example..

     

    Thanks

    Rahul


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    viniciusban 11 years ago

    Put this validator in a module, then import and use it.

    Or put it in some models/a_my_custom_validators.py  to become global throughout your application.

     

    More on this: http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/07#Custom-validators


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