// Copyright 2016 Qiang Xue. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package validation import ( "errors" "regexp" ) // Match returns a validation rule that checks if a value matches the specified regular expression. // This rule should only be used for validating strings and byte slices, or a validation error will be reported. // An empty value is considered valid. Use the Required rule to make sure a value is not empty. func Match(re *regexp.Regexp) *MatchRule { return &MatchRule{ re: re, message: "must be in a valid format", } } type MatchRule struct { re *regexp.Regexp message string } // Validate checks if the given value is valid or not. func (v *MatchRule) Validate(value interface{}) error { value, isNil := Indirect(value) if isNil { return nil } isString, str, isBytes, bs := StringOrBytes(value) if isString && (str == "" || v.re.MatchString(str)) { return nil } else if isBytes && (len(bs) == 0 || v.re.Match(bs)) { return nil } return errors.New(v.message) } // Error sets the error message for the rule. func (v *MatchRule) Error(message string) *MatchRule { v.message = message return v }