// 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 ( "regexp" ) // ErrMatchInvalid is the error that returns in case of invalid format. var ErrMatchInvalid = NewError("validation_match_invalid", "must be in a valid format") // 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, err: ErrMatchInvalid, } } // MatchRule is a validation rule that checks if a value matches the specified regular expression. type MatchRule struct { re *regexp.Regexp err Error } // Validate checks if the given value is valid or not. func (r MatchRule) Validate(value interface{}) error { value, isNil := Indirect(value) if isNil { return nil } isString, str, isBytes, bs := StringOrBytes(value) if isString && (str == "" || r.re.MatchString(str)) { return nil } else if isBytes && (len(bs) == 0 || r.re.Match(bs)) { return nil } return r.err } // Error sets the error message for the rule. func (r MatchRule) Error(message string) MatchRule { r.err = r.err.SetMessage(message) return r } // ErrorObject sets the error struct for the rule. func (r MatchRule) ErrorObject(err Error) MatchRule { r.err = err return r }