class Reform::Form module ActiveRecord def self.included(base) base.class_eval do include ActiveModel extend ClassMethods end end module ClassMethods def validates_uniqueness_of(attribute) validates_with UniquenessValidator, :attributes => [attribute] end end class UniquenessValidator < ::ActiveRecord::Validations::UniquenessValidator # when calling validates it should create the Vali instance already and set @klass there! # TODO: fix this in AM. def validate(form) property = attributes.first model_name = form.send(:model).class.model_for_property(property) # here is the thing: why does AM::UniquenessValidator require a filled-out record to work properly? also, why do we need to set # the class? it would be way easier to pass #validate a hash of attributes and get back an errors hash. # the class for the finder could either be infered from the record or set in the validator instance itself in the call to ::validates. record = form.send(model_name) record.send("#{property}=", form.send(property)) @klass = record.class # this is usually done in the super-sucky #setup method. super(record).tap do |res| form.errors.add(property, record.errors.first.last) if record.errors.present? end end end end end