validate()

Overview

public ValidationResult function validate(
      required string  ruleset        
    , required struct  data           
    ,          any     result         
    ,          boolean ignoreMissing   = false
    ,          string  fieldNamePrefix = ""
    ,          string  fieldNameSuffix = ""
    ,          array   suppressFields 
)

Validates the passed data struct against a registered ruleset. Returns a Validation result object that contains validation result information. See Validation framework for full usage documentation.

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Description
ruleset	string	Yes	Name of the ruleset to validate against
data	struct	Yes	The data set to validate
result	any	No	Optional existing validation result to which to append validation errors
ignoreMissing	boolean	No (default=false)	Whether or not to ignore fields that are entirely missing from the passed data
fieldNamePrefix	string	No (default="")	Prefix to add to fieldnames in error messages
fieldNameSuffix	string	No (default="")	Suffix to add to fieldnames in error messages
suppressFields	array	No