[Zope3-dev] Re: Add function for schema validation in zope.schema

[Christian Zagrodnick]

On 2007-08-20 14:59:52 +0200, "Fred Drake" <fdrake at gmail.com> said:

> On 8/20/07, Christian Zagrodnick <cz at gocept.com> wrote:
>> I think we should add a function to validate a given schema on a given
>> class. This should include constraints and invariants:
> 
> I do presume you mean object, rather than class, as your example implies.
> 
>> validateSchema(IMySchema, myobject)  [or alike]
> 
> +1
> 
>> I'm not sure about return values or exceptions. There are different use cases:
>> 
>> 1. Is the object valid? -> True/False
>> 2. What's wrong with the object -> {attribute/field-name: what's
>> wrong}, what's wrong with invariants.
> 
> There should probably be a specific exception that's defined for this
> purpose, and it could directly support the mapping interface to allow
> detailed information to be extracted.  I suspect a common use would be
> to simply verify the object and raise the exception in the invalid
> case, denying whatever operation was being attempted.
> 
> This also suggests that there's no interesting return value; either
> the exception is raised or it isn't.  Code that wants to introspect
> the exception can catch that and act accordingly.

Yes, I like the idea.

Will add it with the exception as time comes by.


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