HTML::FormHandler::Manual::Errors(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		    HTML::FormHandler::Manual::Errors(3pm)

NAME

       HTML::FormHandler::Manual::Errors - FormHandler error methods

VERSION

       version 0.40013

SYNOPSIS

       Manual Index

       Errors and error messages for HTML::FormHandler.

DESCRIPTION

       Errors are added to field or form objects by the field 'add_error' method or the form 'add_form_error' method. FormHandler will perform the
       'add_error' for you for built-in validation or 'apply' actions. When performing your own validation in a validation method, you must do the
       'add_error' yourself.

       Errors, along with 'input' and 'value' attributes, are collected in the FormHandler 'result' objects. A number of error retrieving methods
       are delegated to the field and form classes.

       The existence (or not) of errors determines whether or not the form has been 'validated'.

Form methods
       errors
	   Returns an array of localized error strings (both field and form errors):

	       my @errors = $form->errors;

       has_errors
	   Both 'form' errors and errors from the tree of subfields

	       if( $form->has_errors ) {
		   <do something>
	       }

       form_errors, all_form_errors
	   Returns an arrayref / array of error strings on the form (not including field errors).

	       foreach my $err ( $self->all_form_errors ) {
		   $output .= "<span class="error">$err</span>";
	       }

       has_form_errors
	   Does the form have form_errors?

       add_form_error
	   Add an error to the form which is not associated with a specific field.

	       sub validate {
		   my $self = shift;
		   unless( <some condition> ) {
		       $self->add_form_error('....');
		   }
	       }

       push_form_errors
	   Add a non-localized error to the form.

Field methods
       The most common error method is probably 'add_error', which you use in the validation process.

	   sub validate_foo {
	       my ( $self, $field ) = @_;
	       unless ( <some_condition> ) {
		   $field->add_error('Error condition');
	       }
	   }

       errors
	   Returns an array of error strings.

       has_errors
	   Does the field have errors? Note that a compound field that contains subfields with errors will not return true for this method. If you
	   want to know if there are errors in the subfields, do 'has_error_fields'.

       num_errors
       add_error
	   Add an error to the field. Localization is performed.

       push_errors
	   Add an error without localization.

       error_fields
	   In a compound field (and its subclasses, like 'Repeatable'), the list of fields with errors.

Result methods
       The input, value, and error attributes are actually stored in the result objects. Although most of the methods are delegated to the form
       and field classes, there are times, such as when rendering (because you might be rendering a result that's been peeled off of the form
       object), that you may need to use result methods.

       These are the main methods that you might need to use.

       has_errors
       errors
       error_results
	   The results with errors; 'error_fields' is a wrapper around this.

Messages
       The base field class and the field subclasses have some 'built-in' error messages.  These can be modified by setting the 'messages' hashref
       in the form or the individual fields.

       When a message is retrieved in a field with "$field->get_message('upload_file_')" for example, the 'get_message' method will look first in
       user-set field specific messages, then in user-supplied form messages, finally in messages provided by the field classes.

	  package MyApp::Form;
	  use HTML::FormHandler::Moose;
	  extends 'HTML::FormHandler';

	  sub build_messages {
	      return { required => '....', my_message => '....' };
	  }
	  ...
	  my $form = MyApp::Form->new( messages => { required => '...', ...} );
	  ...
	  has_field 'my_field' => ( messages => { required => 'Please provide a my_field' },
	      required => 1 );

AUTHOR

       FormHandler Contributors - see HTML::FormHandler

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Gerda Shank.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-06-25				    HTML::FormHandler::Manual::Errors(3pm)