# models/about_me_validator.rb: # Validates editing about me text on user profile pages. # # Copyright (c) 2010 UK Citizens Online Democracy. All rights reserved. # Email: hello@mysociety.org; WWW: http://www.mysociety.org/ class AboutMeValidator include ActiveModel::Validations attr_accessor :about_me # TODO: Switch to built in validations validate :length_of_about_me def initialize(attributes = {}) attributes.each do |name, value| send("#{name}=", value) end end private def length_of_about_me if !about_me.blank? && about_me.size > 500 errors.add(:about_me, _("Please keep it shorter than 500 characters")) end end end