ValidationError instead Error

lib/model.js

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 var util = require('util');
 var i8n = require('inflection');
 var jutil = require('./jutil.js');
-var Validatable = require('./validations.js').Validatable;
+var validations = require('./validations.js');
+var Validatable = validations.Validatable;
+var ValidationError = validations.ValidationError;
 var List = require('./list.js');
 var Hookable = require('./hooks.js').Hookable;
 var DEFAULT_CACHE_LIMIT = 1000;
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ AbstractClass.create = function (data, callback) {
         if (valid) {
             create();
         } else {
-            callback(new Error('Validation error'), obj);
+            callback(new ValidationError(obj), obj);
         }
     }, data);
 
@@ -657,7 +659,7 @@ AbstractClass.prototype.save = function (options, callback) {
         if (valid) {
             save();
         } else {
-            var err = new Error('Validation error');
+            var err = new ValidationError(inst);
             // throws option is dangerous for async usage
             if (options.throws) {
                 throw err;
@@ -810,7 +812,7 @@ AbstractClass.prototype.updateAttributes = function updateAttributes(data, cb) {
     inst.isValid(function (valid) {
         if (!valid) {
             if (cb) {
-                cb(new Error('Validation error'), inst);
+                cb(new ValidationError(inst), inst);
             }
         } else {
             inst.trigger('save', function (saveDone) {

lib/validations.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 exports.Validatable = Validatable;
+exports.ValidationError = ValidationError;
 
 /**
  * Validation encapsulated in this abstract class.
@@ -432,7 +433,7 @@ function validationFailed(inst, v, cb) {
     validatorArguments.push(attr);
     validatorArguments.push(conf);
     validatorArguments.push(function onerror(kind) {
-        var message;
+        var message, code = conf.validation;
         if (conf.message) {
             message = conf.message;
         }
@@ -443,6 +444,7 @@ function validationFailed(inst, v, cb) {
             message = 'is invalid';
         }
         if (kind) {
+            code += '.' + kind;
             if (message[kind]) {
                 // get deeper
                 message = message[kind];
@@ -452,7 +454,7 @@ function validationFailed(inst, v, cb) {
                 message = 'is invalid';
             }
         }
-        inst.errors.add(attr, message);
+        inst.errors.add(attr, message, code);
         fail = true;
     });
     if (cb) {
@@ -562,13 +564,39 @@ function configure(cls, validation, args, opts) {
 }
 
 function Errors() {
+    Object.defineProperty(this, 'codes', {
+        enumerable: false,
+        configurable: true,
+        value: {}
+    });
 }
 
-Errors.prototype.add = function (field, message) {
+Errors.prototype.add = function (field, message, code) {
+    code = code || 'invalid';
     if (!this[field]) {
-        this[field] = [message];
+        this[field] = [];
-    } else {
+        this.codes[field] = [];
-        this[field].push(message);
     }
+    this[field].push(message);
+    this.codes[field].push(code);
 };
 
+function ErrorCodes(messages) {
+    var c = this;
+    Object.keys(messages).forEach(function(field) {
+        c[field] = messages[field].codes;
+    });
+}
+
+function ValidationError(obj) {
+    if (!(this instanceof ValidationError)) return new ValidationError(obj);
+
+    this.name = 'ValidationError';
+    this.message = 'Validation error';
+    this.statusCode = 400;
+    this.codes = obj.errors && obj.errors.codes;
+
+    Error.call(this);
+};
+
+ValidationError.prototype.__proto__ = Error.prototype;

test/validations.test.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var j = require('../'), db, User;
+var ValidationError = require('../lib/validations.js').ValidationError;
 var should = require('should');
 
 function getValidAttributes() {
@@ -63,8 +64,9 @@ describe('validations', function() {
         describe('lifecycle', function() {
 
             it('should work on create', function(done) {
+                delete User._validations;
                 User.validatesPresenceOf('name');
-                User.create(function(e) {
+                User.create(function(e, u) {
                     should.exist(e);
                     User.create({name: 'Valid'}, function(e, d) {
                         should.not.exist(e);
@@ -74,11 +76,13 @@ describe('validations', function() {
             });
 
             it('should work on update', function(done) {
+                delete User._validations;
                 User.validatesPresenceOf('name');
                 User.create({name: 'Valid'}, function(e, d) {
                     d.updateAttribute('name', null, function(e) {
                         should.exist(e);
                         e.should.be.instanceOf(Error);
+                        e.should.be.instanceOf(ValidationError);
                         d.updateAttribute('name', 'Vasiliy', function(e) {
                             should.not.exist(e);
                             done();
@@ -87,6 +91,16 @@ describe('validations', function() {
                 });
             });
 
+            it('should return error code', function(done) {
+                delete User._validations;
+                User.validatesPresenceOf('name');
+                User.create(function(e, u) {
+                    should.exist(e);
+                    e.codes.name.should.eql(['presence']);
+                    done();
+                });
+            });
+
         });
     });