gds-data-validation
A data validation library providing a rule-based schema definition language.
For checking (incoming) data against a specified schema definition.
GDS stands for General Data Structure.
Installation
gem install gds-data-validation
An Example
require "gds-data-validation"
dataValidation = GdsDataValidation.create( <<-EOS )
company = :name : @t_string,
:address : address,
:ceo : person,
:employees : person*
person = :firstname : @t_string,
:lastname : @t_string,
:yearOfBirth : @t_int,
:address : address
address = :street : @t_string,
:zipcode : @t_int,
:city : @t_string
EOS
dataValidation.check( nil )
dataValidation.check(
{ name: 'My Company', address: { street: 'Broadway 300', zipcode: 22222, city: 'New York' },
ceo: { firstname: 'John', lastname: 'McArthur', yearOfBirth: 1959,
address: { street: 'Rosedale Dr. 40', zipcode: 34003, city: 'Los Angeles' } },
employees: [
{ firstname: 'Berry', lastname: 'Miller', yearOfBirth: 1989,
address: { street: 'South St. 12', zipcode: 48333, city: 'Chicago' } },
{ firstname: 'Jane', lastname: 'Smith', yearOfBirth: 1993,
address: { street: 'Mainstreet 4', zipcode: 62883, city: 'Seattle' } } ] }
)
Introduction
The original idea was to create a library for the validation of data structures which have been created
by the GDS (General Data Structure) language.
Synonyms and related terms are data validation, validation checker, schema validation, schema validator, schema checker.
Ruby Gem
You can find it on RubyGems.org:
rubygems.org/gems/gds-data-validation
Source Code
You can find the source code on GitHub:
github.com/uliramminger/gds-data-validation
Further Information
You will find detailed information here: urasepandia.de/gds-data-validation.html
Maintainer
Uli Ramminger uli@urasepandia.de
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2019 Ulrich Ramminger
See MIT-LICENSE for further details.