Class: YahooImValidator

Inherits:
AccountNameValidator show all
Defined in:
lib/yahoo_im_validator.rb

Overview

Validates Yahoo! Instant Messenger screen names. According to the Yahoo! website:

> Use 4 to 32 characters and start with a letter. You may use letters, > numbers, underscores, and one dot (.).

The following error message keys are used to localize invalid screen names:

| | | |:————————-|:——————————————–| | ‘yim_too_short` | Screen name is fewer than 3 characters. | | `yim_too_long` | Screen name is over 16 characters. | | `yim_invalid_chars` | Screen name contains invalid characters. | | `yim_invalid_first_char` | Screen name doesn’t start with a letter. | | ‘yim_multiple_periods` | Screen name has more than one period in it. |

Options

| | | |:————-|:————————————————-| | ‘:message` | A custom message to use if the email is invalid. | | `:allow_nil` | If true, `nil` values are allowed. |

Examples:

validates :yim_sn, yahoo_im: true

Method Summary

Methods inherited from AccountNameValidator

add_validation, error_key_prefix, first_char, max_length, min_length, valid_chars, #validate_each