Validator.destroy()

Destroys this instance of validator freeing up resources and unregistering events.

jQuery.validator.methods

Object holding all validation methods known to the validator. This can be accessed to override individual methods, while keeping the default messages.

jQuery.validator.addClassRules()

• jQuery.validator.addClassRules( name, rules )

  • name Type: String The name of the class rule to add
  • rules Type: Object The compound rules (see example)

• jQuery.validator.addClassRules( rules )

  • rules Type: Object A map of className-rules pairs (see example).

jQuery.validator.setDefaults()

• jQuery.validator.setDefaults( options )

  • options
    Type: Object Options to set as default.

Accepts everything that validate() accepts.

jQuery.validator.format()

• jQuery.validator.format( template, argument, argumentN… )

  • template Type: String The string to format.
  • argument Type: Object The first argument to insert, or an array of Strings to insert
  • argumentN… Type: Object The second etc. argument to insert

One or more arguments can be passed, in addition to the string template itself, to insert into the string.

If you're familiar with the term, this makes this function support currying. If you don't care about that, just use the first argument.

jQuery.validator.addMethod()

Add a custom validation method. It must consist of a name (must be a legal javascript identifier), a javascript based function and a default string message.

• jQuery.validator.addMethod( name, method [, message ] )

  • name Type: String The name of the method used to identify it and referencing it; this must be a valid JavaScript identifier
  • method Type: Function() The actual method implementation, returning true if an element is valid. First argument: Current value. Second argument: Validated element. Third argument: Parameters.
    • value Type: String the current value of the validated element
    • element Type: Element the element to be validated
    • params Type: Object parameters specified for the method, e.g. for min: 5, the parameter is 5, for range: [1, 5] it's [1, 5]
    • message Type: String The default message to display for this method. Can be a function created by ''jQuery.validator.format(value)''. When undefined, an existing message is used (handy for localization), otherwise the field-specific messages have to be defined.

For simple one-off validation, you can use the bundled pattern method (in additional methods, source in src/additional/pattern.js) to validate a field against a regular expression.

In general, it is a good idea to encapsulate those regular expressions inside their own method.

If you need lots of slightly different expressions, try to extract a common parameter.

See also a library of regular expressions. 

Validator.showErrors()

Show the specified messages.

• Validator.showErrors( errors )

  • errors Type: Object One or more key/value pairs of input names and messages.

Validator.resetForm()

Resets the controlled form.

Validator.numberOfInvalids()

• Validator.numberOfInvalids( errors )

  • errors Type: Object One or more key/value pairs of input names and messages.

Returns the number of invalid fields.

Validator.form()

Validates the form, returns true if it is valid, false otherwise.