Hi again,

First, be sure to check Type::Params for a more user-friendly way to use the types and type libraries you create (and the standard ones) in validating parameters to a function. Second, be sure to review all the docs, including the cookbooks. There's actually quite a lot, just not well collated centrally. You'll also find good examples in the archives of the Perl Advent Calendar.

Type RegexpRef tests only whether it is passed a compiled regexp, i.e. with qr//, not the content of the regexp. Use StrMatch for that.

You can always declare your own types, as well as your own type library. Here I declare a type that requires an array ref, and that it be of a certain length. 

# ~/monks/1209129.t

package MyTypes {
    use parent 'Type::Library';
    use Type::Utils;
    use Types::Standard qw/ ArrayRef Dict Enum Str StrMatch /;

    my $MyArray = Type::Tiny->new(
        as         => 'ArrayRef',
        name       => 'ClientArray',
        constraint => sub { scalar @{ $_ } == 2 },
    );

    declare MyType => as Dict[
        method    => Enum['xxx'],
        backend   => Dict[
            client => StrMatch[qr/\d{3}/],
            pw     => Str,
        ],
        clientArr => $MyArray,
    ];

    # If you want to be able to use the new type independently by name
+:
    __PACKAGE__->meta->add_type($MyArray);
    __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
};

package main {
    use Test::Most;
    use JSON;

    # normally, load as normal with `use MyTypes '+MyType'`
    MyTypes->import(qw/ +MyType /);

    while ( <DATA> ) {
        my ( $label, $json ) = split / => /;
        chomp $json;
        my $data = from_json $json;
        if ( $. == 1 ) {
            ok eval { assert_MyType( $data ); 1 }, $label;
        } else {
            ok ! eval { assert_MyType( $data ); 1 }, $label;
        }
    }

    done_testing;
};

__END__
Valid data => {"method":"xxx","backend":{"client":"mytest009","pw":"sd
+kjfhsfjhKJH87"},"clientArr":[{"num":"1"},{"num":"2"}]}
Unknown key => {"method":"xxx","backend":{"client":"mytest009","pw":"s
+dkjfhsfjhKJH87"},"clientArr":[{"num":"1"},{"num":"2"}],"blah":"123"}
Failed regexp => {"method":"xxx","backend":{"client":"mytest09","pw":"
+sdkjfhsfjhKJH87"},"clientArr":[{"num":"1"},{"num":"2"}]}
Not an array => {"method":"xxx","backend":{"client":"mytest009","pw":"
+sdkjfhsfjhKJH87"},"clientArr":{"foo":{"num":"1"},"bar":{"num":"2"}}}
Array too long => {"method":"xxx","backend":{"client":"mytest009","pw"
+:"sdkjfhsfjhKJH87"},"clientArr":[{"num":"1"},{"num":"2"},{"num":"3"}]
+}

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Output: 
$ prove -v ~/monks/1209129.t
ok 1 - Valid data
ok 2 - Unknown key
ok 3 - Failed regexp
ok 4 - Not an array
ok 5 - Array too long
1..5
ok
All tests successful.
Files=1, Tests=5,  1 wallclock secs ( 0.03 usr  0.00 sys +  0.13 cusr 
+ 0.02 csys =  0.18 CPU)
Result: PASS

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Hope this helps!


The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

In reply to Re^4: Brannigan: hash validation by 1nickt
in thread Brannigan: hash validation by henzen

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