Why not just stick with name value pairs? required:true,number:true -- Brandon Aaron
On 11/13/06, "Jörn Zaefferer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi jQueryians, > > just tried to use the metadata plugin for my validation plugin. > Unfortuanetely, it doesn't work out as nicely as I hoped. > > So far, I used this syntax to define validation rules with optional > parameters: > > validate="required,number,length:2:8" > class="$v(required,min:5)" > > The only data that the metadata can read from this example is the "min:5". > Otherwise it's missing a colon plus whatever (required, number) or will > complain about the second colon (length:2:8). > > I'm trying to find an elegant solution for this. > > My first idea was to write a custom parser that starts working when the eval > call in the metadata plugin fails. I'd use the key as a value whenever the > value is ommited. Multiple parameters could be handled by converting them > into an array. > > The problem: This won't be very elegant. > > So it's up to you: Any ideas? John? Up for a challenge? :-) > > -- > Jörn Zaefferer > > http://bassistance.de > -- > "Ein Herz für Kinder" - Ihre Spende hilft! Aktion: www.deutschlandsegelt.de > Unser Dankeschön: Ihr Name auf dem Segel der 1. deutschen America's Cup-Yacht! > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > [email protected] > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
