validator object, compares user input (data) against config object and fires callbacks on result

validator.js

/**
 * @author:        joseph chapman
 * @email          
 * @dependencies:  sky
 * @name:          validator
 * @dependencies   validator.types and validator.config
 */

(function($, window, validator, undefined) {

	validator = {
		
                types: {},
                config: {},
                messages: [],

		validate: function(data) {
		    var i, checker, type, isValid;
			
		    for (i in data) {
		        if (data.hasOwnProperty(i)) {

			    type = this.config[i];
			    checker = this.types[type];
					
			    if (!type) {
			        continue;
			    }
					
			    if (!checker) {
			        throw {
				    name: "ValidationError",
				    message: "No handler to validate type" + type
				};
			    }
					
					
			    isValid = checker.validate(data[i]);
			    if (!isValid) {
                                if (typeof checker.errorHandler === 'function') {
                                    checker.errorHandler();
                                }
                                msg = checker.instructions;
                                this.messages.push(msg);
    			    }
			}
		    }
		    return checker.validate();
		}
	};
	
}(jQuery, window, (validator || {})));