Validation examples

Either.scala

object EitherValidationExamples {

  type ValidationError = String

  def validateEmail(user: User): Either[ValidationError, User] =
    if (user.email contains "@") Right(user) else Left("Must supply a valid email")

  def validateAge(user: User): Either[ValidationError, User] =
    if (user.age > 18) Right(user) else Left("Must be over 18")

  // Combine multiple validations into one big validation that either contains a list of errors OR a valid object
  def combineValidations[A,B](obj: B, eithers: Either[A,B]*): Either[Seq[A], B] = {
    val errors = eithers.collect { case Left(e) => e }
    if (errors.isEmpty) Right(obj) else Left(errors)
  }
}

Simple.scala

scala> val validUser = User("jack@twitter.com", 21)
validUser: io.forward.cats.examples.User = User(jack@twitter.com,21)

scala> val invalidUser = User("foo", 16)
invalidUser: io.forward.cats.examples.User = User(foo,16)

scala> validateEmail(validUser)
res5: cats.data.Validated[String,io.forward.cats.examples.User] = Valid(User(jack@twitter.com,21))

scala> validateEmail(invalidUser)
res1: cats.data.Validated[String,io.forward.cats.examples.User] = Invalid(Must supply a valid email)

scala> validateEmail(invalidUser).isValid
res2: Boolean = false

UserValidation.scala

package io.forward.cats.examples

import cats.data.Validated._
import cats.data.Validated

case class User(email: String, age: Int)

object Validation extends Validator {

  def validateUser(user: User): Validated[List[String], User] =
    runValidations(user, validateEmail, validateAge)

  def validateEmail(user: User): Validated[String, User] =
    if (user.email contains "@") valid(user) else invalid("Must supply a valid email")

  def validateAge(user: User): Validated[String, User] =
    if (user.age > 18) valid(user) else invalid("Must be over 18")
}

sealed trait Validator {
  def runValidations[S,T](obj: T, validations: ((T) => Validated[S,T])*): Validated[List[S], T] =
    combine(obj, validations.toList.map(_.apply(obj)))

  def combine[S,T](obj: T, validations: List[Validated[S, T]]): Validated[List[S], T] = {
    val errors = validations.collect { case Invalid(error) => error }
    if (errors.isEmpty) valid(obj) else invalid(errors)
  }
}