[jQuery] Problem with extended and simplified metadata
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? :-)
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