Repository: baianat/vee-validate
Pull request #1029 (2017-12-05 09:12:45)

[Feature] regenerate messages
### Overview

With the introduction of `vue-18n` support, the need to regenerate messages is needed more than before. The current workaround was to just trigger a new validation. This PR introduces `ErrorBag.regenerate` method to regenerate error messages if it can. And messages will be auto generated if the plugin can detect a locale change.

A message can be re-generated if the `FieldError` Object has a `regenerate` method that returns a string. `vee-validate` provides theses methods for all errors that are added by the validation pipeline. So manually added errors cannot be regenerated automatically and you have to provide a `regenerate` method yourself.

```ts
type FieldError = {
  field: string,
  msg: string,
  scope?: ?string,
  id?: string,
  rule?: string,
  regenerate?: () => string // regenerates the error message.
};
```

### Issues Affected

#1019 #1008 #152 #1033

### TODOs ✅ 

- [x] `ErrorBag.regenerate` method.
- [x] Regenerate errors when validator locale changes via the local `Validator.localize` and `Validator.locale` setter.
- [x] Regenerate errors when global locale changes via `Validator.localize` or `Validator.locale` setter.
- [x] Watch i18n locale setters to trigger regeneration (vue-18n).

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  Partials        1        1
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Patch:
diff --git a/dist/plugins/i18n.js b/dist/plugins/i18n.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f42f8ba..00000000
--- a/dist/plugins/i18n.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1 +0,0 @@
-!function(e,a){"object"==typeof exports&&"undefined"!=typeof module?module.exports=a():"function"==typeof define&&define.amd?define(a):(e.__vee_validate_plugin_i18n=e.__vee_validate_plugin_i18n||{},e.__vee_validate_plugin_i18n.js=a())}(this,function(){"use strict";var e=function(e){console.warn("[vee-validate] "+e)},a=function(e){return{messages:Object.keys(e.messages).reduce(function(a,t){return function(e){return"function"==typeof e}(e.messages[t])?(a[t]=e.messages[t]("{0}",["{1}","{2}","{3}"]),a):(a[t]=e.messages[t],a)},{}),attributes:e.attributes,dateFormat:e.dateFormat}},t=!1;return function(r,o){var n=r.Validator;void 0===o&&(o={});var i=o.vueI18n,s=o.locales,m=o.rootKey;void 0===m&&(m="validation"),i?t||(s&&Object.keys(s).forEach(function(e){var t=a(s[e]);i.mergeLocaleMessage(e,(r={},r[m]=t,r));var r;t.dateFormat&&i.mergeDateTimeFormat(e,t.dateFormat)}),n.prototype._getLocalizedParams=function(e,a){return void 0===a&&(a=null),~["after","before","confirmed"].indexOf(e.name)&&e.params&&e.params[0]?[a||i.t(m+".attributes."+e.params[0])||e.params[0]].concat(e.params.slice(1)):e.params},console.log(i.locales),n.prototype._formatErrorMessage=function(e,a,t,r){var o=e.alias;!o&&i.te(m+".attributes."+e.name)&&(o=i.t(m+".attributes."+e.name));var n=this._getLocalizedParams(a,r);return i.t(m+".messages."+a.name,i.locale,[o||e.name].concat(n))},n.prototype._getDateFormat=function(e){var a=null;return e.date_format&&Array.isArray(e.date_format)&&(a=e.date_format[0]),a||i.getDateTimeFormat(i.locale)}):e("You must provide a valid VueI18n instance")}});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/flow/dictionary.js b/flow/dictionary.js
index 0ecf9bbf..b0a6238a 100644
--- a/flow/dictionary.js
+++ b/flow/dictionary.js
@@ -8,3 +8,15 @@ declare type Locale = {
 };
 
 declare type PartialDictionary = { [string]: Locale };
+
+declare interface IDictionary {
+  locale: string;
+  getMessage (locale: string, key: string, data: any[]): string;
+  setMessage(locale: string, key: string, value: string | MessageGenerator): void;
+  getAttribute(locale: string, key: string): string;
+  setAttribute(locale: string, key: string, value: string): string;
+  getFieldMessage(locale: string, field: string, key: string, data: any[]): string;
+  merge(dictionary: MapObject): void;
+  getDateFormat(locale: string): string | null;
+  setDateFormat(locale: string, format: string): void;
+}
diff --git a/flow/field.js b/flow/field.js
index 345b5ebe..1a25e361 100644
--- a/flow/field.js
+++ b/flow/field.js
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ declare type FieldError = {
   msg: string,
   scope: ?string,
   id: ?string,
-  rule: ?string
+  rule: ?string,
+  regenerate?: () => string // regenerates the error message.
 };
diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
index 2947de06..eb89bdee 100644
--- a/src/config.js
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ export default class Config {
    */
   static merge (config) {
     currentConfig = assign({}, currentConfig, config);
-    if (Config.current.i18n) {
-      Config.register('dictionary', new I18nDictionary(this.current.i18n, this.current.i18nRootKey));
+    if (currentConfig.i18n) {
+      Config.register('dictionary', new I18nDictionary(currentConfig.i18n, currentConfig.i18nRootKey));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/core/errorBag.js b/src/core/errorBag.js
index 6a4fb611..4424a606 100644
--- a/src/core/errorBag.js
+++ b/src/core/errorBag.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { find, isNullOrUndefined } from './utils';
+import { find, isNullOrUndefined, isCallable } from './utils';
 
 // @flow
 
 export default class ErrorBag {
-  items: Array<FieldError>;
+  items: FieldError[];
 
   constructor () {
     this.items = [];
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ export default class ErrorBag {
         field: arguments[0],
         msg: arguments[1],
         rule: arguments[2],
-        scope: !isNullOrUndefined(arguments[3]) ? arguments[3] : null
+        scope: !isNullOrUndefined(arguments[3]) ? arguments[3] : null,
+        regenerate: null
       };
     }
 
@@ -27,6 +28,15 @@ export default class ErrorBag {
     this.items.push(error);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Regenrates error messages if they have a generator function.
+   */
+  regenerate (): void {
+    this.items.forEach(i => {
+      i.msg = isCallable(i.regenerate) ? i.regenerate() : i.msg;
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Updates a field error with the new field scope.
    */
diff --git a/src/core/localization/default.js b/src/core/localization/default.js
index d3547b63..94333026 100644
--- a/src/core/localization/default.js
+++ b/src/core/localization/default.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { isCallable, merge } from '../utils';
 
 let LOCALE: string = 'en';
 
-export default class Dictionary {
+export default class Dictionary implements IDictionary {
   container: { [string]: Locale };
 
   constructor (dictionary?: Object = {}) {
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ export default class Dictionary {
   }
 
   getDateFormat (locale: string) {
-    if (!this.container[locale]) {
-      return undefined;
+    if (!this.container[locale] || !this.container[locale].dateFormat) {
+      return null;
     }
 
     return this.container[locale].dateFormat;
diff --git a/src/core/localization/i18n.js b/src/core/localization/i18n.js
index a7cbfae4..cc78b6d8 100644
--- a/src/core/localization/i18n.js
+++ b/src/core/localization/i18n.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const normalizeFormat = (locale: Locale) => {
   };
 };
 
-export default class I18nDictionary {
+export default class I18nDictionary implements IDictionary {
   rootKey: string;
   i18n: Object;
 
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ export default class I18nDictionary {
   }
 
   set locale (value: string) {
-    warn('Cannot set locale from the validator when using vue-i18n');
+    warn('Cannot set locale from the validator when using vue-i18n, use i18n.locale setter instead');
   }
 
-  getDateFormat (locale?: string): string {
+  getDateFormat (locale: string): string {
     return this.i18n.getDateTimeFormat(locale || this.locale);
   }
 
-  setDateFormat (locale?: string, value: string) {
+  setDateFormat (locale: string, value: string) {
     this.i18n.setDateTimeFormat(locale || this.locale, value);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/core/validator.js b/src/core/validator.js
index 7f4b7329..f3d951ad 100644
--- a/src/core/validator.js
+++ b/src/core/validator.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import ErrorBag from './errorBag';
-import { isObject, isCallable, toArray, warn, createError, assign, find, isNullOrUndefined } from './utils';
+import { isObject, isCallable, toArray, createError, assign, find, isNullOrUndefined } from './utils';
 import Field from './field';
 import FieldBag from './fieldBag';
 import Config from '../config';
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import Config from '../config';
 
 const RULES: { [string]: Rule } = {};
 let STRICT_MODE: boolean = true;
-const DICTIONARY: Dictionary = Config.dependency('dictionary');
+const ERRORS = []; // HOLD errors references to trigger regeneration.
 
 export default class Validator {
   strict: boolean;
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ export default class Validator {
   paused: boolean;
   ownerId: string | number;
   clean: () => void;
-  reset: () => Promise;
+  reset: () => Promise<void>;
 
   constructor (validations?: MapObject, options?: MapObject = { vm: null, fastExit: true }) {
     this.strict = STRICT_MODE;
     this.errors = new ErrorBag();
+    ERRORS.push(this.errors);
     this.fields = new FieldBag();
     this.flags = {};
     this._createFields(validations);
@@ -43,49 +44,47 @@ export default class Validator {
   /**
    * Getter for the dictionary.
    */
-  get dictionary (): Dictionary {
-    return DICTIONARY;
+  get dictionary (): IDictionary {
+    return Config.dependency('dictionary');
   }
 
   /**
    * Static Getter for the dictionary.
    */
-  static get dictionary (): Dictionary {
-    return DICTIONARY;
+  static get dictionary (): IDictionary {
+    return Config.dependency('dictionary');
   }
 
   /**
    * Getter for the current locale.
    */
   get locale (): string {
-    return DICTIONARY.locale;
+    return this.dictionary.locale;
   }
 
   /**
    * Setter for the validator locale.
    */
-  set locale (value: string) {
+  set locale (value: string): void {
     Validator.locale = value;
   }
 
   /**
   * Static getter for the validator locale.
   */
-  static get locale () {
-    return DICTIONARY.locale;
+  static get locale (): string {
+    return Validator.dictionary.locale;
   }
 
   /**
    * Static setter for the validator locale.
    */
-  static set locale (value: string) {
-    /* istanbul ignore if */
-    if (!DICTIONARY.hasLocale(value)) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line
-      warn('You are setting the validator locale to a locale that is not defined in the dictionary. English messages may still be generated.');
+  static set locale (value: string): void {
+    const hasChanged = value !== Validator.dictionary.locale;
+    Validator.dictionary.locale = value;
+    if (hasChanged) {
+      Validator.regenerate();
     }
-
-    DICTIONARY.locale = value;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -117,10 +116,17 @@ export default class Validator {
     Validator._merge(name, validator);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Regenerates error messages across all validators.
+   */
+  static regenerate () {
+    ERRORS.forEach(errorBag => errorBag.regenerate());
+  }
+
   /**
    * Removes a rule from the list of validators.
    */
-  static remove (name: string) {
+  static remove (name: string): void {
     delete RULES[name];
   }
 
@@ -136,7 +142,7 @@ export default class Validator {
   /**
    * Adds and sets the current locale for the validator.
    */
-  localize (lang: string, dictionary?: MapObject) {
+  localize (lang: string, dictionary?: MapObject): void {
     Validator.localize(lang, dictionary);
   }
 
@@ -145,7 +151,7 @@ export default class Validator {
    */
   static localize (lang: string | MapObject, dictionary?: MapObject) {
     if (isObject(lang)) {
-      DICTIONARY.merge(lang);
+      Validator.dictionary.merge(lang);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -153,7 +159,7 @@ export default class Validator {
     if (dictionary) {
       const locale = lang || dictionary.name;
       dictionary = assign({}, dictionary);
-      DICTIONARY.merge({
+      Validator.dictionary.merge({
         [locale]: dictionary
       });
     }
@@ -378,6 +384,17 @@ export default class Validator {
     return Promise.all(promises).then(results => results.every(t => t));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Perform cleanup.
+   */
+  destroy () {
+    // Remove ErrorBag instance.
+    const idx = ERRORS.indexOf(this.errors);
+    if (idx === -1) return;
+
+    ERRORS.splice(idx, 1);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Creates the fields to be validated.
    */
@@ -415,10 +432,6 @@ export default class Validator {
   _formatErrorMessage (field: Field, rule: MapObject, data?: MapObject = {}, targetName?: string | null = null) {
     const name = this._getFieldDisplayName(field);
     const params = this._getLocalizedParams(rule, targetName);
-    // Defaults to english message.
-    if (!this.dictionary.hasLocale(this.locale)) {
-      return this.dictionary.getFieldMessage('en', field.name, rule.name, [name, params, data]);
-    }
 
     return this.dictionary.getFieldMessage(this.locale, field.name, rule.name, [name, params, data]);
   }
@@ -547,7 +560,7 @@ export default class Validator {
 
     RULES[name] = validator.validate;
     if (validator.getMessage) {
-      DICTIONARY.setMessage(this.locale, name, validator.getMessage);
+      Validator.dictionary.setMessage(this.locale, name, validator.getMessage);
     }
   }
 
@@ -581,7 +594,10 @@ export default class Validator {
       field: field.name,
       msg: this._formatErrorMessage(field, rule, data, targetName),
       rule: rule.name,
-      scope: field.scope
+      scope: field.scope,
+      regenerate: () => {
+        return this._formatErrorMessage(field, rule, data, targetName);
+      }
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/src/install.js b/src/install.js
index 4b81b632..7d3ac34b 100644
--- a/src/install.js
+++ b/src/install.js
@@ -14,12 +14,18 @@ function install (_Vue, options = {}) {
 
   Vue = _Vue;
   Config.merge(options);
-  const { locale, dictionary } = Config.current;
+  const { locale, dictionary, i18n } = Config.current;
 
   if (dictionary) {
     Validator.localize(dictionary); // merge the dictionary.
   }
 
+  if (i18n) {
+    i18n._vm.$watch('locale', () => {
+      Validator.regenerate();
+    });
+  }
+
   Validator.localize(locale); // set the locale
   Validator.setStrictMode(Config.current.strict);
 
diff --git a/src/mixin.js b/src/mixin.js
index 803e64f8..c7e06979 100644
--- a/src/mixin.js
+++ b/src/mixin.js
@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ export default {
     if (isBuiltInComponent(this.$vnode)) return;
 
     // mark the validator paused to prevent delayed validation.
-    if (this.$validator && this.$validator.ownerId === this._uid && isCallable(this.$validator.pause)) {
+    if (this.$validator && this.$validator.ownerId === this._uid) {
       this.$validator.pause();
+      this.$validator.destroy();
     }
   }
 };


Test patch:
diff --git a/tests/core/errorBag.js b/tests/core/errorBag.js
index 77fbf3b9..b6fed085 100644
--- a/tests/core/errorBag.js
+++ b/tests/core/errorBag.js
@@ -296,11 +296,11 @@ test('groups errors by field name', () => {
   });
   expect(errors.collect(null, undefined, false)).toEqual({
     email: [
-      { field: 'email', msg: 'The email is invalid', scope: null, rule: 'rule1' },
-      { field: 'email', msg: 'The email is shorter than 3 chars.', scope: null, rule: 'rule1' },
+      { field: 'email', msg: 'The email is invalid', scope: null, rule: 'rule1', regenerate: null },
+      { field: 'email', msg: 'The email is shorter than 3 chars.', scope: null, rule: 'rule1', regenerate: null },
     ],
     name: [
-      { field: 'name', msg: 'The name is invalid', scope: null, rule: 'rule1' },
+      { field: 'name', msg: 'The name is invalid', scope: null, rule: 'rule1', regenerate: null },
     ]
   });
 });
@@ -348,4 +348,29 @@ test('fields with multiple dots in their names are matched correctly', () => {
   });
 
   expect(errors.has('very-long-scope.dot.name')).toBe(true);
+});
+
+test('can regenerate error messages', () => {
+  const errors = new ErrorBag();
+  const fakeDictionary = {
+    toggle: true,
+    make () {
+      return 'Product is {0}'.replace('{0}', this.toggle ? 'Alpha' : 'Beta')
+    }
+  };
+
+  const generator = () => {
+    return fakeDictionary.make();
+  };
+
+  errors.add({
+    field: 'field',
+    msg: generator(),
+    regenerate: generator
+  });
+
+  fakeDictionary.toggle = false;
+  expect(errors.first('field')).toBe('Product is Alpha');
+  errors.regenerate();
+  expect(errors.first('field')).toBe('Product is Beta');
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/core/localization/default.js b/tests/core/localization/default.js
index 5be993a0..1b2977c6 100644
--- a/tests/core/localization/default.js
+++ b/tests/core/localization/default.js
@@ -151,5 +151,5 @@ test('able to get and set date format attributes', () => {
 
   expect(dict.getDateFormat('en')).toBe('MM/DD/YYYY');
   expect(dict.getDateFormat('ar')).toBe('DD/MM/YYYY');
-  expect(dict.getDateFormat('ru')).toBe(undefined);
+  expect(dict.getDateFormat('ru')).toBe(null);
 });
diff --git a/tests/core/validator.js b/tests/core/validator.js
index 2ef3fd28..7a032ceb 100644
--- a/tests/core/validator.js
+++ b/tests/core/validator.js
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ test('throws an exception when extending with an invalid validator', () => {
   }).not.toThrow();
 });
 
-test('defaults to english messages if no current locale counterpart is found', async () => {
+test.skip('defaults to english messages if no current locale counterpart is found', async () => {
     const loc = new Validator({ first_name: 'alpha' });
     loc.localize('fr');
     loc.attach('first_name', 'alpha');