jhthorsen/mojolicious-plugin-validatemoose — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2013-11-24
Validate incoming form parameters against an existing Moose data class.
Turn validated form data directly into a ready-to-use Moose object.
Avoid writing duplicate validation logic separate from your data model.
| jhthorsen/mojolicious-plugin-validatemoose | backes/rainbarf | dougwilson/perl5-gravatar-url | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Language | Perl | Perl | Perl |
| Last pushed | 2013-11-24 | 2013-11-15 | 2011-09-21 |
| Maintenance | Dormant | Dormant | Dormant |
| Setup difficulty | moderate | easy | easy |
| Complexity | 2/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 |
| Audience | developer | developer | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Requires an existing Mojolicious app and familiarity with Moose class definitions.
This plugin lets you validate form submissions (GET or POST requests) in a Mojolicious web application by using Moose classes. Instead of writing custom validation logic for each form, you define what the data should look like using Moose, and this plugin automatically checks incoming parameters against that definition. Here's how it works in practice. You have a Moose class that describes your data, for example, a User class with attributes like name (required, must be text), age (must be a number), and email (must be a valid email format). When someone submits a form, you call the validate_moose helper and pass it the name of your Moose class. The plugin takes all the form parameters, tries to create or update a Moose object using those values, and checks whether they match the type rules you've defined. If everything is valid, you get back a fully-formed object ready to use. If validation fails, the plugin tells you exactly which fields were wrong and why. The benefit is convenience: Moose already has a system for describing what attributes exist, what types they should be, and whether they're required. This plugin reuses that same description for web form validation, so you're not duplicating your data rules in two places. Your Moose class becomes both your data model and your validator. This is useful for developers building Mojolicious web applications (a lightweight Perl web framework) who want to keep their code organized and DRY. Instead of manually checking each parameter with if statements or writing separate validation routines, you leverage the structure you've already defined in Moose. If a required field is missing, the plugin catches it. If someone submits "abc" for a field that must be an integer, Moose's type system rejects it and tells you so.
A Perl plugin that validates web form submissions in Mojolicious apps by reusing your existing Moose class definitions as the validation rules.
Mainly Perl. The stack also includes Perl, Mojolicious, Moose.
Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2013-11-24).
Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
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