dry-schema 1.5

Custom types

You would often use dry-schema to transform your input. Let's say, you want to remove any whitespace characters at the beginning and the end of the string. You would probably make a type like this and use it in your schema:

StrippedString = Types::String.constructor(&:strip)

Schema = Dry::Schema.Params do
  required(:some_number).filled(:integer)
  required(:my_string).filled(StrippedString)
end

However, you might find it inconvenient to use constants instead of symbols, especially if you want to use the type throughout the project. You might want to use it like this:

Schema = Dry::Schema.Params do
  required(:some_number).filled(:integer)
  required(:my_string).filled(:stripped_string)
end

Version 1.2 introduced a solution that would let you achieve that. You'll need to build a custom type container — an instance Dry::Schema::TypeContainer, register your types, and pass it to config.types.

StrippedString = Types::String.constructor(&:strip)

TypeContainer = Dry::Schema::TypeContainer.new
TypeContainer.register('params.stripped_string', StrippedString)

Schema = Dry::Schema.Params do
  config.types = TypeContainer
  required(:some_number).filled(:integer)
  required(:my_string).filled(:stripped_string)
end

Each schema processor uses different namespaces, so you'll have to keep it in mind when chosing the key.

• Use params.my_type if you want to register the type for Dry::Schema::Params
• Use nominal.my_type if you want to register the type for Dry::Schema::Processor
• Use json.my_type if you want to register the type for Dry::Schema::JSON

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