temp commit to own repository

Easter holiday, cant keep this code locked up in the office for a
week...

Author: tlastad

src/validation-common.js

@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ angular
     //----
     // Public functions declaration
     //----------------------------------
-
+    
+	function isValidationRequired(validations) {
+      return validations.indexOf("required") >= 0 || validations.indexOf("requiredselection") >= 0;
+    }
     function defineValidation() {
       var self = this;
       var customUserRegEx = {};
@@ -91,8 +94,7 @@ angular
       var validations = rules.split('|');
 
       if(validations) {
-        self.bFieldRequired = (validations.indexOf("required") >= 0) ? true : false;
-
+        self.bFieldRequired = isValidationRequired(validations) ? true : false;
         // loop through all validators of the element
         for(var i = 0, ln = validations.length; i < ln; i++) {
           var params = validations[i].split(':'); // params[0] is the rule, [1] is the rule extra params
@@ -125,7 +127,8 @@ angular
       * @param string message: error message to display
       */
     function updateErrorMsg(message, attrs) {
-      var self = this;
+      // attrs.obj if set should be a commonObj
+      var self  = (!!attrs && attrs.obj) ? attrs.obj : this;
 
       // element name could be defined in the `attrs` or in the self object
       var elm = (!!attrs && attrs.elm) ? attrs.elm : self.elm;
@@ -297,7 +300,7 @@ angular
       if(index >= 0 && message === '') {
         validationSummary.splice(index, 1);
       }else if(message !== '') {
-        var errorObj = { field: elmName, message: message };
+        var errorObj = { field: elmName, message: message, obj: self};
 
         // if error already exist then refresh the error object inside the array, else push it to the array
         if(index >= 0) {

src/validation-rules.js

@@ -538,6 +538,13 @@ angular
             type: "regex"
           };
           break;
+        case "requiredselection":
+          validator = {
+            pattern: "\\S+",
+            message: "INVALID_REQUIREDSELECTION",
+            type: "regex"
+          };
+          break;
       } // switch()
 
 	    return validator;

src/validation-service.js

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ angular
     validationService.prototype.addValidator = addValidator;
     validationService.prototype.checkFormValidity = checkFormValidity;
     validationService.prototype.removeValidator = removeValidator;
+    validationService.prototype.clearValidationSummary = clearValidationSummary;
     validationService.prototype.setGlobalOptions = setGlobalOptions;
 
     return validationService;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ angular
       attrs = mergeObjects(self.validationAttrs, attrs);
 
       // watch the element for any value change, validate it once that happen
-			attrs.scope.$watch(attrs.elmName, function (newVal, oldVal) {
+      attrs.scope.$watch(attrs.elmName, function (newVal, oldVal) {
         if(newVal === undefined && oldVal !== undefined) {
           self.commonObj.updateErrorMsg("INVALID_KEY_CHAR", {valid: false, translate: true});
           return;
@@ -84,11 +85,17 @@ angular
 
         self.commonObj.initialize(attrs.scope, attrs.elm, attrs, attrs.ctrl);
         attemptToValidate(self, newVal);
-		  }, true); // $watch()
+      }, true); // $watch()
 
       return self;
-		} // addValidator()
+    } // addValidator()
 
+    function clearValidationSummary(obj) {
+      if (typeof obj === "undefined" || typeof obj.$validationSummary === "undefined") {
+        throw 'checkFormValidity() requires a valid Angular Form or $scope object passed as argument to function properly (ex.: $scope.form1  OR  $scope).';
+      }
+      obj.$validationSummary = [];
+    }
     /** Is the Form all valid? Loop through Validation Summary to get the answer, if any errors are there then display them and return false
      * @param object Angular Form or Scope Object
      * @return bool isFormValid
@@ -103,13 +110,12 @@ angular
       // loop through $validationSummary and display errors when found on each field
       for(var i = 0, ln = obj.$validationSummary.length; i < ln; i++) {
         isValid = false;
-        elmName = obj.$validationSummary[i].field;
-        elm = angular.element(document.querySelector('[name="'+elmName+'"]:not([disabled]):not([ng-disabled]'));
-        ctrl = angular.element(elm).controller('ngModel');
+        elm = obj.$validationSummary[i].obj.elm;
+        ctrl = obj.$validationSummary[i].obj.ctrl; 
 
         if(!!elm && elm.length > 0) {
           ctrl.$setTouched(); // make the element as it was touched for CSS
-          self.commonObj.updateErrorMsg(obj.$validationSummary[i].message, {valid: false, elm: elm, submitted: true});
+          self.commonObj.updateErrorMsg(obj.$validationSummary[i].message, { valid: false, obj: obj.$validationSummary[i].obj, submitted: true });
         }
       }
       return isValid;