Rails - Apr 2007 - unexpected behavior of before_validation

Today I found these comments in active record''s callbacks.rb file:

  # If the returning value of a before_validation callback can be
evaluated to false, the process will be aborted and Base#save will
return false.
  # If Base#save! is called it will raise a RecordNotSave error.
  # Nothing will be appended to the errors object.

This caused me a lot of frustration earlier when I was trying to get a
model with the following code to save:

  before_validation :ensure_boolean_value_for_finalized

  private
  def ensure_boolean_value_for_finalized
    self.finalized = false unless self.finalized
  end

I''m wondering why before_validation will abort the process of saving.
My conception of before_validation was that its purpose was only to
prepare the model object for validation, and that its purpose was
*not* to do pre-validation validation.

It''s not a huge deal - I''m just wondering what the logic
behind
before_validation''s behavior is.


Daniel
http://www.hallwaytesting.com


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