Use the meta-option to namespace metadata for the validation plugin:
$("...").validate({
meta: "rules"
});
class="{rules:{required:true}}"
Jörn
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Dreftymac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Problem:
> =====
> It appears that jQuery validator plugin always assumes that metadata
> attached to an element is intended for use by the validator plugin,
> when metadata is attached to an element and validator plugin does not
> know what to do with it, it throws an error:
>
> TypeError: jQuery.validator.methods[b.method] has no properties
>
> Steps To Reproduce:
> =====
> Use the validator plugin as normal, and create your validation rules
> using the format:
>
> $('#myform').validate({...})
>
> Then, add any custom metadata to an input element, where the custom
> metadata is
> intended for use by something else besides validator
>
> class="has_metadata {mymeta:{foo:'helloworld'}}"
>
> Then, run your code as usual, and jQuery.validator throws the above
> message.
>
> If no one has a proposal for how to fix this, is it possble to to
> attach metadata to an element using other means so that metadata and
> validator can work together at the same time but for different
> purposes?
>
>
