Previously, the behavior of the `minLength` and `maxLength` validators
caused confusion, as they appeared to work with numeric values but
did not in fact produce consistent results. This commit fixes the issue
by skipping validation altogether when a numeric value is used.
BREAKING CHANGES:
* The `minLength` and `maxLength` validators now verify that a value has
numeric `length` property and invoke validation only if that's the case.
Previously, falsey values without the length property (such as `0` or
`false` values) were triggering validation errors. If your code relies on
the old behavior, you can include other validators such as [min][1] or
[requiredTrue][2] to the list of validators for a particular field.
[1]: https://angular.io/api/forms/Validators#min
[2]: https://angular.io/api/forms/Validators#requiredTrueCloses#35591
PR Close#36157
Previously, it was not clear that the `minLength` and `maxLength` validators
can only be used with objects that contain a `length` property. This commit
clarifies this.
PR Close#36297
There is currently a bug in Chrome 80 that makes Array.reduce
not work according to spec. The functionality in forms that
retrieves controls from FormGroups and FormArrays (`form.get`)
relied on Array.reduce, so the Chrome bug broke forms for
many users.
This commit refactors our forms code to rely on Array.forEach
instead of Array.reduce to fix forms while we are waiting
for the Chrome fix to go live.
See https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1049982.
PR Close#35349
As mentioned in the previous commit, the regexp used by
`Validators.email()` is a slightly enhanced version of the
[WHATWG one](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#valid-e-mail-address).
This commit refactors the regexp (without changing its behavior) to make
it more closely match the format of WHATWG version, so that it is easier
for people to compare it against the WHATWG one and understand the
differences.
The main changes were:
- Changing the order of characters/character classes inside `[...]`;
e.g. `[A-Za-z]` --> `[a-zA-Z]`
- Mark all groups as non-capturing (since we do not use the captured
values); e.g. `(foo)` --> `(?:foo)`
(This could theoretically also have a positive performance impact, but
I suspect JavaScript engines are already optimizing away capturing
groups when they are not used.)
PR Close#32961
Previously, there was no documentation of what `Validators.email()`
expects as a valid e-mail address, making it difficult for people to
determine whether it covers their requirements or not. Even more so that
the used pattern slightly deviates from the
[WHATWG version](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#valid-e-mail-address).
One's only option was to look at the source code and try to decipher the
regexp pattern.
This commit adds a high-level description of the validator and mentions
its similarity to and differences from the WHATWG version. It also adds
a brief explanation of the regexp's behavior and references for more
information in the source code to provide more context to
maintainers/users trying to understand the implementation in the future.
Fixes#18985Fixes#25186Closes#32747
PR Close#32961
Observable subscriptions from previous validation runs should be canceled
before a new subscription is created for the next validation run.
Currently the subscription that sets the errors is canceled properly,
but the source observable created by the validator is not. While this
does not affect validation status or error setting, the source
observables will incorrectly continue through the pipeline until they
complete. This change ensures that the whole stream is canceled.
AsyncValidatorFn previously had an "any" return type, but now it more
explicitly requires a Promise or Observable return type. We don't
anticipate this causing problems given that any other return type
would have caused a runtime error already.
This API was introduced only in a beta release, and is being removed because we found it to be incorrect prior to launch. For more information about why this is being removed, see https://github.com/angular/angular/pull/15050.