@angular/forms

Validator

interface

stable

An interface implemented by classes that perform synchronous validation.

API

  interface Validator {}

validate

ValidationErrors | null

Method that performs synchronous validation against the provided control.

@paramcontrolAbstractControl<any, any>

The control to validate against.

@returnsValidationErrors | null

registerOnValidatorChange

void

Registers a callback function to call when the validator inputs change.

@paramfn() => void

The callback function

@returnsvoid

Usage Notes

Provide a custom validator

The following example implements the Validator interface to create a validator directive with a custom error key.

@Directive({ selector: '[customValidator]', providers: [{provide: NG_VALIDATORS, useExisting: CustomValidatorDirective, multi: true}]})class CustomValidatorDirective implements Validator { validate(control: AbstractControl): ValidationErrors|null { return {'custom': true}; }}