Option to throw exceptions when an error is encountered

README.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ $data = json_decode(file_get_contents('data.json'));
 
 // Validate
 $validator = new JsonSchema\Validator;
-$validator->check($data, (object)['$ref' => 'file://' . realpath('schema.json')]);
+$validator->validate($data, (object)['$ref' => 'file://' . realpath('schema.json')]);
 
 if ($validator->isValid()) {
     echo "The supplied JSON validates against the schema.\n";
@@ -63,22 +63,31 @@ $request = (object)[
     'refundAmount'=>"17"
 ];
 
-$validator->coerce($request, (object) [
+$validator->validate(
+    $request, (object) [
     "type"=>"object",
-    "properties"=>(object)[
-        "processRefund"=>(object)[
-            "type"=>"boolean"
-        ],
-        "refundAmount"=>(object)[
-            "type"=>"number"
+        "properties"=>(object)[
+            "processRefund"=>(object)[
+                "type"=>"boolean"
+            ],
+            "refundAmount"=>(object)[
+                "type"=>"number"
+            ]
         ]
-    ]
-]); // validates!
+    ],
+    Constraint::CHECK_MODE_COERCE_TYPES
+); // validates!
 
 is_bool($request->processRefund); // true
 is_int($request->refundAmount); // true
 ```
 
+A shorthand method is also available:
+```PHP
+$validator->coerce($request, $schema);
+// equivalent to $validator->validate($data, $schema, Constraint::CHECK_MODE_COERCE_TYPES);
+```
+
 ### With inline references
 
 ```php
@@ -130,9 +139,23 @@ $jsonValidator = new Validator( new Factory($schemaStorage));
 $jsonToValidateObject = json_decode('{"data":123}');
 
 // Do validation (use isValid() and getErrors() to check the result)
-$jsonValidator->check($jsonToValidateObject, $jsonSchemaObject);
+$jsonValidator->validate($jsonToValidateObject, $jsonSchemaObject);
 ```
 
+### Configuration Options
+A number of flags are available to alter the behavior of the validator. These can be passed as the
+third argument to `Validator::validate()`, or can be provided as the third argument to
+`Factory::__construct()` if you wish to persist them across multiple `validate()` calls.
+
+| Flag | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| `Constraint::CHECK_MODE_NORMAL` | Validate in 'normal' mode - this is the default |
+| `Constraint::CHECK_MODE_TYPE_CAST` | Enable fuzzy type checking for associative arrays and objects |
+| `Constraint::CHECK_MODE_COERCE_TYPES` | Convert data types to match the schema where possible |
+| `Constraint::CHECK_MODE_EXCEPTIONS` | Throw an exception immediately if validation fails |
+
+Please note that using `Constraint::CHECK_MODE_COERCE_TYPES` will modify your original data.
+
 ## Running the tests
 
 ```bash

src/JsonSchema/Constraints/BaseConstraint.php

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 namespace JsonSchema\Constraints;
 
 use JsonSchema\Entity\JsonPointer;
+use JsonSchema\Exception\ValidationException;
 
 /**
  * A more basic constraint definition - used for the public
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ public function addError(JsonPointer $path = null, $message, $constraint = '', a
             'constraint' => $constraint,
         );
 
+        if ($this->factory->getConfig(Constraint::CHECK_MODE_EXCEPTIONS)) {
+            throw new ValidationException(sprintf("Error validating %s: %s", $error['pointer'], $error['message']));
+        }
+
         if (is_array($more) && count($more) > 0)
         {
             $error += $more;

src/JsonSchema/Constraints/Constraint.php

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ abstract class Constraint extends BaseConstraint implements ConstraintInterface
     const CHECK_MODE_TYPE_CAST =        0x00000002;
     const CHECK_MODE_COERCE_TYPES =     0x00000004;
     const CHECK_MODE_APPLY_DEFAULTS =   0x00000008;
+    const CHECK_MODE_EXCEPTIONS =       0x00000010;
 
     /**
      * Bubble down the path

src/JsonSchema/Exception/ValidationException.php

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the JsonSchema package.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace JsonSchema\Exception;
+
+class ValidationException extends RuntimeException
+{
+}

tests/Constraints/ValidationExceptionTest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the JsonSchema package.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace JsonSchema\Tests\Constraints;
+
+use JsonSchema\Validator;
+use JsonSchema\Constraints\Constraint;
+use JsonSchema\Exception\ValidationException;
+
+class ValidationExceptionTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function testValidationException()
+    {
+        $exception = new ValidationException();
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\JsonSchema\Exception\ValidationException', $exception);
+
+        $checkValue = json_decode('{"propertyOne": "thisIsNotAnObject"}');
+        $schema = json_decode('{
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "properties": {
+                "propertyOne": {
+                    "type": "object"
+                }
+            }
+        }');
+
+        $validator = new Validator();
+
+        try {
+            $validator->validate($checkValue, $schema, Constraint::CHECK_MODE_EXCEPTIONS);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            $exception = $e;
+        }
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            'Error validating /propertyOne: String value found, but an object is required',
+            $exception->getMessage()
+        );
+
+
+        $this->setExpectedException('JsonSchema\Exception\ValidationException');
+        throw $exception;
+
+    }
+}