honest/js/jquery.validationEngine.js

/**
 * Created by duhuan on 2017/9/14.
 */

(function($) {

    "use strict";

    var methods = {

        /**
         * Kind of the constructor, called before any action
         * @param {Map} user options
         */
        init: function(options) {
            var form = this;
            if (!form.data('jqv') || form.data('jqv') == null ) {
                options = methods._saveOptions(form, options);
                // bind all formError elements to close on click
                $(document).on("click", ".formError", function() {
                    $(this).fadeOut(150, function() {
                        // remove prompt once invisible
                        $(this).parent('.formErrorOuter').remove();
                        $(this).remove();
                    });
                });
            }
            return this;
        },
        /**
         * Attachs jQuery.validationEngine to form.submit and field.blur events
         * Takes an optional params: a list of options
         * ie. jQuery("#formID1").validationEngine('attach', {promptPosition : "centerRight"});
         */
        attach: function(userOptions) {

            var form = this;
            var options;

            if(userOptions)
                options = methods._saveOptions(form, userOptions);
            else
                options = form.data('jqv');

            options.validateAttribute = (form.find("[data-validation-engine*=validate]").length) ? "data-validation-engine" : "class";
            if (options.binded) {

                // delegate fields
                form.on(options.validationEventTrigger, "["+options.validateAttribute+"*=validate]:not([type=checkbox]):not([type=radio]):not(.datepicker)", methods._onFieldEvent);
                form.on("click", "["+options.validateAttribute+"*=validate][type=checkbox],["+options.validateAttribute+"*=validate][type=radio]", methods._onFieldEvent);
                form.on(options.validationEventTrigger,"["+options.validateAttribute+"*=validate][class*=datepicker]", {"delay": 300}, methods._onFieldEvent);
            }
            if (options.autoPositionUpdate) {
                $(window).bind("resize", {
                    "noAnimation": true,
                    "formElem": form
                }, methods.updatePromptsPosition);
            }
            form.on("click","a[data-validation-engine-skip], a[class*='validate-skip'], button[data-validation-engine-skip], button[class*='validate-skip'], input[data-validation-engine-skip], input[class*='validate-skip']", methods._submitButtonClick);
            form.removeData('jqv_submitButton');

            // bind form.submit
            form.on("submit", methods._onSubmitEvent);
            return this;
        },
        /**
         * Unregisters any bindings that may point to jQuery.validaitonEngine
         */
        detach: function() {

            var form = this;
            var options = form.data('jqv');

            // unbind fields
            form.off(options.validationEventTrigger, "["+options.validateAttribute+"*=validate]:not([type=checkbox]):not([type=radio]):not(.datepicker)", methods._onFieldEvent);
            form.off("click", "["+options.validateAttribute+"*=validate][type=checkbox],["+options.validateAttribute+"*=validate][type=radio]", methods._onFieldEvent);
            form.off(options.validationEventTrigger,"["+options.validateAttribute+"*=validate][class*=datepicker]", methods._onFieldEvent);

            // unbind form.submit
            form.off("submit", methods._onSubmitEvent);
            form.removeData('jqv');

            form.off("click", "a[data-validation-engine-skip], a[class*='validate-skip'], button[data-validation-engine-skip], button[class*='validate-skip'], input[data-validation-engine-skip], input[class*='validate-skip']", methods._submitButtonClick);
            form.removeData('jqv_submitButton');

            if (options.autoPositionUpdate)
                $(window).off("resize", methods.updatePromptsPosition);

            return this;
        },
        /**
         * Validates either a form or a list of fields, shows prompts accordingly.
         * Note: There is no ajax form validation with this method, only field ajax validation are evaluated
         *
         * @return true if the form validates, false if it fails
         */
        validate: function() {
            var element = $(this);
            var valid = null;

            if (element.is("form") || element.hasClass("validationEngineContainer")) {
                if (element.hasClass('validating')) {
                    // form is already validating.
                    // Should abort old validation and start new one. I don't know how to implement it.
                    return false;
                } else {
                    element.addClass('validating');
                    var options = element.data('jqv');
                    var valid = methods._validateFields(this);

                    // If the form doesn't validate, clear the 'validating' class before the user has a chance to submit again
                    setTimeout(function(){
                        element.removeClass('validating');
                    }, 100);
                    if (valid && options.onSuccess) {
                        options.onSuccess();
                    } else if (!valid && options.onFailure) {
                        options.onFailure();
                    }
                }
            } else if (element.is('form') || element.hasClass('validationEngineContainer')) {
                element.removeClass('validating');
            } else {
                // field validation
                var form = element.closest('form, .validationEngineContainer'),
                    options = (form.data('jqv')) ? form.data('jqv') : $.validationEngine.defaults,
                    valid = methods._validateField(element, options);

                if (valid && options.onFieldSuccess)
                    options.onFieldSuccess();
                else if (options.onFieldFailure && options.InvalidFields.length > 0) {
                    options.onFieldFailure();
                }
            }
            if(options.onValidationComplete) {
                // !! ensures that an undefined return is interpreted as return false but allows a onValidationComplete() to possibly return true and have form continue processing
                return !!options.onValidationComplete(form, valid);
            }
            return valid;
        },
        /**
         *  Redraw prompts position, useful when you change the DOM state when validating
         */
        updatePromptsPosition: function(event) {

            if (event && this == window) {
                var form = event.data.formElem;
                var noAnimation = event.data.noAnimation;
            }
            else
                var form = $(this.closest('form, .validationEngineContainer'));

            var options = form.data('jqv');
            // No option, take default one
            form.find('['+options.validateAttribute+'*=validate]').not(":disabled").each(function(){
                var field = $(this);
                if (options.prettySelect && field.is(":hidden"))
                    field = form.find("#" + options.usePrefix + field.attr('id') + options.useSuffix);
                var prompt = methods._getPrompt(field);
                var promptText = $(prompt).find(".formErrorContent").html();

                if(prompt)
                    methods._updatePrompt(field, $(prompt), promptText, undefined, false, options, noAnimation);
            });
            return this;
        },
        /**
         * Displays a prompt on a element.
         * Note that the element needs an id!
         *
         * @param {String} promptText html text to display type
         * @param {String} type the type of bubble: 'pass' (green), 'load' (black) anything else (red)
         * @param {String} possible values topLeft, topRight, bottomLeft, centerRight, bottomRight
         */
        showPrompt: function(promptText, type, promptPosition, showArrow) {
            var form = this.closest('form, .validationEngineContainer');
            var options = form.data('jqv');
            // No option, take default one
            if(!options)
                options = methods._saveOptions(this, options);
            if(promptPosition)
                options.promptPosition=promptPosition;
            options.showArrow = showArrow==true;

            methods._showPrompt(this, promptText, type, false, options);
            return this;
        },
        /**
         * Closes form error prompts, CAN be invidual
         */
        hide: function() {
            var form = $(this).closest('form, .validationEngineContainer');
            var options = form.data('jqv');
            var fadeDuration = (options && options.fadeDuration) ? options.fadeDuration : 0.3;
            var closingtag;

            if($(this).is("form") || $(this).hasClass("validationEngineContainer")) {
                closingtag = "parentForm"+methods._getClassName($(this).attr("id"));
            } else {
                closingtag = methods._getClassName($(this).attr("id")) +"formError";
            }
            $('.'+closingtag).fadeTo(fadeDuration, 0.3, function() {
                $(this).parent('.formErrorOuter').remove();
                $(this).remove();
            });
            return this;
        },
        /**
         * Closes all error prompts on the page
         */
        hideAll: function() {

            var form = this;
            var options = form.data('jqv');
            var duration = options ? options.fadeDuration:300;
            $('.formError').fadeTo(duration, 300, function() {
                $(this).parent('.formErrorOuter').remove();
                $(this).remove();
            });
            return this;
        },
        /**
         * Typically called when user exists a field using tab or a mouse click, triggers a field
         * validation
         */
        _onFieldEvent: function(event) {
            var field = $(this);
            var form = field.closest('form, .validationEngineContainer');
            var options = form.data('jqv');
            options.eventTrigger = "field";
            // validate the current field
            window.setTimeout(function() {
                methods._validateField(field, options);
                if (options.InvalidFields.length == 0 && options.onFieldSuccess) {
                    options.onFieldSuccess();
                } else if (options.InvalidFields.length > 0 && options.onFieldFailure) {
                    options.onFieldFailure();
                }
            }, (event.data) ? event.data.delay : 0);

        },
        /**
         * Called when the form is submited, shows prompts accordingly
         *
         * @param {jqObject}
         *            form
         * @return false if form submission needs to be cancelled
         */
        _onSubmitEvent: function() {
            var form = $(this);
            var options = form.data('jqv');

            //check if it is trigger from skipped button
            if (form.data("jqv_submitButton")){
                var submitButton = $("#" + form.data("jqv_submitButton"));
                if (submitButton){
                    if (submitButton.length > 0){
                        if (submitButton.hasClass("validate-skip") || submitButton.attr("data-validation-engine-skip") == "true")
                            return true;
                    }
                }
            }

            options.eventTrigger = "submit";

            // validate each field
            // (- skip field ajax validation, not necessary IF we will perform an ajax form validation)
            var r=methods._validateFields(form);

            if (r && options.ajaxFormValidation) {
                methods._validateFormWithAjax(form, options);
                // cancel form auto-submission - process with async call onAjaxFormComplete
                return false;
            }

            if(options.onValidationComplete) {
                // !! ensures that an undefined return is interpreted as return false but allows a onValidationComplete() to possibly return true and have form continue processing
                return !!options.onValidationComplete(form, r);
            }
            return r;
        },
        /**
         * Return true if the ajax field validations passed so far
         * @param {Object} options
         * @return true, is all ajax validation passed so far (remember ajax is async)
         */
        _checkAjaxStatus: function(options) {
            var status = true;
            $.each(options.ajaxValidCache, function(key, value) {
                if (!value) {
                    status = false;
                    // break the each
                    return false;
                }
            });
            return status;
        },

        /**
         * Return true if the ajax field is validated
         * @param {String} fieldid
         * @param {Object} options
         * @return true, if validation passed, false if false or doesn't exist
         */
        _checkAjaxFieldStatus: function(fieldid, options) {
            return options.ajaxValidCache[fieldid] == true;
        },
        /**
         * Validates form fields, shows prompts accordingly
         *
         * @param {jqObject}
         *            form
         * @param {skipAjaxFieldValidation}
         *            boolean - when set to true, ajax field validation is skipped, typically used when the submit button is clicked
         *
         * @return true if form is valid, false if not, undefined if ajax form validation is done
         */
        _validateFields: function(form) {
            var options = form.data('jqv');

            // this variable is set to true if an error is found
            var errorFound = false;

            // Trigger hook, start validation
            form.trigger("jqv.form.validating");
            // first, evaluate status of non ajax fields
            var first_err=null;
            form.find('['+options.validateAttribute+'*=validate]').not(":disabled").each( function() {
                var field = $(this);
                var names = [];
                if ($.inArray(field.attr('name'), names) < 0) {
                    errorFound |= methods._validateField(field, options);
                    if (errorFound && first_err==null)
                        if (field.is(":hidden") && options.prettySelect)
                            first_err = field = form.find("#" + options.usePrefix + methods._jqSelector(field.attr('id')) + options.useSuffix);
                        else {

                            //Check if we need to adjust what element to show the prompt on
                            //and and such scroll to instead
                            if(field.data('jqv-prompt-at') instanceof jQuery ){
                                field = field.data('jqv-prompt-at');
                            } else if(field.data('jqv-prompt-at')) {
                                field = $(field.data('jqv-prompt-at'));
                            }
                            first_err=field;
                        }
                    if (options.doNotShowAllErrosOnSubmit)
                        return false;
                    names.push(field.attr('name'));

                    //if option set, stop checking validation rules after one error is found
                    if(options.showOneMessage == true && errorFound){
                        return false;
                    }
                }
            });

            // second, check to see if all ajax calls completed ok
            // errorFound |= !methods._checkAjaxStatus(options);

            // third, check status and scroll the container accordingly
            form.trigger("jqv.form.result", [errorFound]);

            if (errorFound) {
                if (options.scroll) {
                    var destination=first_err.offset().top;
                    var fixleft = first_err.offset().left;

                    //prompt positioning adjustment support. Usage: positionType:Xshift,Yshift (for ex.: bottomLeft:+20 or bottomLeft:-20,+10)
                    var positionType=options.promptPosition;
                    if (typeof(positionType)=='string' && positionType.indexOf(":")!=-1)
                        positionType=positionType.substring(0,positionType.indexOf(":"));

                    if (positionType!="bottomRight" && positionType!="bottomLeft") {
                        var prompt_err= methods._getPrompt(first_err);
                        if (prompt_err) {
                            destination=prompt_err.offset().top;
                        }
                    }

                    // Offset the amount the page scrolls by an amount in px to accomodate fixed elements at top of page
                    if (options.scrollOffset) {
                        destination -= options.scrollOffset;
                    }

                    // get the position of the first error, there should be at least one, no need to check this
                    //var destination = form.find(".formError:not('.greenPopup'):first").offset().top;
                    if (options.isOverflown) {
                        var overflowDIV = $(options.overflownDIV);
                        if(!overflowDIV.length) return false;
                        var scrollContainerScroll = overflowDIV.scrollTop();
                        var scrollContainerPos = -parseInt(overflowDIV.offset().top);

                        destination += scrollContainerScroll + scrollContainerPos - 5;
                        var scrollContainer = $(options.overflownDIV + ":not(:animated)");

                        scrollContainer.animate({ scrollTop: destination }, 1100, function(){
                            if(options.focusFirstField) first_err.focus();
                        });

                    } else {
                        $("html, body").animate({
                            scrollTop: destination
                        }, 1100, function(){
                            if(options.focusFirstField) first_err.focus();
                        });
                        $("html, body").animate({scrollLeft: fixleft},1100)
                    }

                } else if(options.focusFirstField)
                    first_err.focus();
                return false;
            }
            return true;
        },
        /**
         * This method is called to perform an ajax form validation.
         * During this process all the (field, value) pairs are sent to the server which returns a list of invalid fields or true
         *
         * @param {jqObject} form
         * @param {Map} options
         */
        _validateFormWithAjax: function(form, options) {

            var data = form.serialize();
            var type = (options.ajaxFormValidationMethod) ? options.ajaxFormValidationMethod : "GET";
            var url = (options.ajaxFormValidationURL) ? options.ajaxFormValidationURL : form.attr("action");
            var dataType = (options.dataType) ? options.dataType : "json";
            $.ajax({
                type: type,
                url: url,
                cache: false,
                dataType: dataType,
                data: data,
                form: form,
                methods: methods,
                options: options,
                beforeSend: function() {
                    return options.onBeforeAjaxFormValidation(form, options);
                },
                error: function(data, transport) {
                    if (options.onFailure) {
                        options.onFailure(data, transport);
                    } else {
                        methods._ajaxError(data, transport);
                    }
                },
                success: function(json) {
                    if ((dataType == "json") && (json !== true)) {
                        // getting to this case doesn't necessary means that the form is invalid
                        // the server may return green or closing prompt actions
                        // this flag helps figuring it out
                        var errorInForm=false;
                        for (var i = 0; i < json.length; i++) {
                            var value = json[i];

                            var errorFieldId = value[0];
                            var errorField = $($("#" + errorFieldId)[0]);

                            // make sure we found the element
                            if (errorField.length == 1) {

                                // promptText or selector
                                var msg = value[2];
                                // if the field is valid
                                if (value[1] == true) {

                                    if (msg == ""  || !msg){
                                        // if for some reason, status==true and error="", just close the prompt
                                        methods._closePrompt(errorField);
                                    } else {
                                        // the field is valid, but we are displaying a green prompt
                                        if (options.allrules[msg]) {
                                            var txt = options.allrules[msg].alertTextOk;
                                            if (txt)
                                                msg = txt;
                                        }
                                        if (options.showPrompts) methods._showPrompt(errorField, msg, "pass", false, options, true);
                                    }
                                } else {
                                    // the field is invalid, show the red error prompt
                                    errorInForm|=true;
                                    if (options.allrules[msg]) {
                                        var txt = options.allrules[msg].alertText;
                                        if (txt)
                                            msg = txt;
                                    }
                                    if(options.showPrompts) methods._showPrompt(errorField, msg, "", false, options, true);
                                }
                            }
                        }
                        options.onAjaxFormComplete(!errorInForm, form, json, options);
                    } else
                        options.onAjaxFormComplete(true, form, json, options);

                }
            });

        },
        /**
         * Validates field, shows prompts accordingly
         *
         * @param {jqObject}
         *            field
         * @param {Array[String]}
         *            field's validation rules
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return false if field is valid (It is inversed for *fields*, it return false on validate and true on errors.)
         */
        _validateField: function(field, options, skipAjaxValidation) {
            if (!field.attr("id")) {
                field.attr("id", "form-validation-field-" + $.validationEngine.fieldIdCounter);
                ++$.validationEngine.fieldIdCounter;
            }

            if (!options.validateNonVisibleFields && (field.is(":hidden") && !options.prettySelect || field.parent().is(":hidden")))
                return false;

            var rulesParsing = field.attr(options.validateAttribute);
            var getRules = /validate\[(.*)\]/.exec(rulesParsing);

            if (!getRules)
                return false;
            var str = getRules[1];
            var rules = str.split(/\[|,|\]/);

            // true if we ran the ajax validation, tells the logic to stop messing with prompts
            var isAjaxValidator = false;
            var fieldName = field.attr("name");
            var promptText = "";
            var promptType = "";
            var required = false;
            var limitErrors = false;
            options.isError = false;
            options.showArrow = true;

            // If the programmer wants to limit the amount of error messages per field,
            if (options.maxErrorsPerField > 0) {
                limitErrors = true;
            }

            var form = $(field.closest("form, .validationEngineContainer"));
            // Fix for adding spaces in the rules
            for (var i = 0; i < rules.length; i++) {
                rules[i] = rules[i].replace(" ", "");
                // Remove any parsing errors
                if (rules[i] === '') {
                    delete rules[i];
                }
            }

            for (var i = 0, field_errors = 0; i < rules.length; i++) {

                // If we are limiting errors, and have hit the max, break
                if (limitErrors && field_errors >= options.maxErrorsPerField) {
                    // If we haven't hit a required yet, check to see if there is one in the validation rules for this
                    // field and that it's index is greater or equal to our current index
                    if (!required) {
                        var have_required = $.inArray('required', rules);
                        required = (have_required != -1 &&  have_required >= i);
                    }
                    break;
                }


                var errorMsg = undefined;
                switch (rules[i]) {

                    case "required":
                        required = true;
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field, rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._required);
                        break;
                    case "custom":
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field, rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._custom);
                        break;
                    case "groupRequired":
                        // Check is its the first of group, if not, reload validation with first field
                        // AND continue normal validation on present field
                        var classGroup = "["+options.validateAttribute+"*=" +rules[i + 1] +"]";
                        var firstOfGroup = form.find(classGroup).eq(0);
                        if(firstOfGroup[0] != field[0]){

                            methods._validateField(firstOfGroup, options, skipAjaxValidation);
                            options.showArrow = true;

                        }
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field, rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._groupRequired);
                        if(errorMsg)  required = true;
                        options.showArrow = false;
                        break;
                    case "ajax":
                        // AJAX defaults to returning it's loading message
                        errorMsg = methods._ajax(field, rules, i, options);
                        if (errorMsg) {
                            promptType = "load";
                        }
                        break;
                    case "minSize":
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field, rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._minSize);
                        break;
                    case "maxSize":
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field, rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._maxSize);
                        break;
                    case "min":
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field, rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._min);
                        break;
                    case "max":
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field, rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._max);
                        break;
                    case "past":
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field,rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._past);
                        break;
                    case "future":
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field,rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._future);
                        break;
                    case "dateRange":
                        var classGroup = "["+options.validateAttribute+"*=" + rules[i + 1] + "]";
                        options.firstOfGroup = form.find(classGroup).eq(0);
                        options.secondOfGroup = form.find(classGroup).eq(1);

                        //if one entry out of the pair has value then proceed to run through validation
                        if (options.firstOfGroup[0].value || options.secondOfGroup[0].value) {
                            errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field,rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._dateRange);
                        }
                        if (errorMsg) required = true;
                        options.showArrow = false;
                        break;

                    case "dateTimeRange":
                        var classGroup = "["+options.validateAttribute+"*=" + rules[i + 1] + "]";
                        options.firstOfGroup = form.find(classGroup).eq(0);
                        options.secondOfGroup = form.find(classGroup).eq(1);

                        //if one entry out of the pair has value then proceed to run through validation
                        if (options.firstOfGroup[0].value || options.secondOfGroup[0].value) {
                            errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field,rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._dateTimeRange);
                        }
                        if (errorMsg) required = true;
                        options.showArrow = false;
                        break;
                    case "maxCheckbox":
                        field = $(form.find("input[name='" + fieldName + "']"));
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field, rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._maxCheckbox);
                        break;
                    case "minCheckbox":
                        field = $(form.find("input[name='" + fieldName + "']"));
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field, rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._minCheckbox);
                        break;
                    case "equals":
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field, rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._equals);
                        break;
                    case "funcCall":
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field, rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._funcCall);
                        break;
                    case "creditCard":
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field, rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._creditCard);
                        break;
                    case "condRequired":
                        errorMsg = methods._getErrorMessage(form, field, rules[i], rules, i, options, methods._condRequired);
                        if (errorMsg !== undefined) {
                            required = true;
                        }
                        break;

                    default:
                }

                var end_validation = false;

                // If we were passed back an message object, check what the status was to determine what to do
                if (typeof errorMsg == "object") {
                    switch (errorMsg.status) {
                        case "_break":
                            end_validation = true;
                            break;
                        // If we have an error message, set errorMsg to the error message
                        case "_error":
                            errorMsg = errorMsg.message;
                            break;
                        // If we want to throw an error, but not show a prompt, return early with true
                        case "_error_no_prompt":
                            return true;
                            break;
                        // Anything else we continue on
                        default:
                            break;
                    }
                }

                // If it has been specified that validation should end now, break
                if (end_validation) {
                    break;
                }

                // If we have a string, that means that we have an error, so add it to the error message.
                if (typeof errorMsg == 'string') {
                    promptText += errorMsg + "<br/>";
                    options.isError = true;
                    field_errors++;
                }
            }
            // If the rules required is not added, an empty field is not validated
            //the 3rd condition is added so that even empty password fields should be equal
            //otherwise if one is filled and another left empty, the "equal" condition would fail
            //which does not make any sense
            if(!required && !(field.val()) && field.val().length < 1 && $.inArray('equals', rules) < 0) options.isError = false;

            // Hack for radio/checkbox group button, the validation go into the
            // first radio/checkbox of the group
            var fieldType = field.prop("type");
            var positionType=field.data("promptPosition") || options.promptPosition;

            if ((fieldType == "radio" || fieldType == "checkbox") && form.find("input[name='" + fieldName + "']").size() > 1) {
                if(positionType === 'inline') {
                    field = $(form.find("input[name='" + fieldName + "'][type!=hidden]:last"));
                } else {
                    field = $(form.find("input[name='" + fieldName + "'][type!=hidden]:first"));
                }
                options.showArrow = options.showArrowOnRadioAndCheckbox;
            }

            if(field.is(":hidden") && options.prettySelect) {
                field = form.find("#" + options.usePrefix + methods._jqSelector(field.attr('id')) + options.useSuffix);
            }

            if (options.isError && options.showPrompts){
                methods._showPrompt(field, promptText, promptType, false, options);
            }else{
                if (!isAjaxValidator) methods._closePrompt(field);
            }

            if (!isAjaxValidator) {
                field.trigger("jqv.field.result", [field, options.isError, promptText]);
            }

            /* Record error */
            var errindex = $.inArray(field[0], options.InvalidFields);
            if (errindex == -1) {
                if (options.isError)
                    options.InvalidFields.push(field[0]);
            } else if (!options.isError) {
                options.InvalidFields.splice(errindex, 1);
            }

            methods._handleStatusCssClasses(field, options);

            /* run callback function for each field */
            if (options.isError && options.onFieldFailure)
                options.onFieldFailure(field);

            if (!options.isError && options.onFieldSuccess)
                options.onFieldSuccess(field);

            return options.isError;
        },
        /**
         * Handling css classes of fields indicating result of validation
         *
         * @param {jqObject}
         *            field
         * @param {Array[String]}
         *            field's validation rules
         * @private
         */
        _handleStatusCssClasses: function(field, options) {
            /* remove all classes */
            if(options.addSuccessCssClassToField)
                field.removeClass(options.addSuccessCssClassToField);

            if(options.addFailureCssClassToField)
                field.removeClass(options.addFailureCssClassToField);

            /* Add classes */
            if (options.addSuccessCssClassToField && !options.isError)
                field.addClass(options.addSuccessCssClassToField);

            if (options.addFailureCssClassToField && options.isError)
                field.addClass(options.addFailureCssClassToField);
        },

        /********************
         * _getErrorMessage
         *
         * @param form
         * @param field
         * @param rule
         * @param rules
         * @param i
         * @param options
         * @param originalValidationMethod
         * @return {*}
         * @private
         */
        _getErrorMessage:function (form, field, rule, rules, i, options, originalValidationMethod) {
            // If we are using the custon validation type, build the index for the rule.
            // Otherwise if we are doing a function call, make the call and return the object
            // that is passed back.
            var rule_index = jQuery.inArray(rule, rules);
            if (rule === "custom" || rule === "funcCall") {
                var custom_validation_type = rules[rule_index + 1];
                rule = rule + "[" + custom_validation_type + "]";
                // Delete the rule from the rules array so that it doesn't try to call the
                // same rule over again
                delete(rules[rule_index]);
            }
            // Change the rule to the composite rule, if it was different from the original
            var alteredRule = rule;


            var element_classes = (field.attr("data-validation-engine")) ? field.attr("data-validation-engine") : field.attr("class");
            var element_classes_array = element_classes.split(" ");

            // Call the original validation method. If we are dealing with dates or checkboxes, also pass the form
            var errorMsg;
            if (rule == "future" || rule == "past"  || rule == "maxCheckbox" || rule == "minCheckbox") {
                errorMsg = originalValidationMethod(form, field, rules, i, options);
            } else {
                errorMsg = originalValidationMethod(field, rules, i, options);
            }

            // If the original validation method returned an error and we have a custom error message,
            // return the custom message instead. Otherwise return the original error message.
            if (errorMsg != undefined) {
                var custom_message = methods._getCustomErrorMessage($(field), element_classes_array, alteredRule, options);
                if (custom_message) errorMsg = custom_message;
            }
            return errorMsg;

        },
        _getCustomErrorMessage:function (field, classes, rule, options) {
            var custom_message = false;
            var validityProp = /^custom\[.*\]$/.test(rule) ? methods._validityProp["custom"] : methods._validityProp[rule];
            // If there is a validityProp for this rule, check to see if the field has an attribute for it
            if (validityProp != undefined) {
                custom_message = field.attr("data-errormessage-"+validityProp);
                // If there was an error message for it, return the message
                if (custom_message != undefined)
                    return custom_message;
            }
            custom_message = field.attr("data-errormessage");
            // If there is an inline custom error message, return it
            if (custom_message != undefined)
                return custom_message;
            var id = '#' + field.attr("id");
            // If we have custom messages for the element's id, get the message for the rule from the id.
            // Otherwise, if we have custom messages for the element's classes, use the first class message we find instead.
            if (typeof options.custom_error_messages[id] != "undefined" &&
                typeof options.custom_error_messages[id][rule] != "undefined" ) {
                custom_message = options.custom_error_messages[id][rule]['message'];
            } else if (classes.length > 0) {
                for (var i = 0; i < classes.length && classes.length > 0; i++) {
                    var element_class = "." + classes[i];
                    if (typeof options.custom_error_messages[element_class] != "undefined" &&
                        typeof options.custom_error_messages[element_class][rule] != "undefined") {
                        custom_message = options.custom_error_messages[element_class][rule]['message'];
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
            if (!custom_message &&
                typeof options.custom_error_messages[rule] != "undefined" &&
                typeof options.custom_error_messages[rule]['message'] != "undefined"){
                custom_message = options.custom_error_messages[rule]['message'];
            }
            return custom_message;
        },
        _validityProp: {
            "required": "value-missing",
            "custom": "custom-error",
            "groupRequired": "value-missing",
            "ajax": "custom-error",
            "minSize": "range-underflow",
            "maxSize": "range-overflow",
            "min": "range-underflow",
            "max": "range-overflow",
            "past": "type-mismatch",
            "future": "type-mismatch",
            "dateRange": "type-mismatch",
            "dateTimeRange": "type-mismatch",
            "maxCheckbox": "range-overflow",
            "minCheckbox": "range-underflow",
            "equals": "pattern-mismatch",
            "funcCall": "custom-error",
            "creditCard": "pattern-mismatch",
            "condRequired": "value-missing"
        },
        /**
         * Required validation
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @param {bool} condRequired flag when method is used for internal purpose in condRequired check
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _required: function(field, rules, i, options, condRequired) {
            switch (field.prop("type")) {
                case "text":
                case "password":
                case "textarea":
                case "file":
                case "select-one":
                case "select-multiple":
                default:
                    var field_val      = $.trim( field.val()                               );
                    var dv_placeholder = $.trim( field.attr("data-validation-placeholder") );
                    var placeholder    = $.trim( field.attr("placeholder")                 );
                    if (
                        ( !field_val                                    )
                        || ( dv_placeholder && field_val == dv_placeholder )
                        || ( placeholder    && field_val == placeholder    )
                    ) {
                        return options.allrules[rules[i]].alertText;
                    }
                    break;
                case "radio":
                case "checkbox":
                    // new validation style to only check dependent field
                    if (condRequired) {
                        if (!field.attr('checked')) {
                            return options.allrules[rules[i]].alertTextCheckboxMultiple;
                        }
                        break;
                    }
                    // old validation style
                    var form = field.closest("form, .validationEngineContainer");
                    var name = field.attr("name");
                    if (form.find("input[name='" + name + "']:checked").size() == 0) {
                        if (form.find("input[name='" + name + "']:visible").size() == 1)
                            return options.allrules[rules[i]].alertTextCheckboxe;
                        else
                            return options.allrules[rules[i]].alertTextCheckboxMultiple;
                    }
                    break;
            }
        },
        /**
         * Validate that 1 from the group field is required
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _groupRequired: function(field, rules, i, options) {
            var classGroup = "["+options.validateAttribute+"*=" +rules[i + 1] +"]";
            var isValid = false;
            // Check all fields from the group
            field.closest("form, .validationEngineContainer").find(classGroup).each(function(){
                if(!methods._required($(this), rules, i, options)){
                    isValid = true;
                    return false;
                }
            });

            if(!isValid) {
                return options.allrules[rules[i]].alertText;
            }
        },
        /**
         * Validate rules
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _custom: function(field, rules, i, options) {
            var customRule = rules[i + 1];
            var rule = options.allrules[customRule];
            var fn;
            if(!rule) {
                alert("jqv:custom rule not found - "+customRule);
                return;
            }

            if(rule["regex"]) {
                var ex=rule.regex;
                if(!ex) {
                    alert("jqv:custom regex not found - "+customRule);
                    return;
                }
                var pattern = new RegExp(ex);

                if (!pattern.test(field.val())) return options.allrules[customRule].alertText;

            } else if(rule["func"]) {
                fn = rule["func"];

                if (typeof(fn) !== "function") {
                    alert("jqv:custom parameter 'function' is no function - "+customRule);
                    return;
                }

                if (!fn(field, rules, i, options))
                    return options.allrules[customRule].alertText;
            } else {
                alert("jqv:custom type not allowed "+customRule);
                return;
            }
        },
        /**
         * Validate custom function outside of the engine scope
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _funcCall: function(field, rules, i, options) {
            var functionName = rules[i + 1];
            var fn;
            if(functionName.indexOf('.') >-1)
            {
                var namespaces = functionName.split('.');
                var scope = window;
                while(namespaces.length)
                {
                    scope = scope[namespaces.shift()];
                }
                fn = scope;
            }
            else
                fn = window[functionName] || options.customFunctions[functionName];
            if (typeof(fn) == 'function')
                return fn(field, rules, i, options);

        },
        /**
         * Field match
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _equals: function(field, rules, i, options) {
            var equalsField = rules[i + 1];

            if (field.val() != $("#" + equalsField).val())
                return options.allrules.equals.alertText;
        },
        /**
         * Check the maximum size (in characters)
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _maxSize: function(field, rules, i, options) {
            var max = rules[i + 1];
            var len = field.val().length;

            if (len > max) {
                var rule = options.allrules.maxSize;
                return rule.alertText + max + rule.alertText2;
            }
        },
        /**
         * Check the minimum size (in characters)
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _minSize: function(field, rules, i, options) {
            var min = rules[i + 1];
            var len = field.val().length;

            if (len < min) {
                var rule = options.allrules.minSize;
                return rule.alertText + min + rule.alertText2;
            }
        },
        /**
         * Check number minimum value
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _min: function(field, rules, i, options) {
            var min = parseFloat(rules[i + 1]);
            var len = parseFloat(field.val());

            if (len < min) {
                var rule = options.allrules.min;
                if (rule.alertText2) return rule.alertText + min + rule.alertText2;
                return rule.alertText + min;
            }
        },
        /**
         * Check number maximum value
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _max: function(field, rules, i, options) {
            var max = parseFloat(rules[i + 1]);
            var len = parseFloat(field.val());

            if (len >max ) {
                var rule = options.allrules.max;
                if (rule.alertText2) return rule.alertText + max + rule.alertText2;
                //orefalo: to review, also do the translations
                return rule.alertText + max;
            }
        },
        /**
         * Checks date is in the past
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _past: function(form, field, rules, i, options) {

            var p=rules[i + 1];
            var fieldAlt = $(form.find("*[name='" + p.replace(/^#+/, '') + "']"));
            var pdate;

            if (p.toLowerCase() == "now") {
                pdate = new Date();
            } else if (undefined != fieldAlt.val()) {
                if (fieldAlt.is(":disabled"))
                    return;
                pdate = methods._parseDate(fieldAlt.val());
            } else {
                pdate = methods._parseDate(p);
            }
            var vdate = methods._parseDate(field.val());

            if (vdate > pdate ) {
                var rule = options.allrules.past;
                if (rule.alertText2) return rule.alertText + methods._dateToString(pdate) + rule.alertText2;
                return rule.alertText + methods._dateToString(pdate);
            }
        },
        /**
         * Checks date is in the future
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _future: function(form, field, rules, i, options) {

            var p=rules[i + 1];
            var fieldAlt = $(form.find("*[name='" + p.replace(/^#+/, '') + "']"));
            var pdate;

            if (p.toLowerCase() == "now") {
                pdate = new Date();
            } else if (undefined != fieldAlt.val()) {
                if (fieldAlt.is(":disabled"))
                    return;
                pdate = methods._parseDate(fieldAlt.val());
            } else {
                pdate = methods._parseDate(p);
            }
            var vdate = methods._parseDate(field.val());

            if (vdate < pdate ) {
                var rule = options.allrules.future;
                if (rule.alertText2)
                    return rule.alertText + methods._dateToString(pdate) + rule.alertText2;
                return rule.alertText + methods._dateToString(pdate);
            }
        },
        /**
         * Checks if valid date
         *
         * @param {string} date string
         * @return a bool based on determination of valid date
         */
        _isDate: function (value) {
            var dateRegEx = new RegExp(/^\d{4}[\/\-](0?[1-9]|1[012])[\/\-](0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$|^(?:(?:(?:0?[13578]|1[02])(\/|-)31)|(?:(?:0?[1,3-9]|1[0-2])(\/|-)(?:29|30)))(\/|-)(?:[1-9]\d\d\d|\d[1-9]\d\d|\d\d[1-9]\d|\d\d\d[1-9])$|^(?:(?:0?[1-9]|1[0-2])(\/|-)(?:0?[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8]))(\/|-)(?:[1-9]\d\d\d|\d[1-9]\d\d|\d\d[1-9]\d|\d\d\d[1-9])$|^(0?2(\/|-)29)(\/|-)(?:(?:0[48]00|[13579][26]00|[2468][048]00)|(?:\d\d)?(?:0[48]|[2468][048]|[13579][26]))$/);
            return dateRegEx.test(value);
        },
        /**
         * Checks if valid date time
         *
         * @param {string} date string
         * @return a bool based on determination of valid date time
         */
        _isDateTime: function (value){
            var dateTimeRegEx = new RegExp(/^\d{4}[\/\-](0?[1-9]|1[012])[\/\-](0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])\s+(1[012]|0?[1-9]){1}:(0?[1-5]|[0-6][0-9]){1}:(0?[0-6]|[0-6][0-9]){1}\s+(am|pm|AM|PM){1}$|^(?:(?:(?:0?[13578]|1[02])(\/|-)31)|(?:(?:0?[1,3-9]|1[0-2])(\/|-)(?:29|30)))(\/|-)(?:[1-9]\d\d\d|\d[1-9]\d\d|\d\d[1-9]\d|\d\d\d[1-9])$|^((1[012]|0?[1-9]){1}\/(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01]){1}\/\d{2,4}\s+(1[012]|0?[1-9]){1}:(0?[1-5]|[0-6][0-9]){1}:(0?[0-6]|[0-6][0-9]){1}\s+(am|pm|AM|PM){1})$/);
            return dateTimeRegEx.test(value);
        },
        //Checks if the start date is before the end date
        //returns true if end is later than start
        _dateCompare: function (start, end) {
            return (new Date(start.toString()) < new Date(end.toString()));
        },
        /**
         * Checks date range
         *
         * @param {jqObject} first field name
         * @param {jqObject} second field name
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _dateRange: function (field, rules, i, options) {
            //are not both populated
            if ((!options.firstOfGroup[0].value && options.secondOfGroup[0].value) || (options.firstOfGroup[0].value && !options.secondOfGroup[0].value)) {
                return options.allrules[rules[i]].alertText + options.allrules[rules[i]].alertText2;
            }

            //are not both dates
            if (!methods._isDate(options.firstOfGroup[0].value) || !methods._isDate(options.secondOfGroup[0].value)) {
                return options.allrules[rules[i]].alertText + options.allrules[rules[i]].alertText2;
            }

            //are both dates but range is off
            if (!methods._dateCompare(options.firstOfGroup[0].value, options.secondOfGroup[0].value)) {
                return options.allrules[rules[i]].alertText + options.allrules[rules[i]].alertText2;
            }
        },
        /**
         * Checks date time range
         *
         * @param {jqObject} first field name
         * @param {jqObject} second field name
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _dateTimeRange: function (field, rules, i, options) {
            //are not both populated
            if ((!options.firstOfGroup[0].value && options.secondOfGroup[0].value) || (options.firstOfGroup[0].value && !options.secondOfGroup[0].value)) {
                return options.allrules[rules[i]].alertText + options.allrules[rules[i]].alertText2;
            }
            //are not both dates
            if (!methods._isDateTime(options.firstOfGroup[0].value) || !methods._isDateTime(options.secondOfGroup[0].value)) {
                return options.allrules[rules[i]].alertText + options.allrules[rules[i]].alertText2;
            }
            //are both dates but range is off
            if (!methods._dateCompare(options.firstOfGroup[0].value, options.secondOfGroup[0].value)) {
                return options.allrules[rules[i]].alertText + options.allrules[rules[i]].alertText2;
            }
        },
        /**
         * Max number of checkbox selected
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _maxCheckbox: function(form, field, rules, i, options) {

            var nbCheck = rules[i + 1];
            var groupname = field.attr("name");
            var groupSize = form.find("input[name='" + groupname + "']:checked").size();
            if (groupSize > nbCheck) {
                options.showArrow = false;
                if (options.allrules.maxCheckbox.alertText2)
                    return options.allrules.maxCheckbox.alertText + " " + nbCheck + " " + options.allrules.maxCheckbox.alertText2;
                return options.allrules.maxCheckbox.alertText;
            }
        },
        /**
         * Min number of checkbox selected
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _minCheckbox: function(form, field, rules, i, options) {

            var nbCheck = rules[i + 1];
            var groupname = field.attr("name");
            var groupSize = form.find("input[name='" + groupname + "']:checked").size();
            if (groupSize < nbCheck) {
                options.showArrow = false;
                return options.allrules.minCheckbox.alertText + " " + nbCheck + " " + options.allrules.minCheckbox.alertText2;
            }
        },
        /**
         * Checks that it is a valid credit card number according to the
         * Luhn checksum algorithm.
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _creditCard: function(field, rules, i, options) {
            //spaces and dashes may be valid characters, but must be stripped to calculate the checksum.
            var valid = false, cardNumber = field.val().replace(/ +/g, '').replace(/-+/g, '');

            var numDigits = cardNumber.length;
            if (numDigits >= 14 && numDigits <= 16 && parseInt(cardNumber) > 0) {

                var sum = 0, i = numDigits - 1, pos = 1, digit, luhn = new String();
                do {
                    digit = parseInt(cardNumber.charAt(i));
                    luhn += (pos++ % 2 == 0) ? digit * 2 : digit;
                } while (--i >= 0)

                for (i = 0; i < luhn.length; i++) {
                    sum += parseInt(luhn.charAt(i));
                }
                valid = sum % 10 == 0;
            }
            if (!valid) return options.allrules.creditCard.alertText;
        },
        /**
         * Ajax field validation
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         *            user options
         * @return nothing! the ajax validator handles the prompts itself
         */
        _ajax: function(field, rules, i, options) {

            var errorSelector = rules[i + 1];
            var rule = options.allrules[errorSelector];
            var extraData = rule.extraData;
            var extraDataDynamic = rule.extraDataDynamic;
            var data = {
                "fieldId" : field.attr("id"),
                "fieldValue" : field.val()
            };

            if (typeof extraData === "object") {
                $.extend(data, extraData);
            } else if (typeof extraData === "string") {
                var tempData = extraData.split("&");
                for(var i = 0; i < tempData.length; i++) {
                    var values = tempData[i].split("=");
                    if (values[0] && values[0]) {
                        data[values[0]] = values[1];
                    }
                }
            }

            if (extraDataDynamic) {
                var tmpData = [];
                var domIds = String(extraDataDynamic).split(",");
                for (var i = 0; i < domIds.length; i++) {
                    var id = domIds[i];
                    if ($(id).length) {
                        var inputValue = field.closest("form, .validationEngineContainer").find(id).val();
                        var keyValue = id.replace('#', '') + '=' + escape(inputValue);
                        data[id.replace('#', '')] = inputValue;
                    }
                }
            }

            // If a field change event triggered this we want to clear the cache for this ID
            if (options.eventTrigger == "field") {
                delete(options.ajaxValidCache[field.attr("id")]);
            }

            // If there is an error or if the the field is already validated, do not re-execute AJAX
            if (!options.isError && !methods._checkAjaxFieldStatus(field.attr("id"), options)) {
                $.ajax({
                    type: options.ajaxFormValidationMethod,
                    url: rule.url,
                    cache: false,
                    dataType: "json",
                    data: data,
                    field: field,
                    rule: rule,
                    methods: methods,
                    options: options,
                    beforeSend: function() {},
                    error: function(data, transport) {
                        if (options.onFailure) {
                            options.onFailure(data, transport);
                        } else {
                            methods._ajaxError(data, transport);
                        }
                    },
                    success: function(json) {

                        // asynchronously called on success, data is the json answer from the server
                        var errorFieldId = json[0];
                        //var errorField = $($("#" + errorFieldId)[0]);
                        var errorField = $("#"+ errorFieldId).eq(0);

                        // make sure we found the element
                        if (errorField.length == 1) {
                            var status = json[1];
                            // read the optional msg from the server
                            var msg = json[2];
                            if (!status) {
                                // Houston we got a problem - display an red prompt
                                options.ajaxValidCache[errorFieldId] = false;
                                options.isError = true;

                                // resolve the msg prompt
                                if(msg) {
                                    if (options.allrules[msg]) {
                                        var txt = options.allrules[msg].alertText;
                                        if (txt) {
                                            msg = txt;
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                                else
                                    msg = rule.alertText;

                                if (options.showPrompts) methods._showPrompt(errorField, msg, "", true, options);
                            } else {
                                options.ajaxValidCache[errorFieldId] = true;

                                // resolves the msg prompt
                                if(msg) {
                                    if (options.allrules[msg]) {
                                        var txt = options.allrules[msg].alertTextOk;
                                        if (txt) {
                                            msg = txt;
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                                else
                                    msg = rule.alertTextOk;

                                if (options.showPrompts) {
                                    // see if we should display a green prompt
                                    if (msg)
                                        methods._showPrompt(errorField, msg, "pass", true, options);
                                    else
                                        methods._closePrompt(errorField);
                                }

                                // If a submit form triggered this, we want to re-submit the form
                                if (options.eventTrigger == "submit")
                                    field.closest("form").submit();
                            }
                        }
                        errorField.trigger("jqv.field.result", [errorField, options.isError, msg]);
                    }
                });

                return rule.alertTextLoad;
            }
        },
        /**
         * Common method to handle ajax errors
         *
         * @param {Object} data
         * @param {Object} transport
         */
        _ajaxError: function(data, transport) {
            if(data.status == 0 && transport == null)
                alert("The page is not served from a server! ajax call failed");
            else if(typeof console != "undefined")
                console.log("Ajax error: " + data.status + " " + transport);
        },
        /**
         * date -> string
         *
         * @param {Object} date
         */
        _dateToString: function(date) {
            return date.getFullYear()+"-"+(date.getMonth()+1)+"-"+date.getDate();
        },
        /**
         * Parses an ISO date
         * @param {String} d
         */
        _parseDate: function(d) {

            var dateParts = d.split("-");
            if(dateParts==d)
                dateParts = d.split("/");
            if(dateParts==d) {
                dateParts = d.split(".");
                return new Date(dateParts[2], (dateParts[1] - 1), dateParts[0]);
            }
            return new Date(dateParts[0], (dateParts[1] - 1) ,dateParts[2]);
        },
        /**
         * Builds or updates a prompt with the given information
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {String} promptText html text to display type
         * @param {String} type the type of bubble: 'pass' (green), 'load' (black) anything else (red)
         * @param {boolean} ajaxed - use to mark fields than being validated with ajax
         * @param {Map} options user options
         */
        _showPrompt: function(field, promptText, type, ajaxed, options, ajaxform) {
            //Check if we need to adjust what element to show the prompt on
            if(field.data('jqv-prompt-at') instanceof jQuery ){
                field = field.data('jqv-prompt-at');
            } else if(field.data('jqv-prompt-at')) {
                field = $(field.data('jqv-prompt-at'));
            }

            var prompt = methods._getPrompt(field);
            // The ajax submit errors are not see has an error in the form,
            // When the form errors are returned, the engine see 2 bubbles, but those are ebing closed by the engine at the same time
            // Because no error was found befor submitting
            if(ajaxform) prompt = false;
            // Check that there is indded text
            if($.trim(promptText)){
                if (prompt)
                    methods._updatePrompt(field, prompt, promptText, type, ajaxed, options);
                else
                    methods._buildPrompt(field, promptText, type, ajaxed, options);
            }
        },
        /**
         * Builds and shades a prompt for the given field.
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {String} promptText html text to display type
         * @param {String} type the type of bubble: 'pass' (green), 'load' (black) anything else (red)
         * @param {boolean} ajaxed - use to mark fields than being validated with ajax
         * @param {Map} options user options
         */
        _buildPrompt: function(field, promptText, type, ajaxed, options) {

            // create the prompt
            var prompt = $('<div>');
            prompt.addClass(methods._getClassName(field.attr("id")) + "formError");
            // add a class name to identify the parent form of the prompt
            prompt.addClass("parentForm"+methods._getClassName(field.closest('form, .validationEngineContainer').attr("id")));
            prompt.addClass("formError");

            switch (type) {
                case "pass":
                    prompt.addClass("greenPopup");
                    break;
                case "load":
                    prompt.addClass("blackPopup");
                    break;
                default:
                /* it has error  */
                //alert("unknown popup type:"+type);
            }
            if (ajaxed)
                prompt.addClass("ajaxed");

            // create the prompt content
            var promptContent = $('<div>').addClass("formErrorContent").html(promptText).appendTo(prompt);

            // determine position type
            var positionType=field.data("promptPosition") || options.promptPosition;

            // create the css arrow pointing at the field
            // note that there is no triangle on max-checkbox and radio
            if (options.showArrow) {
                var arrow = $('<div>').addClass("formErrorArrow");

                //prompt positioning adjustment support. Usage: positionType:Xshift,Yshift (for ex.: bottomLeft:+20 or bottomLeft:-20,+10)
                if (typeof(positionType)=='string')
                {
                    var pos=positionType.indexOf(":");
                    if(pos!=-1)
                        positionType=positionType.substring(0,pos);
                }

                switch (positionType) {
                    case "bottomLeft":
                    case "bottomRight":
                        prompt.find(".formErrorContent").before(arrow);
                        arrow.addClass("formErrorArrowBottom").html('<div class="line1"><!-- --></div><div class="line2"><!-- --></div><div class="line3"><!-- --></div><div class="line4"><!-- --></div><div class="line5"><!-- --></div><div class="line6"><!-- --></div><div class="line7"><!-- --></div><div class="line8"><!-- --></div><div class="line9"><!-- --></div><div class="line10"><!-- --></div>');
                        break;
                    case "topLeft":
                    case "topRight":
                        arrow.html('<div class="line10"><!-- --></div><div class="line9"><!-- --></div><div class="line8"><!-- --></div><div class="line7"><!-- --></div><div class="line6"><!-- --></div><div class="line5"><!-- --></div><div class="line4"><!-- --></div><div class="line3"><!-- --></div><div class="line2"><!-- --></div><div class="line1"><!-- --></div>');
                        prompt.append(arrow);
                        break;
                }
            }
            // Add custom prompt class
            if (options.addPromptClass)
                prompt.addClass(options.addPromptClass);

            // Add custom prompt class defined in element
            var requiredOverride = field.attr('data-required-class');
            if(requiredOverride !== undefined) {
                prompt.addClass(requiredOverride);
            } else {
                if(options.prettySelect) {
                    if($('#' + field.attr('id')).next().is('select')) {
                        var prettyOverrideClass = $('#' + field.attr('id').substr(options.usePrefix.length).substring(options.useSuffix.length)).attr('data-required-class');
                        if(prettyOverrideClass !== undefined) {
                            prompt.addClass(prettyOverrideClass);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            prompt.css({
                "opacity": 0
            });
            if(positionType === 'inline') {
                prompt.addClass("inline");
                if(typeof field.attr('data-prompt-target') !== 'undefined' && $('#'+field.attr('data-prompt-target')).length > 0) {
                    prompt.appendTo($('#'+field.attr('data-prompt-target')));
                } else {
                    field.after(prompt);
                }
            } else {
                field.before(prompt);
            }

            var pos = methods._calculatePosition(field, prompt, options);
            prompt.css({
                'position': positionType === 'inline' ? 'relative' : 'absolute',
                "top": pos.callerTopPosition,
                "left": pos.callerleftPosition,
                "marginTop": pos.marginTopSize,
                "opacity": 0
            }).data("callerField", field);


            if (options.autoHidePrompt) {
                setTimeout(function(){
                    prompt.animate({
                        "opacity": 0
                    },function(){
                        prompt.closest('.formErrorOuter').remove();
                        prompt.remove();
                    });
                }, options.autoHideDelay);
            }
            return prompt.animate({
                "opacity": 0.87
            });
        },
        /**
         * Updates the prompt text field - the field for which the prompt
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {String} promptText html text to display type
         * @param {String} type the type of bubble: 'pass' (green), 'load' (black) anything else (red)
         * @param {boolean} ajaxed - use to mark fields than being validated with ajax
         * @param {Map} options user options
         */
        _updatePrompt: function(field, prompt, promptText, type, ajaxed, options, noAnimation) {

            if (prompt) {
                if (typeof type !== "undefined") {
                    if (type == "pass")
                        prompt.addClass("greenPopup");
                    else
                        prompt.removeClass("greenPopup");

                    if (type == "load")
                        prompt.addClass("blackPopup");
                    else
                        prompt.removeClass("blackPopup");
                }
                if (ajaxed)
                    prompt.addClass("ajaxed");
                else
                    prompt.removeClass("ajaxed");

                prompt.find(".formErrorContent").html(promptText);

                var pos = methods._calculatePosition(field, prompt, options);
                var css = {"top": pos.callerTopPosition,
                    "left": pos.callerleftPosition,
                    "marginTop": pos.marginTopSize};

                if (noAnimation)
                    prompt.css(css);
                else
                    prompt.animate(css);
            }
        },
        /**
         * Closes the prompt associated with the given field
         *
         * @param {jqObject}
         *            field
         */
        _closePrompt: function(field) {
            var prompt = methods._getPrompt(field);
            if (prompt)
                prompt.fadeTo("fast", 0, function() {
                    prompt.parent('.formErrorOuter').remove();
                    prompt.remove();
                });
        },
        closePrompt: function(field) {
            return methods._closePrompt(field);
        },
        /**
         * Returns the error prompt matching the field if any
         *
         * @param {jqObject}
         *            field
         * @return undefined or the error prompt (jqObject)
         */
        _getPrompt: function(field) {
            var formId = $(field).closest('form, .validationEngineContainer').attr('id');
            var className = methods._getClassName(field.attr("id")) + "formError";
            var match = $("." + methods._escapeExpression(className) + '.parentForm' + methods._getClassName(formId))[0];
            if (match)
                return $(match);
        },
        /**
         * Returns the escapade classname
         *
         * @param {selector}
         *            className
         */
        _escapeExpression: function (selector) {
            return selector.replace(/([#;&,\.\+\*\~':"\!\^$\[\]\(\)=>\|])/g, "\\$1");
        },
        /**
         * returns true if we are in a RTLed document
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         */
        isRTL: function(field)
        {
            var $document = $(document);
            var $body = $('body');
            var rtl =
                (field && field.hasClass('rtl')) ||
                (field && (field.attr('dir') || '').toLowerCase()==='rtl') ||
                $document.hasClass('rtl') ||
                ($document.attr('dir') || '').toLowerCase()==='rtl' ||
                $body.hasClass('rtl') ||
                ($body.attr('dir') || '').toLowerCase()==='rtl';
            return Boolean(rtl);
        },
        /**
         * Calculates prompt position
         *
         * @param {jqObject}
         *            field
         * @param {jqObject}
         *            the prompt
         * @param {Map}
         *            options
         * @return positions
         */
        _calculatePosition: function (field, promptElmt, options) {

            var promptTopPosition, promptleftPosition, marginTopSize;
            var fieldWidth 	= field.width();
            var fieldLeft 	= field.position().left;
            var fieldTop 	=  field.position().top;
            var fieldHeight 	=  field.height();
            var promptHeight = promptElmt.height();


            // is the form contained in an overflown container?
            promptTopPosition = promptleftPosition = 0;
            // compensation for the arrow
            marginTopSize = -promptHeight;


            //prompt positioning adjustment support
            //now you can adjust prompt position
            //usage: positionType:Xshift,Yshift
            //for example:
            //   bottomLeft:+20 means bottomLeft position shifted by 20 pixels right horizontally
            //   topRight:20, -15 means topRight position shifted by 20 pixels to right and 15 pixels to top
            //You can use +pixels, - pixels. If no sign is provided than + is default.
            var positionType=field.data("promptPosition") || options.promptPosition;
            var shift1="";
            var shift2="";
            var shiftX=0;
            var shiftY=0;
            if (typeof(positionType)=='string') {
                //do we have any position adjustments ?
                if (positionType.indexOf(":")!=-1) {
                    shift1=positionType.substring(positionType.indexOf(":")+1);
                    positionType=positionType.substring(0,positionType.indexOf(":"));

                    //if any advanced positioning will be needed (percents or something else) - parser should be added here
                    //for now we use simple parseInt()

                    //do we have second parameter?
                    if (shift1.indexOf(",") !=-1) {
                        shift2=shift1.substring(shift1.indexOf(",") +1);
                        shift1=shift1.substring(0,shift1.indexOf(","));
                        shiftY=parseInt(shift2);
                        if (isNaN(shiftY)) shiftY=0;
                    };

                    shiftX=parseInt(shift1);
                    if (isNaN(shift1)) shift1=0;

                };
            };


            switch (positionType) {
                default:
                case "topRight":
                    promptleftPosition +=  fieldLeft + fieldWidth - 27;
                    promptTopPosition +=  fieldTop;
                    break;

                case "topLeft":
                    promptTopPosition +=  fieldTop;
                    promptleftPosition += fieldLeft;
                    break;

                case "centerRight":
                    promptTopPosition = fieldTop+4;
                    marginTopSize = 0;
                    promptleftPosition= fieldLeft + field.outerWidth(true)+5;
                    break;
                case "centerLeft":
                    promptleftPosition = fieldLeft - (promptElmt.width() + 2);
                    promptTopPosition = fieldTop+4;
                    marginTopSize = 0;

                    break;

                case "bottomLeft":
                    promptTopPosition = fieldTop + field.height() + 5;
                    marginTopSize = 0;
                    promptleftPosition = fieldLeft;
                    break;
                case "bottomRight":
                    promptleftPosition = fieldLeft + fieldWidth - 27;
                    promptTopPosition =  fieldTop +  field.height() + 5;
                    marginTopSize = 0;
                    break;
                case "inline":
                    promptleftPosition = 0;
                    promptTopPosition = 0;
                    marginTopSize = 0;
            };



            //apply adjusments if any
            promptleftPosition += shiftX;
            promptTopPosition  += shiftY;

            return {
                "callerTopPosition": promptTopPosition + "px",
                "callerleftPosition": promptleftPosition + "px",
                "marginTopSize": marginTopSize + "px"
            };
        },
        /**
         * Saves the user options and variables in the form.data
         *
         * @param {jqObject}
         *            form - the form where the user option should be saved
         * @param {Map}
         *            options - the user options
         * @return the user options (extended from the defaults)
         */
        _saveOptions: function(form, options) {

            // is there a language localisation ?
            if ($.validationEngineLanguage)
                var allRules = $.validationEngineLanguage.allRules;
            else
                $.error("jQuery.validationEngine rules are not loaded, plz add localization files to the page");
            // --- Internals DO NOT TOUCH or OVERLOAD ---
            // validation rules and i18
            $.validationEngine.defaults.allrules = allRules;

            var userOptions = $.extend(true,{},$.validationEngine.defaults,options);

            form.data('jqv', userOptions);
            return userOptions;
        },

        /**
         * Removes forbidden characters from class name
         * @param {String} className
         */
        _getClassName: function(className) {
            if(className)
                return className.replace(/:/g, "_").replace(/\./g, "_");
        },
        /**
         * Escape special character for jQuery selector
         * http://totaldev.com/content/escaping-characters-get-valid-jquery-id
         * @param {String} selector
         */
        _jqSelector: function(str){
            return str.replace(/([;&,\.\+\*\~':"\!\^#$%@\[\]\(\)=>\|])/g, '\\$1');
        },
        /**
         * Conditionally required field
         *
         * @param {jqObject} field
         * @param {Array[String]} rules
         * @param {int} i rules index
         * @param {Map}
         * user options
         * @return an error string if validation failed
         */
        _condRequired: function(field, rules, i, options) {
            var idx, dependingField;

            for(idx = (i + 1); idx < rules.length; idx++) {
                dependingField = jQuery("#" + rules[idx]).first();

                /* Use _required for determining wether dependingField has a value.
                 * There is logic there for handling all field types, and default value; so we won't replicate that here
                 * Indicate this special use by setting the last parameter to true so we only validate the dependingField on chackboxes and radio buttons (#462)
                 */
                if (dependingField.length && methods._required(dependingField, ["required"], 0, options, true) == undefined) {
                    /* We now know any of the depending fields has a value,
                     * so we can validate this field as per normal required code
                     */
                    return methods._required(field, ["required"], 0, options);
                }
            }
        },

        _submitButtonClick: function(event) {
            var button = $(this);
            var form = button.closest('form, .validationEngineContainer');
            form.data("jqv_submitButton", button.attr("id"));
        }
    };

    /**
     * Plugin entry point.
     * You may pass an action as a parameter or a list of options.
     * if none, the init and attach methods are being called.
     * Remember: if you pass options, the attached method is NOT called automatically
     *
     * @param {String}
     *            method (optional) action
     */
    $.fn.validationEngine = function(method) {

        var form = $(this);
        if(!form[0]) return form;  // stop here if the form does not exist

        if (typeof(method) == 'string' && method.charAt(0) != '_' && methods[method]) {

            // make sure init is called once
            if(method != "showPrompt" && method != "hide" && method != "hideAll")
                methods.init.apply(form);

            return methods[method].apply(form, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1));
        } else if (typeof method == 'object' || !method) {

            // default constructor with or without arguments
            methods.init.apply(form, arguments);
            return methods.attach.apply(form);
        } else {
            $.error('Method ' + method + ' does not exist in jQuery.validationEngine');
        }
    };



    // LEAK GLOBAL OPTIONS
    $.validationEngine= {fieldIdCounter: 0,defaults:{

        // Name of the event triggering field validation
        validationEventTrigger: "blur",
        // Automatically scroll viewport to the first error
        scroll: true,
        // Focus on the first input
        focusFirstField:true,
        // Show prompts, set to false to disable prompts
        showPrompts: true,
        // Should we attempt to validate non-visible input fields contained in the form? (Useful in cases of tabbed containers, e.g. jQuery-UI tabs)
        validateNonVisibleFields: false,
        // Opening box position, possible locations are: topLeft,
        // topRight, bottomLeft, centerRight, bottomRight, inline
        // inline gets inserted after the validated field or into an element specified in data-prompt-target
        promptPosition: "topRight",
        bindMethod:"bind",
        // internal, automatically set to true when it parse a _ajax rule
        inlineAjax: false,
        // if set to true, the form data is sent asynchronously via ajax to the form.action url (get)
        ajaxFormValidation: false,
        // The url to send the submit ajax validation (default to action)
        ajaxFormValidationURL: false,
        // HTTP method used for ajax validation
        ajaxFormValidationMethod: 'get',
        // Ajax form validation callback method: boolean onComplete(form, status, errors, options)
        // retuns false if the form.submit event needs to be canceled.
        onAjaxFormComplete: $.noop,
        // called right before the ajax call, may return false to cancel
        onBeforeAjaxFormValidation: $.noop,
        // Stops form from submitting and execute function assiciated with it
        onValidationComplete: false,

        // Used when you have a form fields too close and the errors messages are on top of other disturbing viewing messages
        doNotShowAllErrosOnSubmit: false,
        // Object where you store custom messages to override the default error messages
        custom_error_messages:{},
        // true if you want to validate the input fields on blur event
        binded: true,
        // set to true, when the prompt arrow needs to be displayed
        showArrow: true,
        // set to false, determines if the prompt arrow should be displayed when validating
        // checkboxes and radio buttons
        showArrowOnRadioAndCheckbox: false,
        // did one of the validation fail ? kept global to stop further ajax validations
        isError: false,
        // Limit how many displayed errors a field can have
        maxErrorsPerField: false,

        // Caches field validation status, typically only bad status are created.
        // the array is used during ajax form validation to detect issues early and prevent an expensive submit
        ajaxValidCache: {},
        // Auto update prompt position after window resize
        autoPositionUpdate: false,

        InvalidFields: [],
        onFieldSuccess: false,
        onFieldFailure: false,
        onSuccess: false,
        onFailure: false,
        validateAttribute: "class",
        addSuccessCssClassToField: "",
        addFailureCssClassToField: "",

        // Auto-hide prompt
        autoHidePrompt: false,
        // Delay before auto-hide
        autoHideDelay: 10000,
        // Fade out duration while hiding the validations
        fadeDuration: 0.3,
        // Use Prettify select library
        prettySelect: false,
        // Add css class on prompt
        addPromptClass : "",
        // Custom ID uses prefix
        usePrefix: "",
        // Custom ID uses suffix
        useSuffix: "",
        // Only show one message per error prompt
        showOneMessage: false
    }};
    $(function(){$.validationEngine.defaults.promptPosition = methods.isRTL()?'topLeft':"topRight"});
})(jQuery);