FIX: apply text length validations for non-empty fields only (#137)

* apply text length validations for non-empty fields only

* consolidated logic

* fixed formatting

* fix formatting

* calculate length only for string type values

* fix assignment

* added specs

lib/custom_wizard/validators/update.rb

@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ class ::CustomWizard::UpdateValidator
       @updater.errors.add(field_id, I18n.t('wizard.field.required', label: label))
     end
 
-    if min_length.present? && value.is_a?(String) && value.strip.length < min_length.to_i
+    if value.is_a?(String) && (stripped_length = value.strip.length) > 0
-      @updater.errors.add(field_id, I18n.t('wizard.field.too_short', label: label, min: min_length.to_i))
+      if min_length.present? && stripped_length < min_length.to_i
-    end
+        @updater.errors.add(field_id, I18n.t('wizard.field.too_short', label: label, min: min_length.to_i))
+      end
 
-    if max_length.present? && value.is_a?(String) && value.strip.length > max_length.to_i
+      if max_length.present? && stripped_length > max_length.to_i
-      @updater.errors.add(field_id, I18n.t('wizard.field.too_long', label: label, max: max_length.to_i))
+        @updater.errors.add(field_id, I18n.t('wizard.field.too_long', label: label, max: max_length.to_i))
+      end
     end
 
     if is_url_type(field) && value.present? && !check_if_url(value)

spec/components/custom_wizard/update_validator_spec.rb

@@ -97,6 +97,31 @@ describe CustomWizard::UpdateValidator do
     ).to eq(nil)
   end
 
+  it "applies min length only if the input is non-empty" do
+    min_length = 3
+
+    @template[:steps][0][:fields][0][:min_length] = min_length
+
+    CustomWizard::Template.save(@template)
+
+    updater = perform_validation('step_1', step_1_field_1: '')
+    expect(
+      updater.errors.messages[:step_1_field_1].first
+    ).to eq(nil)
+  end
+
+  it "applies max length only if the input is non-empty" do
+    max_length = 100
+
+    @template[:steps][0][:fields][0][:max_length] = max_length
+
+    CustomWizard::Template.save(@template)
+    updater = perform_validation('step_1', step_1_field_1: "")
+    expect(
+      updater.errors.messages[:step_1_field_1].first
+    ).to eq(nil)
+  end
+
   it 'standardises boolean entries' do
     updater = perform_validation('step_2', step_2_field_5: 'false')
     expect(updater.submission['step_2_field_5']).to eq(false)