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Fixed #22216 -- Added Form.non_field_errors to form API doc.

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Tim Graham 2014-04-05 18:14:53 -04:00
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docs/ref/forms/api.txt
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@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ from a view.
The ``field`` argument is the name of the field to which the errors
should be added. If its value is ``None`` the error will be treated as
a non-field error as returned by ``Form.non_field_errors()``.
a non-field error as returned by :meth:`Form.non_field_errors()
<django.forms.Form.non_field_errors>`.
The ``error`` argument can be a simple string, or preferably an instance of
``ValidationError``. See :ref:`raising-validation-error` for best practices
@ -193,6 +194,14 @@ if the field contains any errors at all.
To check for non-field errors use
:data:`~django.core.exceptions.NON_FIELD_ERRORS` as the ``field`` parameter.
.. method:: Form.non_field_errors()
This method returns the list of errors from :attr:`Form.errors
<django.forms.Form.errors>` that aren't associated with a particular field.
This includes ``ValidationError``\s that are raised in :meth:`Form.clean()
<django.forms.Form.clean>` and errors added using :meth:`Form.add_error(None,
"...") <django.forms.Form.add_error>`.
Behavior of unbound forms
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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docs/ref/forms/validation.txt
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@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ overridden:
Note that any errors raised by your ``Form.clean()`` override will not
be associated with any field in particular. They go into a special
"field" (called ``__all__``), which you can access via the
``non_field_errors()`` method if you need to. If you want to attach
errors to a specific field in the form, you need to call
:meth:`~django.forms.Form.non_field_errors` method if you need to. If you
want to attach errors to a specific field in the form, you need to call
:meth:`~django.forms.Form.add_error()`.
Also note that there are special considerations when overriding
@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ form's ``clean()`` method, in which case you can use
:meth:`~django.forms.Form.add_error()`. Note that this won't always be
appropriate and the more typical situation is to raise a ``ValidationError``
from , which is turned into a form-wide error that is available through the
``Form.non_field_errors()`` method.
:meth:`Form.non_field_errors() <django.forms.Form.non_field_errors>` method.
Cleaning and validating fields that depend on each other
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
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@ -1269,7 +1269,8 @@ your test suite.
``field`` is the name of the field on the form to check. If ``field``
has a value of ``None``, non-field errors (errors you can access via
``form.non_field_errors()``) will be checked.
:meth:`form.non_field_errors() <django.forms.Form.non_field_errors>`) will
be checked.
``errors`` is an error string, or a list of error strings, that are
expected as a result of form validation.
@ -1288,7 +1289,8 @@ your test suite.
``field`` is the name of the field on the form to check. If ``field``
has a value of ``None``, non-field errors (errors you can access via
``form.non_field_errors()``) will be checked.
:meth:`form.non_field_errors() <django.forms.Form.non_field_errors>`) will
be checked.
``errors`` is an error string, or a list of error strings, that are
expected as a result of form validation.