validates :name, :presence => true, :length => {:maximum => 30}
validates :user_id, :numericality => true, :existence => {:both => false}
+ before_validation :valid_encode
+
+ def valid_encode
+ ['name'].each do |a|
+ next if attributes[a] == nil
+ raise Pettanr::BadRequest unless attributes[a].valid_encoding?
+ end
+ end
+
def supply_default
self.name = 'no name' if self.name.blank?
end