Umbrella class for validation rules

src/Validation/Rule.php

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+<?php namespace October\Rain\Validation;
+
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Rule as RuleContract;
+
+/**
+ * Rule is an umbrella class for the Illuminate rule contract.
+ *
+ * @package october\validation
+ * @author Alexey Bobkov, Samuel Georges
+ */
+abstract class Rule implements RuleContract
+{
+    /**
+     * passes determines if the validation rule passes.
+     * @param string $attribute
+     * @param mixed $value
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    abstract public function passes($attribute, $value);
+
+    /**
+     * message gets the validation error message.
+     * @return string
+     */
+    abstract public function message();
+
+    /**
+     * validate callback method.
+     * @param string $attribute
+     * @param mixed $value
+     * @param array $params
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function validate($attribute, $value, $params)
+    {
+        return $this->passes($attribute, $value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * replacer defines custom placeholder replacements.
+     * @param string $message
+     * @param string $attribute
+     * @param mixed $rule
+     * @param array $params
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function replacer($message, $attribute, $rule, $params)
+    {
+        return $message;
+    }
+}