Exposed validator.js directly, instead of through DaoValidator. Closes #1659

docs/markdox.js

@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ var options = {
       javadoc.isMixin = getTag(javadoc.raw.tags, 'mixin') !== undefined;
       javadoc.isProperty = getTag(javadoc.raw.tags, 'property') !== undefined
       javadoc.private = getTag(javadoc.raw.tags, 'private') !== undefined
-      
+      javadoc.since = getTag(javadoc.raw.tags, 'since');
+
       // Only show params without a dot in them (dots means attributes of object, so no need to clutter the signature too much)
       var params = [] 
       javadoc.paramTags.forEach(function (paramTag) {

docs/output.md.ejs

@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
       <? if (comment.aliases) { ?>
         __Aliases:__ *<?= comment.aliases ?>*
       <? } ?>
+      <? if (comment.since) { ?>
+        __Since:__ *<?= comment.since.string ?>*
+      <? } ?>
      ======
     <? } ?>
   <? }) ?>

lib/dao-factory.js

@@ -965,6 +965,7 @@ module.exports = (function() {
    * @deprecated The syntax is due for change, in order to make `where` more consistent with the rest of the API
    *
    * @return {Promise}
+   * @method
    * @alias findOrBuild
    */
   DAOFactory.prototype.findOrInitialize = DAOFactory.prototype.findOrBuild = function (params, defaults, options) {

lib/sequelize.js

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module.exports = (function() {
    * 
    * #### Example usage
    *
-   *  ```javascript
+   * ```javascript
    * // without password and options
    * var sequelize = new Sequelize('database', 'username')
    *
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ module.exports = (function() {
   Sequelize.QueryTypes = QueryTypes
 
   /** 
-   * The class used to validate attributes of an instance before saving. Validations are carried out using validator.js, and you can use `Sequelize.DAOValidator.Validator` to access the validator.js object and extend it with custom validation functions.
-   * @property DAOValidator
+   * Exposes the validator.js object, so you can extend it with custom validation functions. The validator is exposed both on the instance, and on the constructor.
+   * @property Validator
    * @see https://github.com/chriso/validator.js
    */
-  Sequelize.DAOValidator = DAOValidator
+  Sequelize.prototype.Validator = Sequelize.Validator = require('validator')
 
   Sequelize.DAOFactory = Sequelize.Model = DAOFactory
 

test/dao.validations.test.js

@@ -836,5 +836,32 @@ describe(Support.getTestDialectTeaser("DaoValidator"), function() {
         done()
       })
     })
+
+    it('allows me to add custom validation functions to validator.js', function () {
+      this.sequelize.Validator.extend('isExactly7Characters', function (val) {
+        return val.length === 7
+      })
+
+      var User = this.sequelize.define('User', {
+        name: {
+          type: Sequelize.STRING,
+          validate: {
+            isExactly7Characters: true
+          }
+        }
+      })
+
+      return User.build({
+        name: 'abcdefg'
+      }).validate().then(function (errors) {
+        expect(errors === undefined).to.be.ok
+
+        return User.build({
+          name: 'a'
+        }).validate()
+      }).then(function (errors) {
+        expect(errors.name[0].message).to.equal('Validation isExactly7Characters failed')
+      })
+    })
   })
 })