Ticket #2350 (new enhancement)
Hooks in package controller for validating form data
| Reported by: | icmurray | Owned by: | icmurray | 
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | ckan-v1.9 | 
| Component: | ckan | Keywords: | [0.5d] | 
| Cc: | Repository: | ckan | |
| Theme: | none | 
Description
When the validation schema was moved from the package controller into the logic layer, the schema's role was changed from that of processing a form and validating data; to just validating data. Whilst is makes sense to have a schema for validating data as it comes in and leaves the logic layer; there's no longer the hook available to PackageController? subclasses to do form validation/processing.
Add a hook into _save_new() and save_edit() prior to the logic-layer call which subclasses can then override.
NB - form processing/validation *is* different to validating data. For example, many data can be inferred from a user's input; or there may be aspects of the form that need to be filled in, but do not make sense to pass as data into the logic-layer, eg. agreeing to T&Cs.
- [ ] Add hooks
- [ ] Use in ckanext-example

