From 8ac1128e98d930ca34c6e6cd652961fa77653eaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Igor Santos <igorsantos07@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:54:05 -0200
Subject: [PATCH] Including a validateUniques method, just like we currently
 have updateUniques. closes #140

---
 src/LaravelBook/Ardent/Ardent.php | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/LaravelBook/Ardent/Ardent.php b/src/LaravelBook/Ardent/Ardent.php
index 2efee12..271f543 100644
--- a/src/LaravelBook/Ardent/Ardent.php
+++ b/src/LaravelBook/Ardent/Ardent.php
@@ -828,6 +828,19 @@ public function updateUniques(array $rules = array(),
         return $this->save($rules, $customMessages, $options, $beforeSave, $afterSave);
     }
 
+	/**
+	 * Validates a model with unique rules properly treated.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $rules Validation rules
+	 * @param array $customMessages Custom error messages
+	 * @return bool
+	 * @see Ardent::validate()
+	 */
+	public function validateUniques(array $rules = array(), array $customMessages = array()) {
+		$rules = $this->buildUniqueExclusionRules($rules);
+		return $this->validate($rules, $customMessages);
+	}
+
     /**
      * Find a model by its primary key.
      * If {@link $throwOnFind} is set, will use {@link findOrFail} internally.