class DensityValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator def validate_each(record, attribute, value) valid = false msg = 'is not a unit of density' begin unit = UnitConversion::parse(value) valid = unit.density? rescue UnitConversion::UnparseableUnitError => e valid = false msg = e.message end unless valid record.errors.add(attribute, message: (options[:message] || msg)) end end end