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 = UnitConversion::density? unit rescue UnitConversion::UnparseableUnitError => e valid = false msg = e.message end unless valid record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || msg) end end end