rails--rails/activemodel/examples/validations.rb

require 'active_model'

class Person
  include ActiveModel::Conversion
  include ActiveModel::Validations

  validates_presence_of :name

  attr_accessor :name

  def initialize(attributes = {})
    @name = attributes[:name]
  end

  def persist
    @persisted = true
  end

  def persisted?
    @persisted
  end
end

person1 = Person.new
p person1.valid? # => false
p person1.errors.messages # => {:name=>["can't be blank"]}

person2 = Person.new(:name => "matz")
p person2.valid? # => true