---
name: "Badger::Data::Facet::Text::MaxLength"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libbadger-perl"
version: "0.16-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Badger::Data::Facet::Text::MaxLength"
---

# Badger::Data::Facet::Text::MaxLength(3pm)

validation facet for text length

## NAME

Badger::Data::Facet::Text::MaxLength - validation facet for text length

## DESCRIPTION

This module implements a validation facets that checks the length of a text value to assert that it is less than or equal to a pre-defined length.

## METHODS

This module implement the following method in addition to those inherited from the Badger::Data::Facet::Text, Badger::Data::Facet and Badger::Base base classes.

### validate($text\_ref, $type)

This method validates that the length (i.e. number of characters) of the text passed by reference as the first argument is less than or equal to the  pre-defined maximum limit.

## AUTHOR

Andy Wardley \<http://wardley.org/\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Andy Wardley.  All Rights Reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## SEE ALSO

Badger::Base, Badger::Data::Facet, Badger::Data::Facet::Text.