--- a/app/soc/logic/cleaning.py	Fri Jan 30 09:44:46 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/logic/cleaning.py	Fri Jan 30 10:36:23 2009 +0000
@@ -33,12 +33,16 @@
 from soc.logic.models import user as user_logic
 
 
-def clean_link_id(self):
-  # convert to lowercase for user comfort
-  link_id = self.cleaned_data.get('link_id').lower()
-  if not validate.isLinkIdFormatValid(link_id):
-    raise forms.ValidationError("This link ID is in wrong format.")
-  return link_id
+def clean_link_id(field_name):
+  """Checks if the field_name value is in a valid link ID format. 
+  """
+  def wrapper(self):
+    # convert to lowercase for user comfort
+    link_id = self.cleaned_data.get(field_name).lower()
+    if not validate.isLinkIdFormatValid(link_id):
+      raise forms.ValidationError("This link ID is in wrong format.")
+    return link_id
+  return wrapper
 
 
 def clean_agrees_to_tos(field_name):
@@ -68,10 +72,7 @@
   """
 
   def wrapped(self):
-    link_id = self.cleaned_data.get(field_name).lower()
-  
-    if not validate.isLinkIdFormatValid(link_id):
-      raise forms.ValidationError("This link ID is in wrong format.")
+    link_id = clean_link_id(field_name)(self)
   
     user_entity = user_logic.logic.getForFields({'link_id': link_id}, 
         unique=True)
@@ -90,10 +91,7 @@
   """ 
 
   def wrapped(self):
-    link_id = self.cleaned_data.get(field_name).lower()
-  
-    if not validate.isLinkIdFormatValid(link_id):
-      raise forms.ValidationError("This link ID is in wrong format.")
+    link_id = clean_link_id(field_name)(self)
   
     user_entity = user_logic.logic.getForFields({'link_id': link_id}, 
         unique=True)

--- a/app/soc/views/helper/params.py	Fri Jan 30 09:44:46 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/helper/params.py	Fri Jan 30 10:36:23 2009 +0000
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
   new_params['dynabase'] = helper.forms.BaseForm
 
   create_dynafields = {
-      'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_link_id,
+      'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_link_id('link_id'),
       'clean_feed_url': cleaning.clean_feed_url,
       }
   create_dynafields.update(params.get('create_extra_dynafields', {}))
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
   new_params['create_dynafields'] = create_dynafields
 
   edit_dynafields = {
-      'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_link_id,
+      'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_link_id('link_id'),
       'link_id': forms.CharField(widget=helper.widgets.ReadOnlyInput()),
       }
   edit_dynafields.update(params.get('edit_extra_dynafields', {}))

--- a/app/soc/views/models/organization.py	Fri Jan 30 09:44:46 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/models/organization.py	Fri Jan 30 10:36:23 2009 +0000
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     new_params['create_extra_dynafields'] = {
         'scope_path': forms.CharField(widget=forms.HiddenInput,
                                    required=True),
-        'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_link_id,
+        'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_link_id('link_id'),
         }
 
     params = dicts.merge(params, new_params)

--- a/app/soc/views/models/presence.py	Fri Jan 30 09:44:46 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/models/presence.py	Fri Jan 30 10:36:23 2009 +0000
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
             help_text=soc.models.work.Work.link_id.help_text),
 
         # add cleaning of the link id and feed url
-        'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_link_id,
+        'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_link_id('link_id'),
         'clean_feed_url': cleaning.clean_feed_url,
         }
 

--- a/app/soc/views/models/user.py	Fri Jan 30 09:44:46 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/models/user.py	Fri Jan 30 10:36:23 2009 +0000
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     new_params['edit_extra_dynafields'] = {
         'link_id': forms.CharField(widget=widgets.ReadOnlyInput(),
             required=True),
-        'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_link_id,
+        'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_link_id('link_id'),
         'agreed_to_tos_on' : forms.CharField(widget=widgets.ReadOnlyInput(),
             required=False),
         'clean_account': cleaning.clean_user_account('account'),

--- a/app/soc/views/models/user_self.py	Fri Jan 30 09:44:46 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/models/user_self.py	Fri Jan 30 10:36:23 2009 +0000
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_user_not_exist('link_id'),}
 
     new_params['edit_extra_dynafields'] = {
-        'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_link_id
+        'clean_link_id': cleaning.clean_link_id('link_id')
         }
 
     new_params['sidebar_heading'] = 'User (self)'