validate: don't mix up info array and array containers

Author: etpinard

src/plot_api/validate.js

@@ -163,15 +163,16 @@ function crawl(objIn, objOut, schema, list, base, path) {
         var valIn = objIn[k],
             valOut = objOut[k];
 
-        var nestedSchema = getNestedSchema(schema, k);
+        var nestedSchema = getNestedSchema(schema, k),
+            isInfoArray = (nestedSchema || {}).valType === 'info_array';
 
         if(!isInSchema(schema, k)) {
             list.push(format('schema', base, p));
         }
         else if(isPlainObject(valIn) && isPlainObject(valOut)) {
             crawl(valIn, valOut, nestedSchema, list, base, p);
         }
-        else if(nestedSchema.items && isArray(valIn)) {
+        else if(nestedSchema.items && !isInfoArray && isArray(valIn)) {
             var itemName = k.substr(0, k.length - 1);
 
             for(var j = 0; j < valIn.length; j++) {
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ function crawl(objIn, objOut, schema, list, base, path) {
         else if(!isPlainObject(valIn) && isPlainObject(valOut)) {
             list.push(format('object', base, p, valIn));
         }
-        else if(!isArray(valIn) && isArray(valOut) && nestedSchema.valType !== 'info_array') {
+        else if(!isArray(valIn) && isArray(valOut) && !isInfoArray) {
             list.push(format('array', base, p, valIn));
         }
         else if(!(k in objOut)) {

test/jasmine/tests/validate_test.js

@@ -138,6 +138,21 @@ describe('Plotly.validate', function() {
         );
     });
 
+    it('should work with info arrays', function() {
+        var out = Plotly.validate([{
+            y: [1, 2, 2]
+        }], {
+            xaxis: { range: [0, 10] },
+            yaxis: { range: 'not-gonna-work' },
+        });
+
+        expect(out.length).toEqual(1);
+        assertErrorContent(
+            out[0], 'value', 'layout', null, ['yaxis', 'range'], 'yaxis.range',
+            'In layout, key yaxis.range is set to an invalid value (not-gonna-work)'
+        );
+    });
+
     it('should work with isLinkedToArray attributes', function() {
         var out = Plotly.validate([], {
             annotations: [{