# File ValidForm.rb, line 372
        def initialize(id,name=nil,value=nil,label=nil,attributes={}, validationRules={})
                @id=id
                @name=name
                @value=value
                @label=label
                @form=nil
                @attributes=attributes || {}
                @validationRules=validationRules || {}
                @errors=false
                @validated=false
                raise ArgumentError,"No id parameter to ValidForm::Field#new" unless @id && @id!=''
                raise ArgumentError,"Non-hash passed as attributes parameter to ValidForm::Field#new" unless @attributes.is_a?(Hash)
                raise ArgumentError,"Non-hash passed as validationRules parameter to ValidForm::Field#new" unless @validationRules.is_a?(Hash)
                @validationRules.each_key{ |k|
                        raise ArgumentError,"Key '#{k}' passed in validationRules is not a known validation key" unless VALIDATION_KEYS[k]
                }
        end