var props = {

  limit: 10

};

​

mag.module("validate", {

​

  view: function(state, props) {

​

    state.input = {

​

      _config: function(node, isNew) {

        // runs only onload initially

        if (isNew && node.value.length > props.limit) {

          console.log('data is larger than the limit of: ' + props.limit);

​

          //trim size based on limit or simply remove it ?

​

          // TO remove

          //node.value = '';

​

          //TO trim based on limit

          node.value = node.value.substr(0, props.limit);

        }

      }

    };

  }

}, props);