// in element-UI form-item.vue 
function validate(trigger, callback = _=>_) {
  this.validateDisabled = false;
  const rules = this.getFilteredRule(trigger);
  if ((!rules || rules.length === 0) && this.required === undefined) {
    callback();
    return true;
  }

  this.validateState = 'validating';

  const descriptor = {};
  if (rules && rules.length > 0) {
    rules.forEach(rule => {
      delete rule.trigger;
    });
  }
  descriptor[this.prop] = rules;

  const validator = new AsyncValidator(descriptor);
  const model = {};

  model[this.prop] = this.fieldValue;

  validator.validate(model, { firstFields: true }, (errors, invalidFields) => {
    this.validateState = !errors ? 'success' : 'error';
    this.validateMessage = errors ? errors[0].message : '';

    callback(this.validateMessage, invalidFields);
    this.elForm && this.elForm.$emit('validate', this.prop, !errors, this.validateMessage || null);
  });
}