[Python] Pydantic seperate schema validation from logic/functional validation

Let's say I have this model:

class User(BaseModel):
name: str
email: EmailStr
phone_number: str
job_title: str
company: str
salary: int

@field_validator('company')
def valid_company(cls, company: str) -> str:
# validate that the company exists...
return company


However, I want to expose a way for the developer to be able to validate the schema vs the logic seperately.

I thought of doing this:

class User(BaseModel):
name: str
email: EmailStr
phone_number: str
job_title: str
company: str
salary: int

class UserValidator(User):
@field_validator('company')
def valid_company(cls, company: str) -> str:
# validate that the company exists...
return company


This way the developer can use User vs UserValidator to validate the schema vs the logic.

However, the User model is being used in other models as well. So I kinda have to override some fields for some models like:

class Account(BaseModel):
user: User
...


class AccountValidator(Account):
user: UserValidator

custom_validators...


Is there a better way to do this? Maybe even using another library?

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