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1 | package DBIx::Class::CDBICompat; |
2 | |
3 | use strict; |
4 | use warnings; |
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5 | use base qw/DBIx::Class::Core DBIx::Class::DB/; |
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6 | |
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7 | # Modules CDBICompat needs that DBIx::Class does not. |
8 | my @Extra_Modules = qw( |
9 | Class::Trigger |
10 | DBIx::ContextualFetch |
11 | Clone |
12 | ); |
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13 | |
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14 | my @didnt_load; |
15 | for my $module (@Extra_Modules) { |
16 | push @didnt_load, $module unless eval qq{require $module}; |
17 | } |
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18 | __PACKAGE__->throw_exception("@{[ join ', ', @didnt_load ]} are missing and are required for CDBICompat") |
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19 | if @didnt_load; |
20 | |
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21 | |
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22 | __PACKAGE__->load_own_components(qw/ |
23 | Constraints |
24 | Triggers |
25 | ReadOnly |
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26 | LiveObjectIndex |
27 | AttributeAPI |
28 | Stringify |
29 | DestroyWarning |
30 | Constructor |
31 | AccessorMapping |
32 | ColumnCase |
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33 | Relationships |
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34 | Copy |
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35 | LazyLoading |
36 | AutoUpdate |
37 | TempColumns |
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38 | GetSet |
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39 | Retrieve |
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40 | Pager |
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41 | ColumnGroups |
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42 | ColumnsAsHash |
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43 | AbstractSearch |
44 | ImaDBI |
45 | Iterator |
46 | /); |
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47 | |
48 | #DBIx::Class::ObjIndexStubs |
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49 | 1; |
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50 | |
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51 | =head1 NAME |
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52 | |
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53 | DBIx::Class::CDBICompat - Class::DBI Compatibility layer. |
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54 | |
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55 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
56 | |
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57 | package My::CDBI; |
58 | use base qw/DBIx::Class::CDBICompat/; |
59 | |
60 | ...continue as Class::DBI... |
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61 | |
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62 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
63 | |
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64 | DBIx::Class features a fully featured compatibility layer with L<Class::DBI> |
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65 | and some common plugins to ease transition for existing CDBI users. |
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66 | |
67 | This is not a wrapper or subclass of DBIx::Class but rather a series of plugins. The result being that even though you're using the Class::DBI emulation layer you are still getting DBIx::Class objects. You can use all DBIx::Class features and methods via CDBICompat. This allows you to take advantage of DBIx::Class features without having to rewrite your CDBI code. |
68 | |
69 | |
70 | =head2 Plugins |
71 | |
72 | CDBICompat is good enough that many CDBI plugins will work with CDBICompat, but many of the plugin features are better done with DBIx::Class methods. |
73 | |
74 | =head3 Class::DBI::AbstractSearch |
75 | |
76 | C<search_where()> is fully emulated using DBIC's search. Aside from emulation there's no reason to use C<search_where()>. |
77 | |
78 | =head3 Class::DBI::Plugin::NoCache |
79 | |
80 | C<nocache> is fully emulated. |
81 | |
82 | =head3 Class::DBI::Sweet |
83 | |
84 | The features of CDBI::Sweet are better done using DBIC methods which are almost exactly the same. It even uses L<Data::Page>. |
85 | |
86 | =head3 Class::DBI::Plugin::DeepAbstractSearch |
87 | |
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88 | This plugin will work, but it is more efficiently done using DBIC's native search facilities. The major difference is that DBIC will not infer the join for you, you have to tell it the join tables. |
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89 | |
90 | |
91 | =head2 Choosing Features |
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92 | |
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93 | In fact, this class is just a recipe containing all the features emulated. |
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94 | If you like, you can choose which features to emulate by building your |
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95 | own class and loading it like this: |
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96 | |
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97 | package My::DB; |
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98 | __PACKAGE__->load_own_components(qw/CDBICompat/); |
99 | |
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100 | this will automatically load the features included in My::DB::CDBICompat, |
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101 | provided it looks something like this: |
102 | |
103 | package My::DB::CDBICompat; |
104 | __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/ |
105 | CDBICompat::ColumnGroups |
106 | CDBICompat::Retrieve |
107 | CDBICompat::HasA |
108 | CDBICompat::HasMany |
109 | CDBICompat::MightHave |
110 | /); |
111 | |
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112 | |
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113 | =head1 LIMITATIONS |
114 | |
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115 | =head2 Unimplemented |
116 | |
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117 | The following methods and classes are not emulated, maybe in the future. |
118 | |
119 | =over 4 |
120 | |
121 | =item Class::DBI::Query |
122 | |
123 | Deprecated in Class::DBI. |
124 | |
125 | =item Class::DBI::Column |
126 | |
127 | Not documented in Class::DBI. CDBICompat's columns() returns a plain string, not an object. |
128 | |
129 | =item data_type() |
130 | |
131 | Undocumented CDBI method. |
132 | |
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133 | =back |
134 | |
135 | =head2 Limited Support |
136 | |
137 | The following elements of Class::DBI have limited support. |
138 | |
139 | =over 4 |
140 | |
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141 | =item Class::DBI::Relationship |
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142 | |
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143 | The semi-documented Class::DBI::Relationship objects returned by C<meta_info($type, $col)> are mostly emulated except for their C<args> method. |
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144 | |
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145 | =item Relationships |
146 | |
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147 | Relationships between tables (has_a, has_many...) must be declared after all tables in the relationship have been declared. Thus the usual CDBI idiom of declaring columns and relationships for each class together will not work. They must instead be done like so: |
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148 | |
149 | package Foo; |
150 | use base qw(Class::DBI); |
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151 | |
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152 | Foo->table("foo"); |
153 | Foo->columns( All => qw(this that bar) ); |
154 | |
155 | package Bar; |
156 | use base qw(Class::DBI); |
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157 | |
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158 | Bar->table("bar"); |
159 | Bar->columns( All => qw(up down) ); |
160 | |
161 | # Now that Foo and Bar are declared it is safe to declare a |
162 | # relationship between them |
163 | Foo->has_a( bar => "Bar" ); |
164 | |
165 | |
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166 | =back |
167 | |
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168 | =head1 AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS |
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169 | |
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170 | See L<AUTHOR|DBIx::Class/AUTHOR> and L<CONTRIBUTORS|DBIx::Class/CONTRIBUTORS> in DBIx::Class |
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171 | |
172 | =head1 LICENSE |
173 | |
174 | You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself. |
175 | |
176 | =cut |
177 | |