1 package DBIx::Class::CDBICompat;
5 use base qw/DBIx::Class::Core DBIx::Class::DB/;
7 # Modules CDBICompat needs that DBIx::Class does not.
8 my @Extra_Modules = qw(
15 for my $module (@Extra_Modules) {
16 push @didnt_load, $module unless eval qq{require $module};
18 __PACKAGE__->throw_exception("@{[ join ', ', @didnt_load ]} are missing and are required for CDBICompat")
22 __PACKAGE__->load_own_components(qw/
48 #DBIx::Class::ObjIndexStubs
53 DBIx::Class::CDBICompat - Class::DBI Compatibility layer.
58 use base qw/DBIx::Class::CDBICompat/;
60 ...continue as Class::DBI...
64 DBIx::Class features a fully featured compatibility layer with L<Class::DBI>
65 and some common plugins to ease transition for existing CDBI users.
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.
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.
74 =head3 Class::DBI::AbstractSearch
76 C<search_where()> is fully emulated using DBIC's search. Aside from emulation there's no reason to use C<search_where()>.
78 =head3 Class::DBI::Plugin::NoCache
80 C<nocache> is fully emulated.
82 =head3 Class::DBI::Sweet
84 The features of CDBI::Sweet are better done using DBIC methods which are almost exactly the same. It even uses L<Data::Page>.
86 =head3 Class::DBI::Plugin::DeepAbstractSearch
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.
91 =head2 Choosing Features
93 In fact, this class is just a recipe containing all the features emulated.
94 If you like, you can choose which features to emulate by building your
95 own class and loading it like this:
98 __PACKAGE__->load_own_components(qw/CDBICompat/);
100 this will automatically load the features included in My::DB::CDBICompat,
101 provided it looks something like this:
103 package My::DB::CDBICompat;
104 __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/
105 CDBICompat::ColumnGroups
109 CDBICompat::MightHave
117 The following methods and classes are not emulated, maybe in the future.
121 =item Class::DBI::Query
123 Deprecated in Class::DBI.
125 =item Class::DBI::Column
127 Not documented in Class::DBI. CDBICompat's columns() returns a plain string, not an object.
131 Undocumented CDBI method.
135 =head2 Limited Support
137 The following elements of Class::DBI have limited support.
141 =item Class::DBI::Relationship
143 The semi-documented Class::DBI::Relationship objects returned by C<meta_info($type, $col)> are mostly emulated except for their C<args> method.
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:
150 use base qw(Class::DBI);
153 Foo->columns( All => qw(this that bar) );
156 use base qw(Class::DBI);
159 Bar->columns( All => qw(up down) );
161 # Now that Foo and Bar are declared it is safe to declare a
162 # relationship between them
163 Foo->has_a( bar => "Bar" );
170 Matt S. Trout <mst@shadowcatsystems.co.uk>
174 You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.