1 package DBIx::Class::InflateColumn;
7 use base qw/DBIx::Class::Row/;
11 DBIx::Class::InflateColumn - Automatically create objects from column data
15 # In your table classes
16 __PACKAGE__->inflate_column('column_name', {
17 inflate => sub { ... },
18 deflate => sub { ... },
23 This component translates column data into objects, i.e. "inflating"
24 the column data. It also "deflates" objects into an appropriate format
27 It can be used, for example, to automatically convert to and from
28 L<DateTime> objects for your date and time fields.
34 Instruct L<DBIx::Class> to inflate the given column.
36 In addition to the column name, you must provide C<inflate> and
37 C<deflate> methods. The C<inflate> method is called when you access
38 the field, while the C<deflate> method is called when the field needs
39 to used by the database.
41 For example, if you have a table C<events> with a timestamp field
42 named C<insert_time>, you could inflate the column in the
43 corresponding table class using something like:
45 __PACKAGE__->inflate_column('insert_time', {
46 inflate => sub { DateTime::Format::Pg->parse_datetime(shift); },
47 deflate => sub { DateTime::Format::Pg->format_datetime(shift); },
50 (Replace L<DateTime::Format::Pg> with the appropriate module for your
51 database, or consider L<DateTime::Format::DBI>.)
53 The coderefs you set for inflate and deflate are called with two parameters,
54 the first is the value of the column to be inflated/deflated, the second is the
55 row object itself. Thus you can call C<< ->result_source->schema->storage->dbh >> on
56 it, to feed to L<DateTime::Format::DBI>.
58 In this example, calls to an event's C<insert_time> accessor return a
59 L<DateTime> object. This L<DateTime> object is later "deflated" when
60 used in the database layer.
65 my ($self, $col, $attrs) = @_;
66 $self->throw_exception("No such column $col to inflate")
67 unless $self->has_column($col);
68 $self->throw_exception("inflate_column needs attr hashref")
69 unless ref $attrs eq 'HASH';
70 $self->column_info($col)->{_inflate_info} = $attrs;
71 $self->mk_group_accessors('inflated_column' => $col);
75 sub _inflated_column {
76 my ($self, $col, $value) = @_;
77 return $value unless defined $value; # NULL is NULL is NULL
78 my $info = $self->column_info($col)
79 or $self->throw_exception("No column info for $col");
80 return $value unless exists $info->{_inflate_info};
81 my $inflate = $info->{_inflate_info}{inflate};
82 $self->throw_exception("No inflator for $col") unless defined $inflate;
83 return $inflate->($value, $self);
86 sub _deflated_column {
87 my ($self, $col, $value) = @_;
88 return $value unless ref $value; # If it's not an object, don't touch it
89 my $info = $self->column_info($col) or
90 $self->throw_exception("No column info for $col");
91 return $value unless exists $info->{_inflate_info};
92 my $deflate = $info->{_inflate_info}{deflate};
93 $self->throw_exception("No deflator for $col") unless defined $deflate;
94 return $deflate->($value, $self);
97 =head2 get_inflated_column
99 my $val = $obj->get_inflated_column($col);
101 Fetch a column value in its inflated state. This is directly
102 analogous to L<DBIx::Class::Row/get_column> in that it only fetches a
103 column already retreived from the database, and then inflates it.
104 Throws an exception if the column requested is not an inflated column.
108 sub get_inflated_column {
109 my ($self, $col) = @_;
110 $self->throw_exception("$col is not an inflated column")
111 unless exists $self->column_info($col)->{_inflate_info};
113 return $self->{_inflated_column}{$col}
114 if exists $self->{_inflated_column}{$col};
115 return $self->{_inflated_column}{$col} =
116 $self->_inflated_column($col, $self->get_column($col));
119 =head2 set_inflated_column
121 my $copy = $obj->set_inflated_column($col => $val);
123 Sets a column value from an inflated value. This is directly
124 analogous to L<DBIx::Class::Row/set_column>.
128 sub set_inflated_column {
129 my ($self, $col, @rest) = @_;
130 my $ret = $self->_inflated_column_op('set', $col, @rest);
134 =head2 store_inflated_column
136 my $copy = $obj->store_inflated_column($col => $val);
138 Sets a column value from an inflated value without marking the column
139 as dirty. This is directly analogous to
140 L<DBIx::Class::Row/store_column>.
144 sub store_inflated_column {
145 my ($self, $col, @rest) = @_;
146 my $ret = $self->_inflated_column_op('store', $col, @rest);
150 sub _inflated_column_op {
151 my ($self, $op, $col, $obj) = @_;
152 my $meth = "${op}_column";
154 delete $self->{_inflated_column}{$col};
155 return $self->$meth($col, $obj);
158 my $deflated = $self->_deflated_column($col, $obj);
159 # Do this now so we don't store if it's invalid
161 $self->{_inflated_column}{$col} = $obj;
162 $self->$meth($col, $deflated);
168 Updates a row in the same way as L<DBIx::Class::Row/update>, handling
169 inflation and deflation of columns appropriately.
174 my ($class, $attrs, @rest) = @_;
176 foreach my $key (keys %$attrs) {
177 if (ref $attrs->{$key}
178 && exists $class->column_info($key)->{_inflate_info}) {
179 # $attrs->{$key} = $class->_deflated_column($key, $attrs->{$key});
180 $class->set_inflated_column ($key, delete $attrs->{$key});
183 return $class->next::method($attrs, @rest);
188 Creates a row in the same way as L<DBIx::Class::Row/new>, handling
189 inflation and deflation of columns appropriately.
194 my ($class, $attrs, @rest) = @_;
196 foreach my $key (keys %$attrs) {
197 if (ref $attrs->{$key}
198 && exists $class->column_info($key)->{_inflate_info}) {
199 $attrs->{$key} = $class->_deflated_column($key, $attrs->{$key});
202 return $class->next::method($attrs, @rest);
209 =item L<DBIx::Class::Core> - This component is loaded as part of the
210 "core" L<DBIx::Class> components; generally there is no need to
217 Matt S. Trout <mst@shadowcatsystems.co.uk>
221 Daniel Westermann-Clark <danieltwc@cpan.org> (documentation)
225 You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.