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, $self);
97 sub get_inflated_column {
98 my ($self, $col) = @_;
99 $self->throw_exception("$col is not an inflated column")
100 unless exists $self->column_info($col)->{_inflate_info};
102 return $self->{_inflated_column}{$col}
103 if exists $self->{_inflated_column}{$col};
104 return $self->{_inflated_column}{$col} =
105 $self->_inflated_column($col, $self->get_column($col));
108 sub set_inflated_column {
109 my ($self, $col, @rest) = @_;
110 my $ret = $self->_inflated_column_op('set', $col, @rest);
114 sub store_inflated_column {
115 my ($self, $col, @rest) = @_;
116 my $ret = $self->_inflated_column_op('store', $col, @rest);
120 sub _inflated_column_op {
121 my ($self, $op, $col, $obj) = @_;
122 my $meth = "${op}_column";
124 delete $self->{_inflated_column}{$col};
125 return $self->$meth($col, $obj);
128 my $deflated = $self->_deflated_column($col, $obj);
129 # Do this now so we don't store if it's invalid
131 $self->{_inflated_column}{$col} = $obj;
132 $self->$meth($col, $deflated);
137 my ($class, $attrs, @rest) = @_;
139 foreach my $key (keys %$attrs) {
140 if (ref $attrs->{$key}
141 && exists $class->column_info($key)->{_inflate_info}) {
142 # $attrs->{$key} = $class->_deflated_column($key, $attrs->{$key});
143 $class->set_inflated_column ($key, delete $attrs->{$key});
146 return $class->next::method($attrs, @rest);
150 my ($class, $attrs, @rest) = @_;
152 foreach my $key (keys %$attrs) {
153 if (ref $attrs->{$key}
154 && exists $class->column_info($key)->{_inflate_info}) {
155 $attrs->{$key} = $class->_deflated_column($key, $attrs->{$key});
158 return $class->next::method($attrs, @rest);
165 =item L<DBIx::Class::Core> - This component is loaded as part of the
166 "core" L<DBIx::Class> components; generally there is no need to
173 Matt S. Trout <mst@shadowcatsystems.co.uk>
177 Daniel Westermann-Clark <danieltwc@cpan.org> (documentation)
181 You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.