1 package DBIx::Class::InflateColumn;
5 use Scalar::Util qw/blessed/;
7 use base qw/DBIx::Class::Row/;
11 DBIx::Class::InflateColumn - Automatically create references 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 references, i.e. "inflating"
24 the column data. It also "deflates" references 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. There's a
29 convenience component to actually do that though, try
30 L<DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::DateTime>.
32 It will handle all types of references except scalar references. It
33 will not handle scalar values, these are ignored and thus passed
34 through to L<SQL::Abstract>. This is to allow setting raw values to
35 "just work". Scalar references are passed through to the database to
36 deal with, to allow such settings as C< \'year + 1'> and C< \'DEFAULT' >
39 If you want to filter plain scalar values and replace them with
40 something else, see L<DBIx::Class::FilterColumn>.
46 Instruct L<DBIx::Class> to inflate the given column.
48 In addition to the column name, you must provide C<inflate> and
49 C<deflate> methods. The C<inflate> method is called when you access
50 the field, while the C<deflate> method is called when the field needs
51 to used by the database.
53 For example, if you have a table C<events> with a timestamp field
54 named C<insert_time>, you could inflate the column in the
55 corresponding table class using something like:
57 __PACKAGE__->inflate_column('insert_time', {
58 inflate => sub { DateTime::Format::Pg->parse_datetime(shift); },
59 deflate => sub { DateTime::Format::Pg->format_datetime(shift); },
62 (Replace L<DateTime::Format::Pg> with the appropriate module for your
63 database, or consider L<DateTime::Format::DBI>.)
65 The coderefs you set for inflate and deflate are called with two parameters,
66 the first is the value of the column to be inflated/deflated, the second is the
67 row object itself. Thus you can call C<< ->result_source->schema->storage->dbh >> in your inflate/defalte subs, to feed to L<DateTime::Format::DBI>.
69 In this example, calls to an event's C<insert_time> accessor return a
70 L<DateTime> object. This L<DateTime> object is later "deflated" when
71 used in the database layer.
76 my ($self, $col, $attrs) = @_;
78 my $colinfo = $self->column_info($col);
80 $self->throw_exception("InflateColumn does not work with FilterColumn")
81 if $self->isa('DBIx::Class::FilterColumn') &&
82 defined $colinfo->{_filter_info};
84 $self->throw_exception("No such column $col to inflate")
85 unless $self->has_column($col);
86 $self->throw_exception("inflate_column needs attr hashref")
87 unless ref $attrs eq 'HASH';
88 $colinfo->{_inflate_info} = $attrs;
89 my $acc = $colinfo->{accessor};
90 $self->mk_group_accessors('inflated_column' => [ (defined $acc ? $acc : $col), $col]);
94 sub _inflated_column {
95 my ($self, $col, $value) = @_;
96 return $value unless defined $value; # NULL is NULL is NULL
97 my $info = $self->column_info($col)
98 or $self->throw_exception("No column info for $col");
99 return $value unless exists $info->{_inflate_info};
100 my $inflate = $info->{_inflate_info}{inflate};
101 $self->throw_exception("No inflator for $col") unless defined $inflate;
102 return $inflate->($value, $self);
105 sub _deflated_column {
106 my ($self, $col, $value) = @_;
107 # return $value unless ref $value && blessed($value); # If it's not an object, don't touch it
108 ## Leave scalar refs (ala SQL::Abstract literal SQL), untouched, deflate all other refs
109 return $value unless (ref $value && ref($value) ne 'SCALAR');
110 my $info = $self->column_info($col) or
111 $self->throw_exception("No column info for $col");
112 return $value unless exists $info->{_inflate_info};
113 my $deflate = $info->{_inflate_info}{deflate};
114 $self->throw_exception("No deflator for $col") unless defined $deflate;
115 return $deflate->($value, $self);
118 =head2 get_inflated_column
120 my $val = $obj->get_inflated_column($col);
122 Fetch a column value in its inflated state. This is directly
123 analogous to L<DBIx::Class::Row/get_column> in that it only fetches a
124 column already retrieved from the database, and then inflates it.
125 Throws an exception if the column requested is not an inflated column.
129 sub get_inflated_column {
130 my ($self, $col) = @_;
131 $self->throw_exception("$col is not an inflated column")
132 unless exists $self->column_info($col)->{_inflate_info};
133 return $self->{_inflated_column}{$col}
134 if exists $self->{_inflated_column}{$col};
136 my $val = $self->get_column($col);
137 return $val if ref $val eq 'SCALAR'; #that would be a not-yet-reloaded sclarref update
139 return $self->{_inflated_column}{$col} = $self->_inflated_column($col, $val);
142 =head2 set_inflated_column
144 my $copy = $obj->set_inflated_column($col => $val);
146 Sets a column value from an inflated value. This is directly
147 analogous to L<DBIx::Class::Row/set_column>.
151 sub set_inflated_column {
152 my ($self, $col, $inflated) = @_;
153 $self->set_column($col, $self->_deflated_column($col, $inflated));
154 # if (blessed $inflated) {
155 if (ref $inflated && ref($inflated) ne 'SCALAR') {
156 $self->{_inflated_column}{$col} = $inflated;
158 delete $self->{_inflated_column}{$col};
163 =head2 store_inflated_column
165 my $copy = $obj->store_inflated_column($col => $val);
167 Sets a column value from an inflated value without marking the column
168 as dirty. This is directly analogous to L<DBIx::Class::Row/store_column>.
172 sub store_inflated_column {
173 my ($self, $col, $inflated) = @_;
174 # unless (blessed $inflated) {
175 unless (ref $inflated && ref($inflated) ne 'SCALAR') {
176 delete $self->{_inflated_column}{$col};
177 $self->store_column($col => $inflated);
180 delete $self->{_column_data}{$col};
181 return $self->{_inflated_column}{$col} = $inflated;
188 =item L<DBIx::Class::Core> - This component is loaded as part of the
189 C<core> L<DBIx::Class> components; generally there is no need to
196 Matt S. Trout <mst@shadowcatsystems.co.uk>
200 Daniel Westermann-Clark <danieltwc@cpan.org> (documentation)
202 Jess Robinson <cpan@desert-island.demon.co.uk>
206 You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.