1 package DBIx::Class::Ordered;
4 use base qw( DBIx::Class );
8 DBIx::Class::Ordered - Modify the position of objects in an ordered list.
12 Create a table for your ordered data.
15 item_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
17 position INTEGER NOT NULL
20 Optionally, add one or more columns to specify groupings, allowing you
21 to maintain independent ordered lists within one table:
24 item_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
26 position INTEGER NOT NULL,
27 group_id INTEGER NOT NULL
33 item_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
35 position INTEGER NOT NULL,
36 group_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
37 other_group_id INTEGER NOT NULL
40 In your Schema or DB class add "Ordered" to the top
41 of the component list.
43 __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw( Ordered ... ));
45 Specify the column that stores the position number for
49 __PACKAGE__->position_column('position');
51 If you are using one grouping column, specify it as follows:
53 __PACKAGE__->grouping_column('group_id');
55 Or if you have multiple grouping columns:
57 __PACKAGE__->grouping_column(['group_id', 'other_group_id']);
59 That's it, now you can change the position of your objects.
64 my $item = My::Item->create({ name=>'Matt S. Trout' });
65 # If using grouping_column:
66 my $item = My::Item->create({ name=>'Matt S. Trout', group_id=>1 });
68 my $rs = $item->siblings();
69 my @siblings = $item->siblings();
72 $sibling = $item->first_sibling();
73 $sibling = $item->last_sibling();
74 $sibling = $item->previous_sibling();
75 $sibling = $item->next_sibling();
77 $item->move_previous();
81 $item->move_to( $position );
82 $item->move_to_group( 'groupname' );
83 $item->move_to_group( 'groupname', $position );
84 $item->move_to_group( {group_id=>'groupname', 'other_group_id=>'othergroupname'} );
85 $item->move_to_group( {group_id=>'groupname', 'other_group_id=>'othergroupname'}, $position );
89 This module provides a simple interface for modifying the ordered
90 position of DBIx::Class objects.
94 All of the move_* methods automatically update the rows involved in
95 the query. This is not configurable and is due to the fact that if you
96 move a record it always causes other records in the list to be updated.
100 =head2 position_column
102 __PACKAGE__->position_column('position');
104 Sets and retrieves the name of the column that stores the
105 positional value of each record. Defaults to "position".
109 __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( 'position_column' => 'position' );
111 =head2 grouping_column
113 __PACKAGE__->grouping_column('group_id');
115 This method specifies a column to limit all queries in
116 this module by. This effectively allows you to have multiple
117 ordered lists within the same table.
121 __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( 'grouping_column' );
123 =head2 null_position_value
125 __PACKAGE__->null_position_value(undef);
127 This method specifies a value of L</position_column> which B<would
128 never be assigned to a row> during normal operation. When
129 a row is moved, its position is set to this value temporarily, so
130 that any unique constrainst can not be violated. This value defaults
131 to 0, which should work for all cases except when your positions do
136 __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( 'null_position_value' => 0 );
140 my $rs = $item->siblings();
141 my @siblings = $item->siblings();
143 Returns an B<ordered> resultset of all other objects in the same
144 group excluding the one you called it on.
146 The ordering is a backwards-compatibility artifact - if you need
147 a resultset with no ordering applied use L</_siblings>
152 return $self->_siblings->search ({}, { order_by => $self->position_column } );
155 =head2 previous_siblings
157 my $prev_rs = $item->previous_siblings();
158 my @prev_siblings = $item->previous_siblings();
160 Returns a resultset of all objects in the same group
161 positioned before the object on which this method was called.
164 sub previous_siblings {
166 my $position_column = $self->position_column;
167 my $position = $self->get_column ($position_column);
168 return ( defined $position
169 ? $self->_siblings->search ({ $position_column => { '<', $position } })
176 my $next_rs = $item->next_siblings();
177 my @next_siblings = $item->next_siblings();
179 Returns a resultset of all objects in the same group
180 positioned after the object on which this method was called.
185 my $position_column = $self->position_column;
186 my $position = $self->get_column ($position_column);
187 return ( defined $position
188 ? $self->_siblings->search ({ $position_column => { '>', $position } })
193 =head2 previous_sibling
195 my $sibling = $item->previous_sibling();
197 Returns the sibling that resides one position back. Returns 0
198 if the current object is the first one.
202 sub previous_sibling {
204 my $position_column = $self->position_column;
206 my $psib = $self->previous_siblings->search(
208 { rows => 1, order_by => { '-desc' => $position_column } },
211 return defined $psib ? $psib : 0;
216 my $sibling = $item->first_sibling();
218 Returns the first sibling object, or 0 if the first sibling
225 my $position_column = $self->position_column;
227 my $fsib = $self->previous_siblings->search(
229 { rows => 1, order_by => { '-asc' => $position_column } },
232 return defined $fsib ? $fsib : 0;
237 my $sibling = $item->next_sibling();
239 Returns the sibling that resides one position forward. Returns 0
240 if the current object is the last one.
246 my $position_column = $self->position_column;
247 my $nsib = $self->next_siblings->search(
249 { rows => 1, order_by => { '-asc' => $position_column } },
252 return defined $nsib ? $nsib : 0;
257 my $sibling = $item->last_sibling();
259 Returns the last sibling, or 0 if the last sibling is this
266 my $position_column = $self->position_column;
267 my $lsib = $self->next_siblings->search(
269 { rows => 1, order_by => { '-desc' => $position_column } },
272 return defined $lsib ? $lsib : 0;
277 $item->move_previous();
279 Swaps position with the sibling in the position previous in
280 the list. Returns 1 on success, and 0 if the object is
281 already the first one.
287 return $self->move_to ($self->_position - 1);
294 Swaps position with the sibling in the next position in the
295 list. Returns 1 on success, and 0 if the object is already
296 the last in the list.
302 return 0 unless $self->next_siblings->count;
303 return $self->move_to ($self->_position + 1);
310 Moves the object to the first position in the list. Returns 1
311 on success, and 0 if the object is already the first.
316 return shift->move_to( 1 );
323 Moves the object to the last position in the list. Returns 1
324 on success, and 0 if the object is already the last one.
330 return $self->move_to( $self->_group_rs->count );
335 $item->move_to( $position );
337 Moves the object to the specified position. Returns 1 on
338 success, and 0 if the object is already at the specified
344 my( $self, $to_position ) = @_;
345 return 0 if ( $to_position < 1 );
347 my $from_position = $self->_position;
348 return 0 if ( $from_position == $to_position );
350 my $position_column = $self->position_column;
353 my $guard = $self->result_source->schema->txn_scope_guard;
355 my ($direction, @between);
356 if ( $from_position < $to_position ) {
358 @between = map { $self->_position_value ($_) } ( $from_position + 1, $to_position );
362 @between = map { $self->_position_value ($_) } ( $to_position, $from_position - 1 );
365 my $new_pos_val = $self->_position_value ($to_position); # record this before the shift
367 # we need to null-position the moved row if the position column is part of a constraint
368 if (grep { $_ eq $position_column } ( map { @$_ } (values %{{ $self->result_source->unique_constraints }} ) ) ) {
369 $self->_ordered_internal_update({ $position_column => $self->null_position_value });
372 $self->_shift_siblings ($direction, @between);
373 $self->_ordered_internal_update({ $position_column => $new_pos_val });
383 $item->move_to_group( $group, $position );
385 Moves the object to the specified position of the specified
386 group, or to the end of the group if $position is undef.
387 1 is returned on success, and 0 is returned if the object is
388 already at the specified position of the specified group.
390 $group may be specified as a single scalar if only one
391 grouping column is in use, or as a hashref of column => value pairs
392 if multiple grouping columns are in use.
397 my( $self, $to_group, $to_position ) = @_;
399 $self->throw_exception ('move_to_group() expects a group specification')
400 unless defined $to_group;
402 # if we're given a string, turn it into a hashref
403 unless (ref $to_group eq 'HASH') {
404 my @gcols = $self->_grouping_columns;
406 $self->throw_exception ('Single group supplied for a multi-column group identifier') if @gcols > 1;
407 $to_group = {$gcols[0] => $to_group};
410 my $position_column = $self->position_column;
412 return 0 if ( defined($to_position) and $to_position < 1 );
413 if ($self->_is_in_group ($to_group) ) {
414 return 0 if not defined $to_position;
415 return $self->move_to ($to_position);
419 my $guard = $self->result_source->schema->txn_scope_guard;
421 # Move to end of current group to adjust siblings
424 $self->set_inflated_columns({ %$to_group, $position_column => undef });
425 my $new_group_count = $self->_group_rs->count;
427 if ( not defined($to_position) or $to_position > $new_group_count) {
429 $position_column => $new_group_count
430 ? $self->_next_position_value ( $self->last_sibling->get_column ($position_column) ) # FIXME - no need to inflate last_sibling
431 : $self->_initial_position_value
435 my $bumped_pos_val = $self->_position_value ($to_position);
436 my @between = ($to_position, $new_group_count);
437 $self->_shift_siblings (1, @between); #shift right
438 $self->set_column( $position_column => $bumped_pos_val );
441 $self->_ordered_internal_update;
451 Overrides the DBIC insert() method by providing a default
452 position number. The default will be the number of rows in
453 the table +1, thus positioning the new record at the last position.
459 my $position_column = $self->position_column;
461 unless ($self->get_column($position_column)) {
462 my $lsib = $self->last_sibling; # FIXME - no need to inflate last_sibling
464 $position_column => ($lsib
465 ? $self->_next_position_value ( $lsib->get_column ($position_column) )
466 : $self->_initial_position_value
471 return $self->next::method( @_ );
476 Overrides the DBIC update() method by checking for a change
477 to the position and/or group columns. Movement within a
478 group or to another group is handled by repositioning
479 the appropriate siblings. Position defaults to the end
480 of a new group if it has been changed to undef.
487 # this is set by _ordered_internal_update()
488 return $self->next::method(@_) if $self->{_ORDERED_INTERNAL_UPDATE};
491 $self->set_inflated_columns($upd) if $upd;
492 my %changes = $self->get_dirty_columns;
493 $self->discard_changes;
495 my $position_column = $self->position_column;
497 # if nothing group/position related changed - short circuit
498 if (not grep { exists $changes{$_} } ($self->_grouping_columns, $position_column) ) {
499 return $self->next::method( \%changes, @_ );
503 my $guard = $self->result_source->schema->txn_scope_guard;
505 # if any of our grouping columns have been changed
506 if (grep { exists $changes{$_} } ($self->_grouping_columns) ) {
508 # create new_group by taking the current group and inserting changes
509 my $new_group = {$self->_grouping_clause};
510 foreach my $col (keys %$new_group) {
511 if (exists $changes{$col}) {
512 $new_group->{$col} = delete $changes{$col}; # don't want to pass this on to next::method
516 $self->move_to_group(
518 (exists $changes{$position_column}
519 # The FIXME bit contradicts the documentation: when changing groups without supplying explicit
520 # positions in move_to_group(), we push the item to the end of the group.
521 # However when I was rewriting this, the position from the old group was clearly passed to the new one
522 # Probably needs to go away (by ribasushi)
523 ? delete $changes{$position_column} # means there was a position change supplied with the update too
524 : $self->_position # FIXME!
528 elsif (exists $changes{$position_column}) {
529 $self->move_to(delete $changes{$position_column});
533 my $want = wantarray();
534 if (not defined $want) {
535 $self->next::method( \%changes, @_ );
538 @res = $self->next::method( \%changes, @_ );
541 $res[0] = $self->next::method( \%changes, @_ );
545 return $want ? @res : $res[0];
551 Overrides the DBIC delete() method by first moving the object
552 to the last position, then deleting it, thus ensuring the
553 integrity of the positions.
560 my $guard = $self->result_source->schema->txn_scope_guard;
565 my $want = wantarray();
566 if (not defined $want) {
567 $self->next::method( @_ );
570 @res = $self->next::method( @_ );
573 $res[0] = $self->next::method( @_ );
577 return $want ? @res : $res[0];
580 =head1 METHODS FOR EXTENDING ORDERED
582 You would want to override the methods below if you use sparse
583 (non-linear) or non-numeric position values. This can be useful
584 if you are working with preexisting non-normalised position data,
585 or if you need to work with materialized path columns.
589 my $num_pos = $item->_position;
591 Returns the B<absolute numeric position> of the current object, with the
592 first object being at position 1, its sibling at position 2 and so on.
593 By default simply returns the value of L</position_column>.
599 # #the right way to do this
600 # return $self->previous_siblings->count + 1;
602 return $self->get_column ($self->position_column);
605 =head2 _position_value
607 my $pos_value = $item->_position_value ( $pos )
609 Returns the B<value> of L</position_column> of the object at numeric
610 position C<$pos>. By default simply returns C<$pos>.
613 sub _position_value {
614 my ($self, $pos) = @_;
616 # #the right way to do this (not optimized)
617 # my $position_column = $self->position_column;
618 # return $self -> _group_rs
619 # -> search({}, { order_by => $position_column })
620 # -> slice ( $pos - 1)
622 # -> get_column ($position_column);
627 =head2 _initial_position_value
629 __PACKAGE__->_initial_position_value(0);
631 This method specifies a B<value> of L</position_column> which is assigned
632 to the first inserted element of a group, if no value was supplied at
633 insertion time. All subsequent values are derived from this one by
634 L</_next_position_value> below. Defaults to 1.
638 __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( '_initial_position_value' => 1 );
640 =head2 _next_position_value
642 my $new_value = $item->_next_position_value ( $position_value )
644 Returns a position B<value> that would be considered C<next> with
645 regards to C<$position_value>. Can be pretty much anything, given
646 that C<< $position_value < $new_value >> where C<< < >> is the
647 SQL comparison operator (usually works fine on strings). The
648 default method expects C<$position_value> to be numeric, and
649 returns C<$position_value + 1>
652 sub _next_position_value {
656 =head2 _shift_siblings
658 $item->_shift_siblings ($direction, @between)
660 Shifts all siblings with B<positions values> in the range @between
661 (inclusive) by one position as specified by $direction (left if < 0,
662 right if > 0). By default simply increments/decrements each
663 L<position_column> value by 1, doing so in a way as to not violate
664 any existing constraints.
666 Note that if you override this method and have unique constraints
667 including the L<position_column> the shift is not a trivial task.
668 Refer to the implementation source of the default method for more
672 sub _shift_siblings {
673 my ($self, $direction, @between) = @_;
674 return 0 unless $direction;
676 my $position_column = $self->position_column;
679 if ($direction < 0) {
688 my $shift_rs = $self->_group_rs-> search ({ $position_column => { -between => \@between } });
690 # some databases (sqlite) are dumb and can not do a blanket
691 # increment/decrement. So what we do here is check if the
692 # position column is part of a unique constraint, and do a
693 # one-by-one update if this is the case
695 if (grep { $_ eq $position_column } ( map { @$_ } (values %{{ $self->result_source->unique_constraints }} ) ) ) {
697 my $rs = $shift_rs->search ({}, { order_by => { "-$ord", $position_column } } );
698 # FIXME - no need to inflate each row
699 while (my $r = $rs->next) {
700 $r->_ordered_internal_update ({ $position_column => \ "$position_column $op 1" } );
704 $shift_rs->update ({ $position_column => \ "$position_column $op 1" } );
708 =head1 PRIVATE METHODS
710 These methods are used internally. You should never have the
715 This method returns a resultset containing all members of the row
716 group (including the row itself).
721 return $self->result_source->resultset->search({$self->_grouping_clause()});
726 Returns an unordered resultset of all objects in the same group
727 excluding the object you called this method on.
732 my $position_column = $self->position_column;
733 return $self->_group_rs->search(
734 { $position_column => { '!=' => $self->get_column($position_column) } },
738 =head2 _grouping_clause
740 This method returns one or more name=>value pairs for limiting a search
741 by the grouping column(s). If the grouping column is not
742 defined then this will return an empty list.
745 sub _grouping_clause {
747 return map { $_ => $self->get_column($_) } $self->_grouping_columns();
750 =head2 _get_grouping_columns
752 Returns a list of the column names used for grouping, regardless of whether
753 they were specified as an arrayref or a single string, and returns ()
754 if there is no grouping.
757 sub _grouping_columns {
759 my $col = $self->grouping_column();
760 if (ref $col eq 'ARRAY') {
771 $item->_is_in_group( {user => 'fred', list => 'work'} )
773 Returns true if the object is in the group represented by hashref $other
777 my ($self, $other) = @_;
778 my $current = {$self->_grouping_clause};
780 no warnings qw/uninitialized/;
783 join ("\x00", sort keys %$current)
785 join ("\x00", sort keys %$other)
787 for my $key (keys %$current) {
788 return 0 if $current->{$key} ne $other->{$key};
793 =head2 _ordered_internal_update
795 This is a short-circuited method, that is used internally by this
796 module to update positioning values in isolation (i.e. without
797 triggering any of the positioning integrity code).
799 Some day you might get confronted by datasets that have ambiguous
800 positioning data (i.e. duplicate position values within the same group,
801 in a table without unique constraints). When manually fixing such data
802 keep in mind that you can not invoke L<DBIx::Class::Row/update> like
803 you normally would, as it will get confused by the wrong data before
804 having a chance to update the ill-defined row. If you really know what
805 you are doing use this method which bypasses any hooks introduced by
810 sub _ordered_internal_update {
812 local $self->{_ORDERED_INTERNAL_UPDATE} = 1;
813 return $self->update (@_);
822 =head2 Race Condition on Insert
824 If a position is not specified for an insert than a position
825 will be chosen based either on L</_initial_position_value> or
826 L</_next_position_value>, depending if there are already some
827 items in the current group. The space of time between the
828 necessary selects and insert introduces a race condition.
829 Having unique constraints on your position/group columns,
830 and using transactions (see L<DBIx::Class::Storage/txn_do>)
831 will prevent such race conditions going undetected.
833 =head2 Multiple Moves
835 Be careful when issueing move_* methods to multiple objects. If
836 you've pre-loaded the objects then when you move one of the objects
837 the position of the other object will not reflect their new value
838 until you reload them from the database - see
839 L<DBIx::Class::Row/discard_changes>.
841 There are times when you will want to move objects as groups, such
842 as changeing the parent of several objects at once - this directly
843 conflicts with this problem. One solution is for us to write a
844 ResultSet class that supports a parent() method, for example. Another
845 solution is to somehow automagically modify the objects that exist
846 in the current object's result set to have the new position value.
848 =head2 Default Values
850 Using a database defined default_value on one of your group columns
851 could result in the position not being assigned correctly.
855 Original code framework
856 Aran Deltac <bluefeet@cpan.org>
858 Constraints support and code generalisation
859 Peter Rabbitson <ribasushi@cpan.org>
863 You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.