1 package DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base;
6 use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
8 use Scalar::Util qw/weaken blessed/;
14 DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base - Inter-table relationships
18 __PACKAGE__->add_relationship(
19 spiders => 'My::DB::Result::Creatures',
23 "$args->{foreign_alias}.id" => { -ident => "$args->{self_alias}.id" },
24 "$args->{foreign_alias}.type" => 'arachnid'
31 This class provides methods to describe the relationships between the
32 tables in your database model. These are the "bare bones" relationships
33 methods, for predefined ones, look in L<DBIx::Class::Relationship>.
37 =head2 add_relationship
41 =item Arguments: 'relname', 'Foreign::Class', $condition, $attrs
45 __PACKAGE__->add_relationship('relname',
49 Create a custom relationship between one result source and another
50 source, indicated by its class name.
54 The condition argument describes the C<ON> clause of the C<JOIN>
55 expression used to connect the two sources when creating SQL queries.
57 To create simple equality joins, supply a hashref containing the
58 remote table column name as the key(s), and the local table column
59 name as the value(s), for example given:
61 My::Schema::Author->has_many(
62 books => 'My::Schema::Book',
63 { 'foreign.author_id' => 'self.id' }
68 $author_rs->search_related('books')->next
70 will result in the following C<JOIN> clause:
72 ... FROM author me LEFT JOIN book books ON books.author_id = me.id ...
74 This describes a relationship between the C<Author> table and the
75 C<Book> table where the C<Book> table has a column C<author_id>
76 containing the ID value of the C<Author>.
78 C<foreign> and C<self> are pseudo aliases and must be entered
79 literally. They will be replaced with the actual correct table alias
80 when the SQL is produced.
84 My::Schema::Book->has_many(
85 editions => 'My::Schema::Edition',
87 'foreign.publisher_id' => 'self.publisher_id',
88 'foreign.type_id' => 'self.type_id',
94 $book_rs->search_related('editions')->next
96 will result in the C<JOIN> clause:
99 LEFT JOIN edition editions ON
100 editions.publisher_id = me.publisher_id
101 AND editions.type_id = me.type_id ...
103 This describes the relationship from C<Book> to C<Edition>, where the
104 C<Edition> table refers to a publisher and a type (e.g. "paperback"):
106 As is the default in L<SQL::Abstract>, the key-value pairs will be
107 C<AND>ed in the result. C<OR> can be achieved with an arrayref, for
108 example a condition like:
110 My::Schema::Item->has_many(
111 related_item_links => My::Schema::Item::Links,
113 { 'foreign.left_itemid' => 'self.id' },
114 { 'foreign.right_itemid' => 'self.id' },
118 will translate to the following C<JOIN> clause:
120 ... FROM item me JOIN item_relations related_item_links ON
121 related_item_links.left_itemid = me.id
122 OR related_item_links.right_itemid = me.id ...
124 This describes the relationship from C<Item> to C<Item::Links>, where
125 C<Item::Links> is a many-to-many linking table, linking items back to
126 themselves in a peer fashion (without a "parent-child" designation)
128 =head4 Custom join conditions
130 To specify joins which describe more than a simple equality of column
131 values, the custom join condition coderef syntax can be used. For
134 My::Schema::Artist->has_many(
135 cds_80s => 'My::Schema::CD',
140 "$args->{foreign_alias}.artist" => { -ident => "$args->{self_alias}.artistid" },
141 "$args->{foreign_alias}.year" => { '>', "1979", '<', "1990" },
148 $artist_rs->search_related('cds_80s')->next;
150 will result in the C<JOIN> clause:
152 ... FROM artist me LEFT JOIN cd cds_80s ON
153 cds_80s.artist = me.artistid
157 with the bind values:
161 C<< $args->{foreign_alias} >> and C<< $args->{self_alias} >> are supplied the
162 same values that would be otherwise substituted for C<foreign> and C<self>
163 in the simple hashref syntax case.
165 The coderef is expected to return a valid L<SQL::Abstract> query-structure, just
166 like what one would supply as the first argument to
167 L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/search>. The return value will be passed directly to
168 L<SQL::Abstract> and the resulting SQL will be used verbatim as the C<ON>
169 clause of the C<JOIN> statement associated with this relationship.
171 While every coderef-based condition must return a valid C<ON> clause, it may
172 elect to additionally return a simplified join-free condition hashref when
173 invoked as C<< $result->relationship >>, as opposed to
174 C<< $rs->related_resultset('relationship') >>. In this case C<$result> is
175 passed to the coderef as C<< $args->{self_rowobj} >>, so a user can do the
183 "$args->{foreign_alias}.artist" => { -ident => "$args->{self_alias}.artistid" },
184 "$args->{foreign_alias}.year" => { '>', "1979", '<', "1990" },
186 $args->{self_rowobj} && {
187 "$args->{foreign_alias}.artist" => $args->{self_rowobj}->artistid,
188 "$args->{foreign_alias}.year" => { '>', "1979", '<', "1990" },
195 my $artist = $schema->resultset("Artist")->find({ id => 4 });
196 $artist->cds_80s->all;
198 Can skip a C<JOIN> altogether and instead produce:
200 SELECT cds_80s.cdid, cds_80s.artist, cds_80s.title, cds_80s.year, cds_80s.genreid, cds_80s.single_track
202 WHERE cds_80s.artist = ?
206 With the bind values:
210 Note that in order to be able to use
211 L<< $result->create_related|DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base/create_related >>,
212 the coderef must not only return as its second such a "simple" condition
213 hashref which does not depend on joins being available, but the hashref must
214 contain only plain values/deflatable objects, such that the result can be
215 passed directly to L<DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base/set_from_related>. For
216 instance the C<year> constraint in the above example prevents the relationship
217 from being used to to create related objects (an exception will be thrown).
219 In order to allow the user to go truly crazy when generating a custom C<ON>
220 clause, the C<$args> hashref passed to the subroutine contains some extra
221 metadata. Currently the supplied coderef is executed as:
223 $relationship_info->{cond}->({
224 self_alias => The alias of the invoking resultset ('me' in case of a result object),
225 foreign_alias => The alias of the to-be-joined resultset (often matches relname),
226 self_resultsource => The invocant's resultsource,
227 foreign_relname => The relationship name (does *not* always match foreign_alias),
228 self_rowobj => The invocant itself in case of a $result_object->$relationship call
233 The L<standard ResultSet attributes|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES> may
234 be used as relationship attributes. In particular, the 'where' attribute is
235 useful for filtering relationships:
237 __PACKAGE__->has_many( 'valid_users', 'MyApp::Schema::User',
238 { 'foreign.user_id' => 'self.user_id' },
239 { where => { valid => 1 } }
242 The following attributes are also valid:
248 Explicitly specifies the type of join to use in the relationship. Any SQL
249 join type is valid, e.g. C<LEFT> or C<RIGHT>. It will be placed in the SQL
250 command immediately before C<JOIN>.
252 =item proxy =E<gt> $column | \@columns | \%column
254 The 'proxy' attribute can be used to retrieve values, and to perform
255 updates if the relationship has 'cascade_update' set. The 'might_have'
256 and 'has_one' relationships have this set by default; if you want a proxy
257 to update across a 'belongs_to' relationship, you must set the attribute
264 An arrayref containing a list of accessors in the foreign class to create in
265 the main class. If, for example, you do the following:
267 MyApp::Schema::CD->might_have(liner_notes => 'MyApp::Schema::LinerNotes',
269 proxy => [ qw/notes/ ],
272 Then, assuming MyApp::Schema::LinerNotes has an accessor named notes, you can do:
274 my $cd = MyApp::Schema::CD->find(1);
275 $cd->notes('Notes go here'); # set notes -- LinerNotes object is
276 # created if it doesn't exist
278 For a 'belongs_to relationship, note the 'cascade_update':
280 MyApp::Schema::Track->belongs_to( cd => 'DBICTest::Schema::CD', 'cd,
281 { proxy => ['title'], cascade_update => 1 }
283 $track->title('New Title');
284 $track->update; # updates title in CD
288 A hashref where each key is the accessor you want installed in the main class,
289 and its value is the name of the original in the fireign class.
291 MyApp::Schema::Track->belongs_to( cd => 'DBICTest::Schema::CD', 'cd', {
292 proxy => { cd_title => 'title' },
295 This will create an accessor named C<cd_title> on the C<$track> result object.
299 NOTE: you can pass a nested struct too, for example:
301 MyApp::Schema::Track->belongs_to( cd => 'DBICTest::Schema::CD', 'cd', {
302 proxy => [ 'year', { cd_title => 'title' } ],
307 Specifies the type of accessor that should be created for the relationship.
308 Valid values are C<single> (for when there is only a single related object),
309 C<multi> (when there can be many), and C<filter> (for when there is a single
310 related object, but you also want the relationship accessor to double as
311 a column accessor). For C<multi> accessors, an add_to_* method is also
312 created, which calls C<create_related> for the relationship.
314 =item is_foreign_key_constraint
316 If you are using L<SQL::Translator> to create SQL for you and you find that it
317 is creating constraints where it shouldn't, or not creating them where it
318 should, set this attribute to a true or false value to override the detection
319 of when to create constraints.
323 If C<cascade_copy> is true on a C<has_many> relationship for an
324 object, then when you copy the object all the related objects will
325 be copied too. To turn this behaviour off, pass C<< cascade_copy => 0 >>
326 in the C<$attr> hashref.
328 The behaviour defaults to C<< cascade_copy => 1 >> for C<has_many>
333 By default, DBIx::Class cascades deletes across C<has_many>,
334 C<has_one> and C<might_have> relationships. You can disable this
335 behaviour on a per-relationship basis by supplying
336 C<< cascade_delete => 0 >> in the relationship attributes.
338 The cascaded operations are performed after the requested delete,
339 so if your database has a constraint on the relationship, it will
340 have deleted/updated the related records or raised an exception
341 before DBIx::Class gets to perform the cascaded operation.
345 By default, DBIx::Class cascades updates across C<has_one> and
346 C<might_have> relationships. You can disable this behaviour on a
347 per-relationship basis by supplying C<< cascade_update => 0 >> in
348 the relationship attributes.
350 The C<belongs_to> relationship does not update across relationships
351 by default, so if you have a 'proxy' attribute on a belongs_to and want to
352 use 'update' on it, you muse set C<< cascade_update => 1 >>.
354 This is not a RDMS style cascade update - it purely means that when
355 an object has update called on it, all the related objects also
356 have update called. It will not change foreign keys automatically -
357 you must arrange to do this yourself.
359 =item on_delete / on_update
361 If you are using L<SQL::Translator> to create SQL for you, you can use these
362 attributes to explicitly set the desired C<ON DELETE> or C<ON UPDATE> constraint
363 type. If not supplied the SQLT parser will attempt to infer the constraint type by
364 interrogating the attributes of the B<opposite> relationship. For any 'multi'
365 relationship with C<< cascade_delete => 1 >>, the corresponding belongs_to
366 relationship will be created with an C<ON DELETE CASCADE> constraint. For any
367 relationship bearing C<< cascade_copy => 1 >> the resulting belongs_to constraint
368 will be C<ON UPDATE CASCADE>. If you wish to disable this autodetection, and just
369 use the RDBMS' default constraint type, pass C<< on_delete => undef >> or
370 C<< on_delete => '' >>, and the same for C<on_update> respectively.
374 Tells L<SQL::Translator> that the foreign key constraint it creates should be
375 deferrable. In other words, the user may request that the constraint be ignored
376 until the end of the transaction. Currently, only the PostgreSQL producer
377 actually supports this.
381 Tells L<SQL::Translator> to add an index for this constraint. Can also be
382 specified globally in the args to L<DBIx::Class::Schema/deploy> or
383 L<DBIx::Class::Schema/create_ddl_dir>. Default is on, set to 0 to disable.
387 =head2 register_relationship
391 =item Arguments: $rel_name, $rel_info
395 Registers a relationship on the class. This is called internally by
396 DBIx::Class::ResultSourceProxy to set up Accessors and Proxies.
400 sub register_relationship { }
402 =head2 related_resultset
406 =item Arguments: $rel_name
408 =item Return Value: L<$related_resultset|DBIx::Class::ResultSet>
412 $rs = $cd->related_resultset('artist');
414 Returns a L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> for the relationship named
417 =head2 $relationship_accessor
421 =item Arguments: none
423 =item Return Value: L<$result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass> | L<$related_resultset|DBIx::Class::ResultSet> | undef
427 # These pairs do the same thing
428 $result = $cd->related_resultset('artist')->single; # has_one relationship
429 $result = $cd->artist;
430 $rs = $cd->related_resultset('tracks'); # has_many relationship
433 This is the recommended way to traverse through relationships, based
434 on the L</accessor> name given in the relationship definition.
436 This will return either a L<Result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass> or a
437 L<ResultSet|DBIx::Class::ResultSet>, depending on if the relationship is
438 C<single> (returns only one row) or C<multi> (returns many rows). The
439 method may also return C<undef> if the relationship doesn't exist for
440 this instance (like in the case of C<might_have> relationships).
444 sub related_resultset {
447 $self->throw_exception("Can't call *_related as class methods")
452 return $self->{related_resultsets}{$rel}
453 if defined $self->{related_resultsets}{$rel};
455 return $self->{related_resultsets}{$rel} = do {
457 my $rel_info = $self->relationship_info($rel)
458 or $self->throw_exception( "No such relationship '$rel'" );
460 my $attrs = (@_ > 1 && ref $_[$#_] eq 'HASH' ? pop(@_) : {});
461 $attrs = { %{$rel_info->{attrs} || {}}, %$attrs };
463 $self->throw_exception( "Invalid query: @_" )
464 if (@_ > 1 && (@_ % 2 == 1));
465 my $query = ((@_ > 1) ? {@_} : shift);
467 my $rsrc = $self->result_source;
469 # condition resolution may fail if an incomplete master-object prefetch
470 # is encountered - that is ok during prefetch construction (not yet in_storage)
471 my ($cond, $is_crosstable) = try {
472 $rsrc->_resolve_condition( $rel_info->{cond}, $rel, $self, $rel )
475 if ($self->in_storage) {
476 $self->throw_exception ($_);
479 $DBIx::Class::ResultSource::UNRESOLVABLE_CONDITION; # RV
482 # keep in mind that the following if() block is part of a do{} - no return()s!!!
483 if ($is_crosstable) {
484 $self->throw_exception (
485 "A cross-table relationship condition returned for statically declared '$rel'"
486 ) unless ref $rel_info->{cond} eq 'CODE';
488 # A WHOREIFFIC hack to reinvoke the entire condition resolution
489 # with the correct alias. Another way of doing this involves a
490 # lot of state passing around, and the @_ positions are already
491 # mapped out, making this crap a less icky option.
493 # The point of this exercise is to retain the spirit of the original
494 # $obj->search_related($rel) where the resulting rset will have the
495 # root alias as 'me', instead of $rel (as opposed to invoking
496 # $rs->search_related)
498 local $rsrc->{_relationships}{me} = $rsrc->{_relationships}{$rel}; # make the fake 'me' rel
499 my $obj_table_alias = lc($rsrc->source_name) . '__row';
500 $obj_table_alias =~ s/\W+/_/g;
502 $rsrc->resultset->search(
503 $self->ident_condition($obj_table_alias),
504 { alias => $obj_table_alias },
505 )->search_related('me', $query, $attrs)
508 # FIXME - this conditional doesn't seem correct - got to figure out
509 # at some point what it does. Also the entire UNRESOLVABLE_CONDITION
510 # business seems shady - we could simply not query *at all*
511 if ($cond eq $DBIx::Class::ResultSource::UNRESOLVABLE_CONDITION) {
512 my $reverse = $rsrc->reverse_relationship_info($rel);
513 foreach my $rev_rel (keys %$reverse) {
514 if ($reverse->{$rev_rel}{attrs}{accessor} && $reverse->{$rev_rel}{attrs}{accessor} eq 'multi') {
515 weaken($attrs->{related_objects}{$rev_rel}[0] = $self);
517 weaken($attrs->{related_objects}{$rev_rel} = $self);
521 elsif (ref $cond eq 'ARRAY') {
523 if (ref $_ eq 'HASH') {
525 foreach my $key (keys %$_) {
526 my $newkey = $key !~ /\./ ? "me.$key" : $key;
527 $hash->{$newkey} = $_->{$key};
535 elsif (ref $cond eq 'HASH') {
536 foreach my $key (grep { ! /\./ } keys %$cond) {
537 $cond->{"me.$key"} = delete $cond->{$key};
541 $query = ($query ? { '-and' => [ $cond, $query ] } : $cond);
542 $rsrc->related_source($rel)->resultset->search(
549 =head2 search_related
553 =item Arguments: $rel_name, $cond?, L<\%attrs?|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES>
555 =item Return Value: L<$resultset|DBIx::Class::ResultSet> (scalar context) | L<@result_objs|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass> (list context)
559 Run a search on a related resultset. The search will be restricted to the
560 results represented by the L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> it was called
563 See L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/search_related> for more information.
568 return shift->related_resultset(shift)->search(@_);
571 =head2 search_related_rs
573 This method works exactly the same as search_related, except that
574 it guarantees a resultset, even in list context.
578 sub search_related_rs {
579 return shift->related_resultset(shift)->search_rs(@_);
586 =item Arguments: $rel_name, $cond?, L<\%attrs?|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES>
588 =item Return Value: $count
592 Returns the count of all the rows in the related resultset, restricted by the
593 current result or where conditions.
598 shift->search_related(@_)->count;
605 =item Arguments: $rel_name, \%col_data
607 =item Return Value: L<$result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass>
611 Create a new result object of the related foreign class. It will magically set
612 any foreign key columns of the new object to the related primary key columns
613 of the source object for you. The newly created result will not be saved into
614 your storage until you call L<DBIx::Class::Row/insert> on it.
619 my ($self, $rel, $values) = @_;
621 # FIXME - this is a bad position for this (also an identical copy in
622 # set_from_related), but I have no saner way to hook, and I absolutely
623 # want this to throw at least for coderefs, instead of the "insert a NULL
624 # when it gets hard" insanity --ribasushi
626 # sanity check - currently throw when a complex coderef rel is encountered
627 # FIXME - should THROW MOAR!
629 if (ref $self) { # cdbi calls this as a class method, /me vomits
631 my $rsrc = $self->result_source;
632 my (undef, $crosstable, $cond_targets) = $rsrc->_resolve_condition (
633 $rsrc->relationship_info($rel)->{cond}, $rel, $self, $rel
636 $self->throw_exception("Custom relationship '$rel' does not resolve to a join-free condition fragment")
639 if (my @unspecified_rel_condition_chunks = grep { ! exists $values->{$_} } @{$cond_targets||[]} ) {
640 $self->throw_exception(sprintf (
641 "Custom relationship '%s' not definitive - returns conditions instead of values for column(s): %s",
643 map { "'$_'" } @unspecified_rel_condition_chunks
648 return $self->search_related($rel)->new_result($values);
651 =head2 create_related
655 =item Arguments: $rel_name, \%col_data
657 =item Return Value: L<$result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass>
661 my $result = $obj->create_related($rel_name, \%col_data);
663 Creates a new result object, similarly to new_related, and also inserts the
664 result's data into your storage medium. See the distinction between C<create>
665 and C<new> in L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> for details.
672 my $obj = $self->new_related($rel, @_)->insert;
673 delete $self->{related_resultsets}->{$rel};
681 =item Arguments: $rel_name, \%col_data | @pk_values, { key => $unique_constraint, L<%attrs|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES> }?
683 =item Return Value: L<$result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass> | undef
687 my $result = $obj->find_related($rel_name, \%col_data);
689 Attempt to find a related object using its primary key or unique constraints.
690 See L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/find> for details.
695 #my ($self, $rel, @args) = @_;
696 return shift->search_related(shift)->find(@_);
699 =head2 find_or_new_related
703 =item Arguments: $rel_name, \%col_data, { key => $unique_constraint, L<%attrs|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES> }?
705 =item Return Value: L<$result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass>
709 Find a result object of a related class. See L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/find_or_new>
714 sub find_or_new_related {
716 my $obj = $self->find_related(@_);
717 return defined $obj ? $obj : $self->new_related(@_);
720 =head2 find_or_create_related
724 =item Arguments: $rel_name, \%col_data, { key => $unique_constraint, L<%attrs|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES> }?
726 =item Return Value: L<$result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass>
730 Find or create a result object of a related class. See
731 L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/find_or_create> for details.
735 sub find_or_create_related {
737 my $obj = $self->find_related(@_);
738 return (defined($obj) ? $obj : $self->create_related(@_));
741 =head2 update_or_create_related
745 =item Arguments: $rel_name, \%col_data, { key => $unique_constraint, L<%attrs|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES> }?
747 =item Return Value: L<$result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass>
751 Update or create a result object of a related class. See
752 L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/update_or_create> for details.
756 sub update_or_create_related {
757 #my ($self, $rel, @args) = @_;
758 shift->related_resultset(shift)->update_or_create(@_);
761 =head2 set_from_related
765 =item Arguments: $rel_name, L<$result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass>
767 =item Return Value: not defined
771 $book->set_from_related('author', $author_obj);
772 $book->author($author_obj); ## same thing
774 Set column values on the current object, using related values from the given
775 related object. This is used to associate previously separate objects, for
776 example, to set the correct author for a book, find the Author object, then
777 call set_from_related on the book.
779 This is called internally when you pass existing objects as values to
780 L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/create>, or pass an object to a belongs_to accessor.
782 The columns are only set in the local copy of the object, call L</update> to
783 set them in the storage.
787 sub set_from_related {
788 my ($self, $rel, $f_obj) = @_;
790 my $rsrc = $self->result_source;
791 my $rel_info = $rsrc->relationship_info($rel)
792 or $self->throw_exception( "No such relationship '$rel'" );
794 if (defined $f_obj) {
795 my $f_class = $rel_info->{class};
796 $self->throw_exception( "Object '$f_obj' isn't a ".$f_class )
797 unless blessed $f_obj and $f_obj->isa($f_class);
801 # FIXME - this is a bad position for this (also an identical copy in
802 # new_related), but I have no saner way to hook, and I absolutely
803 # want this to throw at least for coderefs, instead of the "insert a NULL
804 # when it gets hard" insanity --ribasushi
806 # sanity check - currently throw when a complex coderef rel is encountered
807 # FIXME - should THROW MOAR!
808 my ($cond, $crosstable, $cond_targets) = $rsrc->_resolve_condition (
809 $rel_info->{cond}, $f_obj, $rel, $rel
811 $self->throw_exception("Custom relationship '$rel' does not resolve to a join-free condition fragment")
813 $self->throw_exception(sprintf (
814 "Custom relationship '%s' not definitive - returns conditions instead of values for column(s): %s",
816 map { "'$_'" } @$cond_targets
819 $self->set_columns($cond);
824 =head2 update_from_related
828 =item Arguments: $rel_name, L<$result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass>
830 =item Return Value: not defined
834 $book->update_from_related('author', $author_obj);
836 The same as L</"set_from_related">, but the changes are immediately updated
841 sub update_from_related {
843 $self->set_from_related(@_);
847 =head2 delete_related
851 =item Arguments: $rel_name, $cond?, L<\%attrs?|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/ATTRIBUTES>
853 =item Return Value: $underlying_storage_rv
857 Delete any related row, subject to the given conditions. Internally, this
860 $self->search_related(@_)->delete
862 And returns the result of that.
868 my $obj = $self->search_related(@_)->delete;
869 delete $self->{related_resultsets}->{$_[0]};
875 B<Currently only available for C<has_many>, C<many_to_many> and 'multi' type
878 =head3 has_many / multi
882 =item Arguments: \%col_data
884 =item Return Value: L<$result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass>
888 Creates/inserts a new result object. Internally, this calls:
890 $self->create_related($rel, @_)
892 And returns the result of that.
898 =item Arguments: (\%col_data | L<$result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass>), \%link_col_data?
900 =item Return Value: L<$result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass>
904 my $role = $schema->resultset('Role')->find(1);
905 $actor->add_to_roles($role);
906 # creates a My::DBIC::Schema::ActorRoles linking table result object
908 $actor->add_to_roles({ name => 'lead' }, { salary => 15_000_000 });
909 # creates a new My::DBIC::Schema::Role result object and the linking table
910 # object with an extra column in the link
912 Adds a linking table object. If the first argument is a hash reference, the
913 related object is created first with the column values in the hash. If an object
914 reference is given, just the linking table object is created. In either case,
915 any additional column values for the linking table object can be specified in
918 See L<DBIx::Class::Relationship/many_to_many> for additional details.
922 B<Currently only available for C<many_to_many> relationships.>
926 =item Arguments: (\@hashrefs_of_col_data | L<\@result_objs|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass>), $link_vals?
928 =item Return Value: not defined
932 my $actor = $schema->resultset('Actor')->find(1);
933 my @roles = $schema->resultset('Role')->search({ role =>
934 { '-in' => ['Fred', 'Barney'] } } );
936 $actor->set_roles(\@roles);
937 # Replaces all of $actor's previous roles with the two named
939 $actor->set_roles(\@roles, { salary => 15_000_000 });
940 # Sets a column in the link table for all roles
943 Replace all the related objects with the given reference to a list of
944 objects. This does a C<delete> B<on the link table resultset> to remove the
945 association between the current object and all related objects, then calls
946 C<add_to_$rel> repeatedly to link all the new objects.
948 Note that this means that this method will B<not> delete any objects in the
949 table on the right side of the relation, merely that it will delete the link
952 Due to a mistake in the original implementation of this method, it will also
953 accept a list of objects or hash references. This is B<deprecated> and will be
954 removed in a future version.
956 =head2 remove_from_$rel
958 B<Currently only available for C<many_to_many> relationships.>
962 =item Arguments: L<$result|DBIx::Class::Manual::ResultClass>
964 =item Return Value: not defined
968 my $role = $schema->resultset('Role')->find(1);
969 $actor->remove_from_roles($role);
970 # removes $role's My::DBIC::Schema::ActorRoles linking table result object
972 Removes the link between the current object and the related object. Note that
973 the related object itself won't be deleted unless you call ->delete() on
974 it. This method just removes the link between the two objects.
976 =head1 AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS
978 See L<AUTHOR|DBIx::Class/AUTHOR> and L<CONTRIBUTORS|DBIx::Class/CONTRIBUTORS> in DBIx::Class
982 You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.