1 package DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base;
6 use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
8 __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata('_relationships', { } );
12 DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base - Inter-table relationships
18 This class handles relationships between the tables in your database
19 model. It allows your to set up relationships, and to perform joins
24 =head2 add_relationship
26 __PACKAGE__->add_relationship('relname', 'Foreign::Class', $cond, $attrs);
28 The condition needs to be an SQL::Abstract-style representation of the
29 join between the tables. For example, if you're creating a rel from Foo to Bar,
31 { 'foreign.foo_id' => 'self.id' }
33 will result in the JOIN clause
35 foo me JOIN bar bar ON bar.foo_id = me.id
37 You can specify as many foreign => self mappings as necessary.
39 Valid attributes are as follows:
45 Explicitly specifies the type of join to use in the relationship. Any SQL
46 join type is valid, e.g. C<LEFT> or C<RIGHT>. It will be placed in the SQL
47 command immediately before C<JOIN>.
51 An arrayref containing a list of accessors in the foreign class to proxy in
52 the main class. If, for example, you do the following:
54 __PACKAGE__->might_have(bar => 'Bar', undef, { proxy => [ qw/margle/ ] });
56 Then, assuming Bar has an accessor named margle, you can do:
58 my $obj = Foo->find(1);
59 $obj->margle(10); # set margle; Bar object is created if it doesn't exist
63 Specifies the type of accessor that should be created for the relationship.
64 Valid values are C<single> (for when there is only a single related object),
65 C<multi> (when there can be many), and C<filter> (for when there is a single
66 related object, but you also want the relationship accessor to double as
67 a column accessor). For C<multi> accessors, an add_to_* method is also
68 created, which calls C<create_related> for the relationship.
72 =head2 register_relationship
74 =head3 Arguments: ($relname, $rel_info)
76 Registers a relationship on the class
80 sub register_relationship { }
84 My::Table->search_related('relname', $cond, $attrs);
89 return shift->related_resultset(shift)->search(@_);
94 $obj->count_related('relname', $cond, $attrs);
100 return $self->search_related(@_)->count;
103 =head2 create_related
105 My::Table->create_related('relname', \%col_data);
112 my $obj = $self->search_related($rel)->create(@_);
113 delete $self->{related_resultsets}->{$rel};
119 My::Table->new_related('relname', \%col_data);
124 my ($self, $rel, $values, $attrs) = @_;
125 return $self->search_related($rel)->new($values, $attrs);
130 My::Table->find_related('relname', @pri_vals | \%pri_vals);
137 return $self->search_related($rel)->find(@_);
140 =head2 find_or_create_related
142 My::Table->find_or_create_related('relname', \%col_data);
146 sub find_or_create_related {
148 return $self->find_related(@_) || $self->create_related(@_);
151 =head2 set_from_related
153 My::Table->set_from_related('relname', $rel_obj);
157 sub set_from_related {
158 my ($self, $rel, $f_obj) = @_;
159 my $rel_obj = $self->relationship_info($rel);
160 $self->throw_exception( "No such relationship ${rel}" ) unless $rel_obj;
161 my $cond = $rel_obj->{cond};
162 $self->throw_exception( "set_from_related can only handle a hash condition; the "
163 ."condition for $rel is of type ".(ref $cond ? ref $cond : 'plain scalar'))
164 unless ref $cond eq 'HASH';
165 my $f_class = $self->result_source->schema->class($rel_obj->{class});
166 $self->throw_exception( "Object $f_obj isn't a ".$f_class )
167 unless $f_obj->isa($f_class);
169 $self->result_source->resolve_condition(
170 $rel_obj->{cond}, $f_obj, $rel));
174 =head2 update_from_related
176 My::Table->update_from_related('relname', $rel_obj);
180 sub update_from_related {
182 $self->set_from_related(@_);
186 =head2 delete_related
188 My::Table->delete_related('relname', $cond, $attrs);
194 my $obj = $self->search_related(@_)->delete;
195 delete $self->{related_resultsets}->{$_[0]};
201 =head2 related_resultset($name)
203 Returns a L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> for the relationship named $name.
205 $rs = $obj->related_resultset('related_table');
209 sub related_resultset {
211 $self->throw_exception("Can't call *_related as class methods") unless ref $self;
213 my $rel_obj = $self->relationship_info($rel);
214 $self->throw_exception( "No such relationship ${rel}" ) unless $rel_obj;
216 return $self->{related_resultsets}{$rel} ||= do {
217 my $attrs = (@_ > 1 && ref $_[$#_] eq 'HASH' ? pop(@_) : {});
218 $attrs = { %{$rel_obj->{attrs} || {}}, %$attrs };
220 $self->throw_exception( "Invalid query: @_" ) if (@_ > 1 && (@_ % 2 == 1));
221 my $query = ((@_ > 1) ? {@_} : shift);
223 my $cond = $self->result_source->resolve_condition($rel_obj->{cond}, $rel, $self);
224 if (ref $cond eq 'ARRAY') {
225 $cond = [ map { my $hash;
226 foreach my $key (keys %$_) {
227 my $newkey = $key =~ /\./ ? "me.$key" : $key;
228 $hash->{$newkey} = $_->{$key};
231 foreach my $key (grep { ! /\./ } keys %$cond) {
232 $cond->{"me.$key"} = delete $cond->{$key};
235 $query = ($query ? { '-and' => [ $cond, $query ] } : $cond);
236 $self->result_source->related_source($rel)->resultset->search($query, $attrs);
242 Matt S. Trout <mst@shadowcatsystems.co.uk>
246 You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.