=head1 NAME
-DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::DateTime - Auto-create DateTime objects from datetime columns.
+DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::DateTime - Auto-create DateTime objects from date and datetime columns.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
Load this component and then declare one or more
-columns to be of the datetime datatype.
+columns to be of the datetime, timestamp or date datatype.
package Event;
__PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/InflateColumn::DateTime/);
This module figures out the type of DateTime::Format::* class to
inflate/deflate with based on the type of DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::*
that you are using. If you switch from one database to a different
-one your code will continue to work without modification.
+one your code should continue to work without modification (though note
+that this feature is new as of 0.07, so it may not be perfect yet - bug
+reports to the list very much welcome).
+
+For more help with components, see L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Component>.
=cut
__PACKAGE__->mk_group_accessors('simple' => '__datetime_parser');
+=head2 register_column
+
+Chains with the L<DBIx::Class::Row/register_column> method, and sets
+up datetime columns appropriately. This would not normally be
+directly called by end users.
+
+=cut
+
sub register_column {
my ($self, $column, $info, @rest) = @_;
$self->next::method($column, $info, @rest);
- if ($info->{data_type} =~ /^datetime$/i) {
+ return unless defined($info->{data_type});
+ my $type = lc($info->{data_type});
+ $type = 'datetime' if ($type eq 'timestamp');
+ if ($type eq 'datetime' || $type eq 'date') {
+ my ($parse, $format) = ("parse_${type}", "format_${type}");
$self->inflate_column(
$column =>
{
inflate => sub {
my ($value, $obj) = @_;
- $obj->_datetime_parser->parse_datetime($value);
+ $obj->_datetime_parser->$parse($value);
},
deflate => sub {
my ($value, $obj) = @_;
- $obj->_datetime_parser->format_datetime($value);
+ $obj->_datetime_parser->$format($value);
},
}
);