use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
-__PACKAGE__->mk_classdata('_relationships', { } );
-
-=head1 NAME
+=head1 NAME
DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base - Inter-table relationships
This class provides methods to describe the relationships between the
tables in your database model. These are the "bare bones" relationships
-methods, for predefined ones, look in L<DBIx::Class::Relationship>.
+methods, for predefined ones, look in L<DBIx::Class::Relationship>.
=head1 METHODS
=head2 add_relationship
-=head3 Arguments: ('relname', 'Foreign::Class', $cond, $attrs)
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: 'relname', 'Foreign::Class', $cond, $attrs
+
+=back
__PACKAGE__->add_relationship('relname', 'Foreign::Class', $cond, $attrs);
The condition needs to be an SQL::Abstract-style representation of the
join between the tables. When resolving the condition for use in a JOIN,
-keys using the psuedo-table I<foreign> are resolved to mean "the Table on the
-other side of the relationship", and values using the psuedo-table I<self>
+keys using the pseudo-table I<foreign> are resolved to mean "the Table on the
+other side of the relationship", and values using the pseudo-table I<self>
are resolved to mean "the Table this class is representing". Other
restrictions, such as by value, sub-select and other tables, may also be
used. Please check your database for JOIN parameter support.
An arrayref containing a list of accessors in the foreign class to create in
the main class. If, for example, you do the following:
- MyDB::Schema::CD->might_have(liner_notes => 'MyDB::Schema::LinerNotes', undef, {
- proxy => [ qw/notes/ ],
- });
+ MyDB::Schema::CD->might_have(liner_notes => 'MyDB::Schema::LinerNotes',
+ undef, {
+ proxy => [ qw/notes/ ],
+ });
Then, assuming MyDB::Schema::LinerNotes has an accessor named notes, you can do:
=head2 register_relationship
-=head3 Arguments: ($relname, $rel_info)
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: $relname, $rel_info
+
+=back
Registers a relationship on the class. This is called internally by
L<DBIx::Class::ResultSourceProxy> to set up Accessors and Proxies.
sub register_relationship { }
-=head2 related_resultset($name)
+=head2 related_resultset
- $rs = $obj->related_resultset('related_table');
+=over 4
+
+=item Arguments: $relationship_name
+
+=item Return Value: $related_resultset
+
+=back
+
+ $rs = $cd->related_resultset('artist');
-Returns a L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> for the relationship named $name.
+Returns a L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> for the relationship named
+$relationship_name.
=cut
sub related_resultset {
my $self = shift;
- $self->throw_exception("Can't call *_related as class methods") unless ref $self;
+ $self->throw_exception("Can't call *_related as class methods")
+ unless ref $self;
my $rel = shift;
my $rel_obj = $self->relationship_info($rel);
- $self->throw_exception( "No such relationship ${rel}" ) unless $rel_obj;
+ $self->throw_exception( "No such relationship ${rel}" )
+ unless $rel_obj;
return $self->{related_resultsets}{$rel} ||= do {
my $attrs = (@_ > 1 && ref $_[$#_] eq 'HASH' ? pop(@_) : {});
$attrs = { %{$rel_obj->{attrs} || {}}, %$attrs };
- $self->throw_exception( "Invalid query: @_" ) if (@_ > 1 && (@_ % 2 == 1));
+ $self->throw_exception( "Invalid query: @_" )
+ if (@_ > 1 && (@_ % 2 == 1));
my $query = ((@_ > 1) ? {@_} : shift);
- my $cond = $self->result_source->resolve_condition($rel_obj->{cond}, $rel, $self);
+ my $cond = $self->result_source->resolve_condition(
+ $rel_obj->{cond}, $rel, $self
+ );
if (ref $cond eq 'ARRAY') {
$cond = [ map { my $hash;
foreach my $key (keys %$_) {
}
}
$query = ($query ? { '-and' => [ $cond, $query ] } : $cond);
- $self->result_source->related_source($rel)->resultset->search($query, $attrs);
+ $self->result_source->related_source($rel)->resultset->search(
+ $query, $attrs
+ );
};
}
$obj->count_related('relname', $cond, $attrs);
-Returns the count of all the items in the related resultset, restricted by
-the current item or where conditions. Can be called on a L<DBIx::Classl::Manual::Glossary/"ResultSet"> or a L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Glossary/"Row"> object.
+Returns the count of all the items in the related resultset, restricted by the
+current item or where conditions. Can be called on a
+L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Glossary/"ResultSet"> or a
+L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Glossary/"Row"> object.
=cut
my $new_obj = $obj->new_related('relname', \%col_data);
Create a new item of the related foreign class. If called on a
-L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Glossary/"Row"> object, it will magically
-set any primary key values into foreign key columns for you. The newly
-created item will not be saved into your storage until you call C<insert>
+L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Glossary/"Row"> object, it will magically set any
+primary key values into foreign key columns for you. The newly created item
+will not be saved into your storage until you call L<DBIx::Class::Row/insert>
on it.
=cut
my $found_item = $obj->find_related('relname', @pri_vals | \%pri_vals);
Attempt to find a related object using its primary key or unique constraints.
-See C<find> in L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> for details.
+See L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/find> for details.
=cut
return $self->search_related($rel)->find(@_);
}
+=head2 find_or_new_related
+
+ my $new_obj = $obj->find_or_new_related('relname', \%col_data);
+
+Find an item of a related class. If none exists, instantiate a new item of the
+related class. The object will not be saved into your storage until you call
+L<DBIx::Class::Row/insert> on it.
+
+=cut
+
+sub find_or_new_related {
+ my $self = shift;
+ return $self->find_related(@_) || $self->new_related(@_);
+}
+
=head2 find_or_create_related
my $new_obj = $obj->find_or_create_related('relname', \%col_data);
-Find or create an item of a related class. See C<find_or_create> in
-L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> for details.
+Find or create an item of a related class. See
+L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/find_or_create> for details.
=cut
return $self->find_related(@_) || $self->create_related(@_);
}
+=head2 update_or_create_related
+
+ my $updated_item = $obj->update_or_create_related('relname', \%col_data, \%attrs?);
+
+Update or create an item of a related class. See
+L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet/update_or_create> for details.
+
+=cut
+
+sub update_or_create_related {
+ my $self = shift;
+ my $rel = shift;
+ return $self->related_resultset($rel)->update_or_create(@_);
+}
+
=head2 set_from_related
$book->set_from_related('author', $author_obj);
example, to set the correct author for a book, find the Author object, then
call set_from_related on the book.
-The columns are only set in the local copy of the object, call C<update> to set
-them in the storage.
+The columns are only set in the local copy of the object, call L</update> to
+set them in the storage.
=cut
my $rel_obj = $self->relationship_info($rel);
$self->throw_exception( "No such relationship ${rel}" ) unless $rel_obj;
my $cond = $rel_obj->{cond};
- $self->throw_exception( "set_from_related can only handle a hash condition; the "
- ."condition for $rel is of type ".(ref $cond ? ref $cond : 'plain scalar'))
- unless ref $cond eq 'HASH';
- my $f_class = $self->result_source->schema->class($rel_obj->{class});
- $self->throw_exception( "Object $f_obj isn't a ".$f_class )
- unless $f_obj->isa($f_class);
+ $self->throw_exception(
+ "set_from_related can only handle a hash condition; the ".
+ "condition for $rel is of type ".
+ (ref $cond ? ref $cond : 'plain scalar')
+ ) unless ref $cond eq 'HASH';
+ if (defined $f_obj) {
+ my $f_class = $self->result_source->schema->class($rel_obj->{class});
+ $self->throw_exception( "Object $f_obj isn't a ".$f_class )
+ unless $f_obj->isa($f_class);
+ }
$self->set_columns(
$self->result_source->resolve_condition(
$rel_obj->{cond}, $f_obj, $rel));
$book->update_from_related('author', $author_obj);
-As C<set_from_related>, but the changes are immediately updated onto your
-storage.
+The same as L</"set_from_related">, but the changes are immediately updated
+in storage.
=cut