updated CHANGES, removed debug code left by accident, added a bit of POD regarding...

[dbsrgits/DBIx-Class.git] / lib / DBIx / Class / Row.pm

diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Row.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Row.pm
index d58d957..bf2c408 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Row.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Row.pm
@@ -799,6 +799,29 @@ sub register_column {
   $class->mk_group_accessors('column' => $acc);
 }
 
+=head2 get_from_storage ($attrs)
+
+Returns a new Row which is whatever the Storage has for the currently created
+Row object.  You can use this to see if the storage has become inconsistent with
+whatever your Row object is.
+
+$attrs is expected to be a hashref of attributes suitable for passing as the
+second argument to $resultset->search($cond, $attrs);
+
+=cut
+
+sub get_from_storage {
+    my $self = shift @_;
+    my $attrs = shift @_;
+    my @primary_columns = map { $self->$_ } $self->primary_columns;
+    my $resultset = $self->result_source->resultset;
+    
+    if(defined $attrs) {
+       $resultset = $resultset->search(undef, $attrs);
+    }
+    
+    return $resultset->find(@primary_columns); 
+}
 
 =head2 throw_exception