Support add_columns('+colname'=>{...}) syntax to augment column definitions.

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 08728f8..b300e60 100644 (file)
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Revision history for DBIx::Class
           attribute
         - Fix ambiguity in default directory handling of create_ddl_dir
           (RT#54063)
+        - Support add_columns('+colname' => { ... }) to augment column
+          definitions.
 
 0.08120 2010-02-24 08:58:00 (UTC)
         - Make sure possibly overwritten deployment_statements methods in

diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class.pm
index 56f94dc..0207ec8 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class.pm
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ gphat: Cory G Watson <gphat@cpan.org>
 
 groditi: Guillermo Roditi <groditi@cpan.org>
 
+hobbs: Andrew Rodland <arodland@cpan.org>
+
 ilmari: Dagfinn Ilmari MannsE<aring>ker <ilmari@ilmari.org>
 
 jasonmay: Jason May <jason.a.may@gmail.com>

diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource.pm
index ebbf960..d872d1c 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSource.pm
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ The column names given will be created as accessor methods on your
 L<DBIx::Class::Row> objects. You can change the name of the accessor
 by supplying an L</accessor> in the column_info hash.
 
+If a column name beginning with a plus sign ('+col1') is provided, the
+attributes provided will be merged with any existing attributes for the
+column, with the new attributes taking precedence in the case that an
+attribute already exists. Using this without a hashref 
+(C<< $source->add_columns(qw/+col1 +col2/) >>) is legal, but useless --
+it does the same thing it would do without the plus.
+
 The contents of the column_info are not set in stone. The following
 keys are currently recognised/used by DBIx::Class:
 
@@ -288,9 +295,17 @@ sub add_columns {
   my @added;
   my $columns = $self->_columns;
   while (my $col = shift @cols) {
+    my $column_info = {};
+    if ($col =~ s/^\+//) {
+      $column_info = $self->column_info($col);
+    }
+
     # If next entry is { ... } use that for the column info, if not
     # use an empty hashref
-    my $column_info = ref $cols[0] ? shift(@cols) : {};
+    if (ref $cols[0]) {
+      my $new_info = shift(@cols);
+      %$column_info = (%$column_info, %$new_info);
+    }
     push(@added, $col) unless exists $columns->{$col};
     $columns->{$col} = $column_info;
   }

diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSourceProxy.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSourceProxy.pm
index 6af0202..feb0a59 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSourceProxy.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/ResultSourceProxy.pm
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ sub add_columns {
   my $source = $class->result_source_instance;
   $source->add_columns(@cols);
   foreach my $c (grep { !ref } @cols) {
+    # If this is an augment definition get the real colname.
+    $c =~ s/^\+//;
+
     $class->register_column($c => $source->column_info($c));
   }
 }

diff --git a/t/lib/DBICTest/Schema/Event.pm b/t/lib/DBICTest/Schema/Event.pm
index 0c477c8..d5bd0be 100644 (file)
--- a/t/lib/DBICTest/Schema/Event.pm
+++ b/t/lib/DBICTest/Schema/Event.pm
@@ -15,12 +15,22 @@ __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
   starts_at => { data_type => 'date' },
 
   created_on => { data_type => 'timestamp' },
-  varchar_date => { data_type => 'varchar', inflate_date => 1, size => 20, is_nullable => 1 },
-  varchar_datetime => { data_type => 'varchar', inflate_datetime => 1, size => 20, is_nullable => 1 },
+  varchar_date => { data_type => 'varchar', size => 20, is_nullable => 1 },
+  varchar_datetime => { data_type => 'varchar', size => 20, is_nullable => 1 },
   skip_inflation => { data_type => 'datetime', inflate_datetime => 0, is_nullable => 1 },
   ts_without_tz => { data_type => 'datetime', is_nullable => 1 }, # used in EventTZPg
 );
 
 __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key('id');
 
+# Test add_columns '+colname' to augment a column definition.
+__PACKAGE__->add_columns(
+  '+varchar_date' => {
+    inflate_date => 1,
+  },
+  '+varchar_datetime' => {
+    inflate_datetime => 1,
+  },
+);
+
 1;