added cookbook example: setting default values

diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod b/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod
index 48edc40..9bdd280 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Manual/Cookbook.pod
@@ -110,4 +110,16 @@ illustrate:
        # book2author table equals the bookID of the books (using the bookID 
        # relationship table
 
+=head2 Setting default values
+
+It's as simple as overriding the C<new> method. Note the use of C<next::method>.
+
+    sub new {
+        my( $class, $attrs ) = @_; 
+        
+        $attrs->{ foo } = 'bar' unless defined $attrs->{ foo };
+        
+        $class->next::method( $attrs );
+    }
+
 =back