Merge 'trunk' into 'DBIx-Class-current'

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

package DBIx::Class;

use strict;
use warnings;

use vars qw($VERSION);
use base qw/DBIx::Class::Componentised Class::Data::Accessor/;

sub mk_classdata { shift->mk_classaccessor(@_); }
sub component_base_class { 'DBIx::Class' }

# Always remember to do all digits for the version even if they're 0
# i.e. first release of 0.XX *must* be 0.XX000. This avoids fBSD ports
# brain damage and presumably various other packaging systems too

$VERSION = '0.05999_04';

sub MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES {
    my ($class,$code,@attrs) = @_;
    unless ($class->can('__attr_cache')) {
        $class->mk_classdata('__attr_cache');
        $class->__attr_cache({});
    }
    $class->__attr_cache->{$code} = [@attrs];
    return ();
}

sub _attr_cache {
    my $self = shift;
    my $cache = $self->can('__attr_cache') ? $self->__attr_cache : {};
    my $rest = eval { $self->next::method };
    return $@ ? $cache : { %$cache, %$rest };
}

1;

=head1 NAME 

DBIx::Class - Extensible and flexible object <-> relational mapper.

=head1 SYNOPSIS

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This is an SQL to OO mapper, inspired by the L<Class::DBI> framework, 
and meant to support compability with it, while restructuring the 
internals and making it possible to support some new features like 
self-joins, distinct, group bys and more.

This project is still at an early stage, so the maintainers don't make
any absolute promise that full backwards-compatibility will be supported;
however, if we can without compromising the improvements we're trying to
make, we will, and any non-compatible changes will merit a full justification
on the mailing list and a CPAN developer release for people to test against.

The community can be found via -

  Mailing list: http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/dbix-class/

  SVN: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/bast/trunk/DBIx-Class/

  Wiki: http://dbix-class.shadowcatsystems.co.uk/

  IRC: irc.perl.org#dbix-class

=head1 QUICKSTART

If you're using L<Class::DBI>, and want an easy and fast way of migrating to
DBIx::Class, take a look at L<DBIx::Class::CDBICompat>.

There are two ways of using DBIx::Class, the "simple" way and the "schema" way.
The "simple" way of using DBIx::Class needs less classes than the "schema"
way but doesn't give you the ability to easily use different database connections.

Some examples where different database connections are useful are:

different users with different rights
different databases with the same schema.

=head2 Simple

First you need to create a base class which all other classes will inherit from.
See L<DBIx::Class::DB> for information on how to do this.

Then you need to create a class for every table you want to use with DBIx::Class.
See L<DBIx::Class::Table> for information on how to do this.

=head2 Schema

With this approach, the table classes inherit directly from DBIx::Class::Core,
although it might be a good idea to create a "parent" class for all table
classes that inherits from DBIx::Class::Core and adds additional methods
needed by all table classes, e.g. reading a config file or loading auto primary
key support.

Look at L<DBIx::Class::Schema> for information on how to do this.

If you need more help, check out the introduction in the 
manual below.

=head1 SEE ALSO

=over 4

=item L<DBIx::Class::Core> - DBIC Core Classes

=item L<DBIx::Class::Manual> - User's manual

=item L<DBIx::Class::CDBICompat> - L<Class::DBI> Compat layer

=item L<DBIx::Class::Schema>

=item L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet>

=item L<DBIx::Class::ResultSource>

=item L<DBIx::Class::Row> - row-level methods

=item L<DBIx::Class::PK> - primary key methods

=item L<DBIx::Class::Relationship> - relationships between tables

=back

=head1 AUTHOR

Matt S. Trout <mst@shadowcatsystems.co.uk>

=head1 CONTRIBUTORS

Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>

Brian Cassidy <bricas@cpan.org>

Dan Kubb <dan.kubb-cpan@onautopilot.com>

Dan Sully <daniel@cpan.org>

David Kamholz <dkamholz@cpan.org>

Jules Bean

Marcus Ramberg <mramberg@cpan.org>

Paul Makepeace

CL Kao

Jess Robinson

Marcus Ramberg

Will Hawes

Todd Lipcon

Daniel Westermann-Clark <danieltwc@cpan.org>

Alexander Hartmaier <alex_hartmaier@hotmail.com>

Zbigniew Lukasiak

Nigel Metheringham <nigelm@cpan.org>

Jesper Krogh

Brandon Black

Christopher H. Laco

Scotty Allen <scotty@scottyallen.com>

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Justin Guenther <guentherj@agr.gc.ca>

Daisuke Murase <typester@cpan.org>

Scott McWhirter (konobi)

=head1 LICENSE

You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.

=cut