1 package SQL::Translator::Schema::Object;
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27 SQL::Translator::Schema::Object - Base class SQL::Translator Schema objects.
33 Base class for Schema objects. Sub classes L<Class::Base> and adds the following
40 use base 'Class::Data::Inheritable';
41 use base 'Class::Base';
43 use vars qw[ $VERSION ];
45 $VERSION = sprintf "%d.%02d", q$Revision: 1.2 $ =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)/;
50 Derived classes should decalare their attributes using the C<_attributes>
51 method. They can then inherit the C<init> method from here which will call
52 accessors of the same name for any values given in the hash passed to C<new>.
53 Note that you will have to impliment the accessors your self and we expect perl
54 style methods; call with no args to get and with arg to set.
56 e.g. If we setup our class as follows;
58 package SQL::Translator::Schema::Table;
59 use base qw/SQL::Translator::Schema::Object/;
61 __PACKAGE__->_attributes( qw/schema name/ );
66 Then we can construct it with
68 my $table = SQL::Translator::Schema::Table->new(
73 and init will call C<< $table->name("foo") >> and C<< $table->schema($schema) >>
74 to set it up. Any undefined args will be ignored.
76 Multiple calls to C<_attributes> are cumulative and sub classes will inherit
77 their parents attribute names.
79 This is currently experimental, but will hopefull go on to form an introspection
80 API for the Schema objects.
85 __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata("__attributes");
86 __PACKAGE__->__attributes([]);
88 # Set the classes attribute names. Multiple calls are cumulative.
89 # We need to be careful to create a new ref so that all classes don't end up
90 # with the same ref and hence the same attributes!
93 if (@_) { $class->__attributes( [ @{$class->__attributes}, @_ ] ); }
94 return @{$class->__attributes};
97 # Call accessors for any args in hashref passed
99 my ( $self, $config ) = @_;
101 for my $arg ( $self->_attributes ) {
102 next unless defined $config->{$arg};
103 defined $self->$arg( $config->{$arg} ) or return;
110 #=============================================================================
124 Ken Y. Clark E<lt>kclark@cpan.orgE<gt>, Mark Addison E<lt>mark.addison@itn.co.ukE<gt>