Maypole::Model::CDBI::Base(3pm)

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NAME

6       Maypole::Model::CDBI::Base - Model base class based on Class::DBI
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DESCRIPTION

9       This is a master model class which uses Class::DBI to do all the hard
10       work of fetching rows and representing them as objects. It is a good
11       model to copy if you're replacing it with other database abstraction
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14       It implements a base set of methods required for a Maypole Data Model.
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16       It inherits accessor and helper methods from Maypole::Model::Base.
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18   add_model_superclass
19       Adds model as superclass to model classes (if necessary)
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Action Methods

22       Action methods are methods that are accessed through web (or other
23       public) interface.
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25   do_edit
26       If there is an object in "$r->objects", then it should be edited with
27       the parameters in "$r->params"; otherwise, a new object should be
28       created with those parameters, and put back into "$r->objects".  The
29       template should be changed to "view", or "edit" if there were any
30       errors. A hash of errors will be passed to the template.
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32   view
33       This command shows the object using the view factory template.
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35   delete
36       Deprecated method that calls do_delete or a given classes delete
37       method, please use do_delete instead
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39   do_delete
40       Unsuprisingly, this command causes a database record to be forever
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43       This method replaces the, now deprecated, delete method provided in
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46   search
47       Deprecated searching method - use do_search instead.
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49   do_search
50       This action method searches for database records, it replaces the, now
51       deprecated, search method previously provided.
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53   list
54       The "list" method fills "$r->objects" with all of the objects in the
55       class. The results are paged using a pager.
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Helper Methods

58   adopt
59       This class method is passed the name of a model class that represents a
60       table and allows the master model class to do any set-up required.
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62   related
63       This method returns a list of has-many accessors. A brewery has many
64       beers, so "BeerDB::Brewery" needs to return "beers".
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66   related_class
67       Given an accessor name as a method, this function returns the class
68       this accessor returns.
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70   search_columns
71         $class->search_columns;
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73       Returns a list of columns suitable for searching - used in factory
74       templates, over-ridden in classes. Provides same list as
75       display_columns unless over-ridden.
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77   related_meta
78         $class->related_meta($col);
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80       Returns the hash ref of relationship meta info for a given column.
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82   stringify_column
83          Returns the name of the column to use when stringifying
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86   do_pager
87          Sets the pager template argument ($r->{template_args}{pager})
88          to a Class::DBI::Pager object based on the rows_per_page
89          value set in the configuration of the application.
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91          This pager is used via the pager macro in TT Templates, and
92          is also accessible via Mason.
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94   order
95           Returns the SQL order syntax based on the order parameter passed
96           to the request, and the valid columns.. i.e. 'title ASC' or 'date_created DESC'.
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98           $sql .= $self->order($r);
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100           If the order column is not a column of this table,
101           or an order argument is not passed, then the return value is undefined.
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103           Note: the returned value does not start with a space.
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105   fetch_objects
106       Returns 1 or more objects of the given class when provided with the
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109   _isa_class
110       Private method to return the class a column belongs to that was
111       inherited by an is_a relationship.  This should probably be public but
112       need to think of API
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114   column_type
115           my $type = $class->column_type('column_name');
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117       This returns the 'type' of this column (VARCHAR(20), BIGINT, etc.)  For
118       now, it returns "BOOL" for tinyints.
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120       TODO :: TEST with enums
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122   required_columns
123         Accessor to get/set required columns for forms, validation, etc.
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125         Returns list of required columns. Accepts an array ref of column names.
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127         $class->required_columns([qw/foo bar baz/]);
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129         Allows you to specify the required columns for a class, over-riding any
130         assumptions and guesses made by Maypole.
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132         Any columns specified as required will no longer be 'nullable' or optional, and
133         any columns not specified as 'required' will be 'nullable' or optional.
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135         The default for a column is nullable, or whatever is discovered from database
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138         Use this instead of $config->{$table}{required_cols}
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140         Note : you need to setup the model class before calling this method.
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142   column_required
143         Returns true if a column is required
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145         my $required = $class->column_required($column_name);
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147         Columns can be required by the application but not the database, but not the other way around,
148         hence there is also a column_nullable method which will tell you if the column is nullable
149         within the database itself.
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151   column_nullable
152         Returns true if a column can be NULL within the underlying database and false if not.
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154         my $nullable = $class->column_nullable($column_name);
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156         Any columns that are not nullable will automatically be specified as required, you can
157         also specify nullable columns as required within your application.
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159         It is recomended you use column_required rather than column_nullable within your
160         application, this method is more useful if extending the model or handling your own
161         validation.
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163   column_default
164       Returns default value for column or the empty string.  Columns with
165       NULL, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, or Zeros( 0000-00...) for dates and times have
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168   get_classmetadata
169       Gets class meta data *excluding cgi input* for the passed in class or
170       the calling class. *NOTE* excludes cgi inputs. This method is handy to
171       call from templates when you need some metadata for a related class.
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AUTHOR

177       Maypole is currently maintained by Aaron Trevena.
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AUTHOR EMERITUS

180       Simon Cozens, "simon#cpan.org"
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182       Simon Flack maintained Maypole from 2.05 to 2.09
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184       Sebastian Riedel, "sri#oook.de" maintained Maypole from 1.99_01 to 2.04
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LICENSE

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