Workflow::Persister::DBI(3pm)

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NAME

6       Workflow::Persister::DBI - Persist workflow and history to DBI database
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VERSION

9       This documentation describes version 1.59 of this package
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SYNOPSIS

12        <persister name="MainDatabase"
13                   class="Workflow::Persister::DBI"
14                   dsn="DBI:mysql:database=workflows"
15                   user="wf"
16                   password="mypass"/>
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18        <persister name="BackupDatabase"
19                   class="Workflow::Persister::DBI"
20                   dsn="DBI:Pg:dbname=workflows"
21                   user="wf"
22                   password="mypass"
23                   date_format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"
24                   autocommit="0"
25                   workflow_table="wf"
26                   workflow_sequence="wf_seq"
27                   history_table="wf_history"
28                   history_sequence="wf_history_seq"/>
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30        <persister name="OtherDatabase"
31                   class="My::Persister::DBHFromElsewhere"
32                   driver="mysql"
33                   />
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DESCRIPTION

36       Main persistence class for storing the workflow and workflow history
37       records to a DBI-accessible datasource.
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39   Subclassing: Getting handle from elsewhere
40       A common need to create a subclass is to use a database handle created
41       with other means. For instance, OpenInteract has a central
42       configuration file for defining datasources, and the datasource will be
43       available in a predictable manner. So we can create a subclass to
44       provide the database handle on demand from the "CTX" object available
45       from everywhere. A sample implementation is below. (Note that in real
46       life we would just use SPOPS for this, but it is still a good example.)
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48        package Workflow::Persister::DBI::OpenInteractHandle;
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50        use strict;
51        use base qw( Workflow::Persister::DBI );
52        use OpenInteract2::Context qw( CTX );
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54        my @FIELDS = qw( datasource_name );
55        __PACKAGE__->mk_accessors( @FIELDS );
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57        # override parent method, assuming that we set the 'datasource'
58        # parameter in the persister declaration
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60        sub init {
61           my ( $self, $params ) = @_;
62           $self->datasource_name( $params->{datasource} );
63           my $ds_config = CTX->lookup_datasource_config( $self->datasource_name );
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65           # delegate the other assignment tasks to the parent class
66           $params->{driver} = $ds_config->{driver_name};
67           $self->SUPER::init( $params );
68        }
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70        # suppress the parent from trying to connect to the database
71        sub create_handle { return undef; }
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73        sub handle {
74            my ( $self ) = @_;
75            return CTX->datasource( $self->datasource_name );
76        }
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78   Subclassing: Changing fieldnames
79       Earlier versions of Workflow used the field 'user' to record in the
80       history the user making a state change or comment. Unfortunately 'user'
81       is a reserved word in our favorite database, PostgreSQL. (Oops.) So in
82       addition to changing the field to an assuredly-unreserved word
83       (workflow_user), we made the fieldnames customizable by subclasses.
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85       Just override either or both of the methods:
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87       get_workflow_fields()
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89       Return list of fields in this order:
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91         workflow_id, type, state, last_update
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93       get_history_fields()
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95       Return list of fields in this order:
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97         workflow_hist_id, workflow_id, action, description,
98         state, workflow_user, history_date
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100       Note that we may cache the results, so don't try and do anything weird
101       like change the fieldnames based on the workflow user or something...
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METHODS

104   Public Methods
105       All public methods are inherited from Workflow::Persister.
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107   Private Methods
108       init( \%params )
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110       Initializes the the instance by setting the connection parameters and
111       calling "create_handle". You are only required to provide 'dsn', which
112       is the full DBI DSN you normally use as the first argument to
113       "connect()".
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115       You can set these parameters in your persister configuration file and
116       they will be passed to init.
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118       You may also use:
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120       user
121           Name of user to login with.
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123       password
124           Password for "user" to login with.
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126       date_format
127           Date format to use when working with the database. Accepts a format
128           string that can be processed by the DateTime module. See
129           <http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/DateTime-0.39/lib/DateTime.pm#strftime_Specifiers>
130           for the format options.
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132           The default is '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M' for backward compatibility.
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134       autocommit
135           0 or 1 to turn autocommit off or on for the database handle.
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137           Setting autocommit to off will run Workflow with transactions. If
138           there is a failure somewhere and the persister supports it,
139           Workflow will attempt to roll back all database activity in the
140           current transaction.
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142           If you turn autocommit off, you must still commit transactions for
143           Workflow::Persister::DBI::ExtraData yourself. Also, if you are
144           sharing the database handle, you must be careful to not pass
145           control to the workflow engine with pending transactions as they
146           will be committed if the workflow actions are successful.
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148           The default autocommit value for the database handle is on.
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150       workflow_table
151           Table to use for persisting workflow. Default is 'workflow'.
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153       history_table
154           Table to use for persisting workflow history. Default is
155           'workflow_history'.
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157       You may also use parameters for the different types of ID generators.
158       See below under the "init_*_generator" for the necessary parameters for
159       your database.
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161       In addition to creating a database handle we parse the "dsn" to see
162       what driver we are using to determine how to generate IDs. We have the
163       ability to use automatically generated IDs for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and
164       SQLite. If your database is not included a randomly generated ID will
165       be used. (Default length of 8 characters, which you can modify with a
166       "id_length" parameter.)
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168       You can also create your own adapter for a different type of database.
169       Just check out the existing Workflow::Persister::DBI::AutoGeneratedId
170       and Workflow::Persister::DBI::SequenceId classes for examples.
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172       assign_generators( $driver, \%params )
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174       Given $driver and the persister parameters in "\%params", assign the
175       appropriate ID generators for both the workflow and history tables.
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177       Returns: nothing, but assigns the object properties
178       "workflow_id_generator" and "history_id_generator".
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180       assign_tables( \%params )
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182       Assign the table names from "\%params" (using 'workflow_table' and
183       'history_table') or use the defaults 'workflow' and 'workflow_history'.
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185       Returns: nothing, but assigns the object properties "workflow_table"
186       and "history_table".
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188       init_postgres_generators( \%params )
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190       Create ID generators for the workflow and history tables using
191       PostgreSQL sequences. You can specify the sequences used for the
192       workflow and history tables:
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194       workflow_sequence
195           Sequence for the workflow table. Default: 'workflow_seq'
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197       history_sequence
198           Sequence for the workflow history table. Default:
199           'workflow_history_seq'
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201       init_mysql_generators( \%params )
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203       Create ID generators for the workflow and history tables using the
204       MySQL 'auto_increment' type. No parameters are necessary.
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206       init_sqlite_generators( \%params )
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208       Create ID generators for the workflow and history tables using the
209       SQLite implicit increment. No parameters are necessary.
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211       init_random_generators( \%params )
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213       Create ID generators for the workflow and history tables using a random
214       set of characters. You can specify:
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216       id_length
217           Length of character sequence to generate. Default: 8.
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219       init_oracle_generators
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221       Create ID generators for the workflow and history tables using the
222       Oracle sequences. No parameters are necessary.
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224       create_handle
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226       Creates a database connection using DBI's "connect" method and returns
227       the resulting database handle. Override this method if you want to set
228       different options than the hard-coded ones, or when you want to use a
229       handle from elsewhere.
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231       The default implementation hard-codes these database handle settings:
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233           $dbh->{RaiseError} = 1;
234           $dbh->{PrintError} = 0;
235           $dbh->{ChopBlanks} = 1;
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237       create_workflow
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239       Serializes a workflow into the persistance entity configured by our
240       workflow.
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242       Takes a single parameter: a workflow object
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244       Returns a single value, a id for unique identification of out
245       serialized workflow for possible deserialization.
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247       fetch_workflow
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249       Deserializes a workflow from the persistance entity configured by our
250       workflow.
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252       Takes a single parameter: the unique id assigned to our workflow upon
253       serialization (see "create_workflow").
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255       Returns a hashref consisting of two keys:
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257       •   state, the workflows current state
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261       update_workflow
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263       Updates a serialized workflow in the persistance entity configured by
264       our workflow.
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266       Takes a single parameter: a workflow object
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268       Returns: Nothing
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270       create_history
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272       Serializes history records associated with a workflow object
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274       Takes two parameters: a workflow object and an array of workflow
275       history objects
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277       Returns: provided array of workflow history objects upon success
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279       fetch_history
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281       Deserializes history records associated with a workflow object
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283       Takes a single parameter: a workflow object
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285       Returns an array of workflow history objects upon success
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287       commit_transaction ( $wf )
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289       Commit the transaction for a workflow if autocommit is not enabled.
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291       Returns nothing
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293       rollback_transaction
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295       Rollsback the transaction for a workflow if autocommit is not enabled.
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COPYRIGHT

306       Copyright (c) 2003-2022 Chris Winters. All rights reserved.
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308       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
309       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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311       Please see the LICENSE
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AUTHORS

314       Please see Workflow
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