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NAME
DBIx::Class::Schema - composable schemas
SYNOPSIS
package Library::Schema;
use base qw/DBIx::Class::Schema/;
# load all Result classes in Library/Schema/Result/
__PACKAGE__->load_namespaces();
package Library::Schema::Result::CD;
use base qw/DBIx::Class::Core/;
__PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/InflateColumn::DateTime/); # for example
__PACKAGE__->table('cd');
# Elsewhere in your code:
my $schema1 = Library::Schema->connect(
$dsn,
$user,
$password,
{ AutoCommit => 1 },
);
my $schema2 = Library::Schema->connect($coderef_returning_dbh);
# fetch objects using Library::Schema::Result::DVD
my $resultset = $schema1->resultset('DVD')->search( ... );
my @dvd_objects = $schema2->resultset('DVD')->search( ... );
DESCRIPTION
Creates database classes based on a schema. This is the recommended way to use DBIx::Class
and allows you to use more than one concurrent connection with your classes.
NB: If you're used to Class::DBI it's worth reading the "SYNOPSIS" carefully, as
DBIx::Class does things a little differently. Note in particular which module inherits off
which.
SETUP METHODS
load_namespaces
Arguments: %options?
package MyApp::Schema;
__PACKAGE__->load_namespaces();
__PACKAGE__->load_namespaces(
result_namespace => 'Res',
resultset_namespace => 'RSet',
default_resultset_class => '+MyApp::Othernamespace::RSet',
);
With no arguments, this method uses Module::Find to load all of the Result and ResultSet
classes under the namespace of the schema from which it is called. For example,
"My::Schema" will by default find and load Result classes named "My::Schema::Result::*"
and ResultSet classes named "My::Schema::ResultSet::*".
ResultSet classes are associated with Result class of the same name. For example,
"My::Schema::Result::CD" will get the ResultSet class "My::Schema::ResultSet::CD" if it is
present.
Both Result and ResultSet namespaces are configurable via the "result_namespace" and
"resultset_namespace" options.
Another option, "default_resultset_class" specifies a custom default ResultSet class for
Result classes with no corresponding ResultSet.
All of the namespace and classname options are by default relative to the schema
classname. To specify a fully-qualified name, prefix it with a literal "+". For example,
"+Other::NameSpace::Result".
Warnings
You will be warned if ResultSet classes are discovered for which there are no matching
Result classes like this:
load_namespaces found ResultSet class $classname with no corresponding Result class
If a ResultSource instance is found to already have a ResultSet class set using
resultset_class to some other class, you will be warned like this:
We found ResultSet class '$rs_class' for '$result_class', but it seems
that you had already set '$result_class' to use '$rs_set' instead
Examples
# load My::Schema::Result::CD, My::Schema::Result::Artist,
# My::Schema::ResultSet::CD, etc...
My::Schema->load_namespaces;
# Override everything to use ugly names.
# In this example, if there is a My::Schema::Res::Foo, but no matching
# My::Schema::RSets::Foo, then Foo will have its
# resultset_class set to My::Schema::RSetBase
My::Schema->load_namespaces(
result_namespace => 'Res',
resultset_namespace => 'RSets',
default_resultset_class => 'RSetBase',
);
# Put things in other namespaces
My::Schema->load_namespaces(
result_namespace => '+Some::Place::Results',
resultset_namespace => '+Another::Place::RSets',
);
To search multiple namespaces for either Result or ResultSet classes, use an arrayref of
namespaces for that option. In the case that the same result (or resultset) class exists
in multiple namespaces, later entries in the list of namespaces will override earlier
ones.
My::Schema->load_namespaces(
# My::Schema::Results_C::Foo takes precedence over My::Schema::Results_B::Foo :
result_namespace => [ 'Results_A', 'Results_B', 'Results_C' ],
resultset_namespace => [ '+Some::Place::RSets', 'RSets' ],
);
load_classes
Arguments: @classes?, { $namespace => [ @classes ] }+
"load_classes" is an alternative method to "load_namespaces", both of which serve similar
purposes, each with different advantages and disadvantages. In the general case you
should use "load_namespaces", unless you need to be able to specify that only specific
classes are loaded at runtime.
With no arguments, this method uses Module::Find to find all classes under the schema's
namespace. Otherwise, this method loads the classes you specify (using use), and registers
them (using "register_class").
It is possible to comment out classes with a leading "#", but note that perl will think
it's a mistake (trying to use a comment in a qw list), so you'll need to add "no warnings
'qw';" before your load_classes call.
If any classes found do not appear to be Result class files, you will get the following
warning:
Failed to load $comp_class. Can't find source_name method. Is
$comp_class really a full DBIC result class? Fix it, move it elsewhere,
or make your load_classes call more specific.
Example:
My::Schema->load_classes(); # loads My::Schema::CD, My::Schema::Artist,
# etc. (anything under the My::Schema namespace)
# loads My::Schema::CD, My::Schema::Artist, Other::Namespace::Producer but
# not Other::Namespace::LinerNotes nor My::Schema::Track
My::Schema->load_classes(qw/ CD Artist #Track /, {
Other::Namespace => [qw/ Producer #LinerNotes /],
});
storage_type
Arguments: $storage_type|{$storage_type, \%args}
Return Value: $storage_type|{$storage_type, \%args}
Default value: DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI
Set the storage class that will be instantiated when "connect" is called. If the
classname starts with "::", the prefix "DBIx::Class::Storage" is assumed by "connect".
You want to use this to set subclasses of DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI in cases where the
appropriate subclass is not autodetected.
If your storage type requires instantiation arguments, those are defined as a second
argument in the form of a hashref and the entire value needs to be wrapped into an
arrayref or a hashref. We support both types of refs here in order to play nice with your
Config::[class] or your choice. See DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated for an example
of this.
exception_action
Arguments: $code_reference
Return Value: $code_reference
Default value: None
When "throw_exception" is invoked and "exception_action" is set to a code reference, this
reference will be called instead of "throw" in DBIx::Class::Exception, with the exception
message passed as the only argument.
Your custom throw code must rethrow the exception, as "throw_exception" is an integral
part of DBIC's internal execution control flow.
Example:
package My::Schema;
use base qw/DBIx::Class::Schema/;
use My::ExceptionClass;
__PACKAGE__->exception_action(sub { My::ExceptionClass->throw(@_) });
__PACKAGE__->load_classes;
# or:
my $schema_obj = My::Schema->connect( .... );
$schema_obj->exception_action(sub { My::ExceptionClass->throw(@_) });
stacktrace
Arguments: boolean
Whether "throw_exception" should include stack trace information. Defaults to false
normally, but defaults to true if $ENV{DBIC_TRACE} is true.
sqlt_deploy_hook
Arguments: $sqlt_schema
An optional sub which you can declare in your own Schema class that will get passed the
SQL::Translator::Schema object when you deploy the schema via "create_ddl_dir" or
"deploy".
For an example of what you can do with this, see "Adding Indexes And Functions To Your
SQL" in DBIx::Class::Manual::Cookbook.
Note that sqlt_deploy_hook is called by "deployment_statements", which in turn is called
before "deploy". Therefore the hook can be used only to manipulate the
SQL::Translator::Schema object before it is turned into SQL fed to the database. If you
want to execute post-deploy statements which can not be generated by SQL::Translator, the
currently suggested method is to overload "deploy" and use dbh_do.
METHODS
connect
Arguments: @connectinfo
Return Value: $new_schema
Creates and returns a new Schema object. The connection info set on it is used to create a
new instance of the storage backend and set it on the Schema object.
See "connect_info" in DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI for DBI-specific syntax on the
@connectinfo argument, or DBIx::Class::Storage in general.
Note that "connect_info" expects an arrayref of arguments, but "connect" does not.
"connect" wraps its arguments in an arrayref before passing them to "connect_info".
Overloading
"connect" is a convenience method. It is equivalent to calling
$schema->clone->connection(@connectinfo). To write your own overloaded version, overload
"connection" instead.
resultset
Arguments: $source_name
Return Value: $resultset
my $rs = $schema->resultset('DVD');
Returns the DBIx::Class::ResultSet object for the registered source name.
sources
Return Value: @source_names
my @source_names = $schema->sources;
Lists names of all the sources registered on this Schema object.
source
Arguments: $source_name
Return Value: $result_source
my $source = $schema->source('Book');
Returns the DBIx::Class::ResultSource object for the registered source name.
class
Arguments: $source_name
Return Value: $classname
my $class = $schema->class('CD');
Retrieves the Result class name for the given source name.
txn_do
Arguments: $coderef, @coderef_args?
Return Value: The return value of $coderef
Executes $coderef with (optional) arguments @coderef_args atomically, returning its result
(if any). Equivalent to calling $schema->storage->txn_do. See "txn_do" in
DBIx::Class::Storage for more information.
This interface is preferred over using the individual methods "txn_begin", "txn_commit",
and "txn_rollback" below.
WARNING: If you are connected with "AutoCommit => 0" the transaction is considered nested,
and you will still need to call "txn_commit" to write your changes when appropriate. You
will also want to connect with "auto_savepoint => 1" to get partial rollback to work, if
the storage driver for your database supports it.
Connecting with "AutoCommit => 1" is recommended.
txn_scope_guard
Runs "txn_scope_guard" on the schema's storage. See "txn_scope_guard" in
DBIx::Class::Storage.
txn_begin
Begins a transaction (does nothing if AutoCommit is off). Equivalent to calling
$schema->storage->txn_begin. See "txn_begin" in DBIx::Class::Storage for more information.
txn_commit
Commits the current transaction. Equivalent to calling $schema->storage->txn_commit. See
"txn_commit" in DBIx::Class::Storage for more information.
txn_rollback
Rolls back the current transaction. Equivalent to calling $schema->storage->txn_rollback.
See "txn_rollback" in DBIx::Class::Storage for more information.
storage
my $storage = $schema->storage;
Returns the DBIx::Class::Storage object for this Schema. Grab this if you want to turn on
SQL statement debugging at runtime, or set the quote character. For the default storage,
the documentation can be found in DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI.
populate
Arguments: $source_name, [ \@column_list, \@row_values+ ] | [ \%col_data+ ]
Return Value: \@result_objects (scalar context) | @result_objects (list context)
A convenience shortcut to "populate" in DBIx::Class::ResultSet. Equivalent to:
$schema->resultset($source_name)->populate([...]);
NOTE
The context of this method call has an important effect on what is submitted to
storage. In void context data is fed directly to fastpath insertion routines provided
by the underlying storage (most often "execute_for_fetch" in DBI), bypassing the new
and insert calls on the Result class, including any augmentation of these methods
provided by components. For example if you are using something like
DBIx::Class::UUIDColumns to create primary keys for you, you will find that your PKs
are empty. In this case you will have to explicitly force scalar or list context in
order to create those values.
connection
Arguments: @args
Return Value: $new_schema
Similar to "connect" except sets the storage object and connection data in-place on the
Schema class. You should probably be calling "connect" to get a proper Schema object
instead.
Overloading
Overload "connection" to change the behaviour of "connect".
compose_namespace
Arguments: $target_namespace, $additional_base_class?
Return Value: $new_schema
For each DBIx::Class::ResultSource in the schema, this method creates a class in the
target namespace (e.g. $target_namespace::CD, $target_namespace::Artist) that inherits
from the corresponding classes attached to the current schema.
It also attaches a corresponding DBIx::Class::ResultSource object to the new $schema
object. If $additional_base_class is given, the new composed classes will inherit from
first the corresponding class from the current schema then the base class.
For example, for a schema with My::Schema::CD and My::Schema::Artist classes,
$schema->compose_namespace('My::DB', 'Base::Class');
print join (', ', @My::DB::CD::ISA) . "\n";
print join (', ', @My::DB::Artist::ISA) ."\n";
will produce the output
My::Schema::CD, Base::Class
My::Schema::Artist, Base::Class
svp_begin
Creates a new savepoint (does nothing outside a transaction). Equivalent to calling
$schema->storage->svp_begin. See "svp_begin" in DBIx::Class::Storage for more
information.
svp_release
Releases a savepoint (does nothing outside a transaction). Equivalent to calling
$schema->storage->svp_release. See "svp_release" in DBIx::Class::Storage for more
information.
svp_rollback
Rollback to a savepoint (does nothing outside a transaction). Equivalent to calling
$schema->storage->svp_rollback. See "svp_rollback" in DBIx::Class::Storage for more
information.
clone
Arguments: %attrs?
Return Value: $new_schema
Clones the schema and its associated result_source objects and returns the copy. The
resulting copy will have the same attributes as the source schema, except for those
attributes explicitly overridden by the provided %attrs.
throw_exception
Arguments: $message
Throws an exception. Obeys the exemption rules of DBIx::Class::Carp to report errors from
outer-user's perspective. See "exception_action" for details on overriding this method's
behavior. If "stacktrace" is turned on, "throw_exception"'s default behavior will provide
a detailed stack trace.
deploy
Arguments: \%sqlt_args, $dir
Attempts to deploy the schema to the current storage using SQL::Translator.
See "METHODS" in SQL::Translator for a list of values for "\%sqlt_args". The most common
value for this would be "{ add_drop_table => 1 }" to have the SQL produced include a "DROP
TABLE" statement for each table created. For quoting purposes supply "quote_identifiers".
Additionally, the DBIx::Class parser accepts a "sources" parameter as a hash ref or an
array ref, containing a list of source to deploy. If present, then only the sources listed
will get deployed. Furthermore, you can use the "add_fk_index" parser parameter to prevent
the parser from creating an index for each FK.
deployment_statements
Arguments: See "deployment_statements" in DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI
Return Value: $listofstatements
A convenient shortcut to "$self->storage->deployment_statements($self, @args)". Returns
the statements used by "deploy" and "deploy" in DBIx::Class::Storage.
create_ddl_dir
Arguments: See "create_ddl_dir" in DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI
A convenient shortcut to "$self->storage->create_ddl_dir($self, @args)".
Creates an SQL file based on the Schema, for each of the specified database types, in the
given directory.
ddl_filename
Arguments: $database-type, $version, $directory, $preversion
Return Value: $normalised_filename
my $filename = $table->ddl_filename($type, $version, $dir, $preversion)
This method is called by "create_ddl_dir" to compose a file name out of the supplied
directory, database type and version number. The default file name format is:
"$dir$schema-$version-$type.sql".
You may override this method in your schema if you wish to use a different format.
WARNING
Prior to DBIx::Class version 0.08100 this method had a different signature:
my $filename = $table->ddl_filename($type, $dir, $version, $preversion)
In recent versions variables $dir and $version were reversed in order to
bring the signature in line with other Schema/Storage methods. If you
really need to maintain backward compatibility, you can do the following
in any overriding methods:
($dir, $version) = ($version, $dir) if ($DBIx::Class::VERSION < 0.08100);
thaw
Provided as the recommended way of thawing schema objects. You can call "Storable::thaw"
directly if you wish, but the thawed objects will not have a reference to any schema, so
are rather useless.
freeze
This doesn't actually do anything beyond calling nfreeze, it is just provided here for
symmetry.
dclone
Arguments: $object
Return Value: dcloned $object
Recommended way of dcloning DBIx::Class::Row and DBIx::Class::ResultSet objects so their
references to the schema object (which itself is not cloned) are properly maintained.
schema_version
Returns the current schema class' $VERSION in a normalised way.
register_class
Arguments: $source_name, $component_class
This method is called by "load_namespaces" and "load_classes" to install the found classes
into your Schema. You should be using those instead of this one.
You will only need this method if you have your Result classes in files which are not
named after the packages (or all in the same file). You may also need it to register
classes at runtime.
Registers a class which isa DBIx::Class::ResultSourceProxy. Equivalent to calling:
$schema->register_source($source_name, $component_class->result_source_instance);
register_source
Arguments: $source_name, $result_source
This method is called by "register_class".
Registers the DBIx::Class::ResultSource in the schema with the given source name.
unregister_source
Arguments: $source_name
Removes the DBIx::Class::ResultSource from the schema for the given source name.
register_extra_source
Arguments: $source_name, $result_source
As "register_source" but should be used if the result class already has a source and you
want to register an extra one.
compose_connection (DEPRECATED)
Arguments: $target_namespace, @db_info
Return Value: $new_schema
DEPRECATED. You probably wanted compose_namespace.
Actually, you probably just wanted to call connect.
FURTHER QUESTIONS?
Check the list of additional DBIC resources.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This module is free software copyright by the DBIx::Class (DBIC) authors. You can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the DBIx::Class library.