NAME

       Jifty::Collection - Collection of Jifty::Record objects

SYNOPSIS

         package Foo::Model::BarCollection
         use base qw/Jifty::Collection/;

DESCRIPTION

       This is a wrapper over Jifty::DBI::Collection that at the same time is a Jifty::Object.  To use it,
       subclass it.

       Alternatively, an 'anonymous' collection can be made by creating a new "Jifty::Collection" object, and
       calling "record_class('Application::Model::Foo')" or similar on it.

       In addition, each Jifty::Collection includes a Data::Page object to help with calculations related to
       paged data.  You should not call the "first_row" and "rows_per_page" methods from Jifty::DBI::Collection
       on a Jifty::Collection.  Instead, if you'd like to use paging, you should use the "set_page_info" method
       to set the number of records per page and first record on the current page, and you should use the
       Data::Page object returned by the "pager" method to get information related to paging.

MODEL

   pager
       Returns a Data::Page object associated with this collection.  This object defaults to 10 entries per
       page.  You should use only use Data::Page methods on this object to get information about paging, not to
       set it; use "set_page_info" to set paging information.

   results_are_readable
       If your results from the query are guaranteed to be readable by current_user, you can create the
       collection with "results_are_readable => 1".  This causes check_read_rights to bypass normal
       current_user_can checks.

   as_search_action PARAMHASH
       Returns the Jifty::Action::Record::Search action for the model associated with this collection.

       The PARAMHASH allows you to add additional parameters to pass to "new_action" in Jifty::Web.

   add_record
       If "results_are_readable" is false, only add records to the collection that we can read (by checking
       "check_read_rights" in Jifty::Record). Otherwise, make sure all records added are readable.

   implicit_clauses
       Defaults to ordering by the "id" column.

   jifty_serialize_format
       This returns an array reference of the individual records that make up this collection.

SEE ALSO

       Jifty::DBI::Collection, Jifty::Object, Jifty::Record

LICENSE

       Jifty is Copyright 2005-2010 Best Practical Solutions, LLC.  Jifty is distributed under the same terms as
       Perl itself.

perl v5.14.2                                       2010-12-10                             Jifty::Collection(3pm)