DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader::Base - Base DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader Implementation.


NAME

DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader::Base - Base DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader Implementation.


SYNOPSIS

See the DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader manpage


DESCRIPTION

This is the base class for the storage-specific DBIx::Class::Schema::* classes, and implements the common functionality between them.


CONSTRUCTOR OPTIONS

These constructor options are the base options for loader_opts in the DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader manpage. Available constructor options are:

skip_relationships

Skip setting up relationships. The default is to attempt the loading of relationships.

debug

If set to true, each constructive the DBIx::Class manpage statement the loader decides to execute will be warn-ed before execution.

db_schema

Set the name of the schema to load (schema in the sense that your database vendor means it). Does not currently support loading more than one schema name.

constraint

Only load tables matching regex. Best specified as a qr// regex.

exclude

Exclude tables matching regex. Best specified as a qr// regex.

moniker_map

Overrides the default table name to moniker translation. Can be either a hashref of table keys and moniker values, or a coderef for a translator function taking a single scalar table name argument and returning a scalar moniker. If the hash entry does not exist, or the function returns a false value, the code falls back to default behavior for that table name.

The default behavior is: join '', map ucfirst, split /[\W_]+/, lc $table, which is to say: lowercase everything, split up the table name into chunks anywhere a non-alpha-numeric character occurs, change the case of first letter of each chunk to upper case, and put the chunks back together. Examples:

    Table Name  | Moniker Name
    ---------------------------
    luser       | Luser
    luser_group | LuserGroup
    luser-opts  | LuserOpts

inflect_plural

Just like moniker_map above (can be hash/code-ref, falls back to default if hash key does not exist or coderef returns false), but acts as a map for pluralizing relationship names. The default behavior is to utilize to_PL in the Lingua::EN::Inflect::Number manpage.

inflect_singular

As inflect_plural above, but for singularizing relationship names. Default behavior is to utilize to_S in the Lingua::EN::Inflect::Number manpage.

additional_base_classes

List of additional base classes all of your table classes will use.

left_base_classes

List of additional base classes all of your table classes will use that need to be leftmost.

additional_classes

List of additional classes which all of your table classes will use.

components

List of additional components to be loaded into all of your table classes. A good example would be ResultSetManager.

resultset_components

List of additional ResultSet components to be loaded into your table classes. A good example would be AlwaysRS. Component ResultSetManager will be automatically added to the above components list if this option is set.

use_namespaces

Generate result class names suitable for load_namespaces in the DBIx::Class::Schema manpage and call that instead of load_classes in the DBIx::Class::Schema manpage. When using this option you can also specify any of the options for load_namespaces (i.e. result_namespace, resultset_namespace, default_resultset_class), and they will be added to the call (and the generated result class names adjusted appropriately).

dump_directory

This option is designed to be a tool to help you transition from this loader to a manually-defined schema when you decide it's time to do so.

The value of this option is a perl libdir pathname. Within that directory this module will create a baseline manual the DBIx::Class::Schema manpage module set, based on what it creates at runtime in memory.

The created schema class will have the same classname as the one on which you are setting this option (and the ResultSource classes will be based on this name as well).

Normally you wouldn't hard-code this setting in your schema class, as it is meant for one-time manual usage.

See dump_to_dir in the DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader manpage for examples of the recommended way to access this functionality.

dump_overwrite

Deprecated. See really_erase_my_files below, which does *not* mean the same thing as the old dump_overwrite setting from previous releases.

really_erase_my_files

Default false. If true, Loader will unconditionally delete any existing files before creating the new ones from scratch when dumping a schema to disk.

The default behavior is instead to only replace the top portion of the file, up to and including the final stanza which contains # DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! leaving any customizations you placed after that as they were.

When really_erase_my_files is not set, if the output file already exists, but the aforementioned final stanza is not found, or the checksum contained there does not match the generated contents, Loader will croak and not touch the file.

You should really be using version control on your schema classes (and all of the rest of your code for that matter). Don't blame me if a bug in this code wipes something out when it shouldn't have, you've been warned.


METHODS

None of these methods are intended for direct invocation by regular users of the DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader manpage. Anything you can find here can also be found via standard the DBIx::Class::Schema manpage methods somehow.

new

Constructor for the DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader::Base manpage, used internally by the DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader manpage.

load

Does the actual schema-construction work.

rescan

Arguments: schema

Rescan the database for newly added tables. Does not process drops or changes. Returns a list of the newly added table monikers.

The schema argument should be the schema class or object to be affected. It should probably be derived from the original schema_class used during load.

tables

Returns a sorted list of loaded tables, using the original database table names.

monikers

Returns a hashref of loaded table to moniker mappings. There will be two entries for each table, the original name and the ``normalized'' name, in the case that the two are different (such as databases that like uppercase table names, or preserve your original mixed-case definitions, or what-have-you).

classes

Returns a hashref of table to class mappings. In some cases it will contain multiple entries per table for the original and normalized table names, as above in monikers.


SEE ALSO

the DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader manpage

 DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader::Base - Base DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader Implementation.