DbFramework::Attribute - Attribute class


NAME

DbFramework::Attribute - Attribute class


SYNOPSIS

  use DbFramework::Attribute;
  my $a = new DbFramework::Attribute($name,$default_value,$is_optional,$data_type);
  $name  = $a->name($name);
  $value = $a->default_value($value);
  $opt   = $a->is_optional($boolean);
  $type  = $a->references($data_type);
  $bgc   = $a->bgcolor($bgcolor);
  $sql   = $a->as_sql;
  $s     = $a->as_string;
  $html  = $a->as_html_form_field($value,$type);
  $html  = $a->as_html_heading($bgcolor);


DESCRIPTION

A DbFramework::Attribute object represents an attribute (column) in a table (entity).


SUPERCLASSES

DbFramework::Util


CLASS METHODS

new($name,$default_value,$is_optional,$data_type)

Create a new DbFramework::Attribute object. $name is the name of the attribute. $default_value is the default value for the attribute. $is_optional should be set to true if the attribute is optional or false. $data_type is a DbFramework::DataType object.

name($name)

If $name is supplied sets the attribute name. Returns the attribute name.

default_value($value)

If $value is supplied sets the default value for the attribute. $value should be compatible with the the data type set by references(). Returns the default value for the attribute.

is_optional($boolean)

If $boolean is supplied sets the optionality of the attribute (i.e. whether it can contain NULLs.) $boolean should evaluate to true or false. Returns the optionality of the attribute.

references($data_type)

If $data_type is supplied sets the data type of the attribute. $data_type is an ANSII data type object i.e. DbFramework::DataType::ANSII or a driver-specific object e.g. DbFramework::DataType::Mysql. Returns the data type object.

bgcolor($bgcolor)

If $color is supplied sets the background colour for HTML table headings returned by as_html_heading(). Returns the current background colour.

as_sql($dbh)

Returns a string which can be used to create a column in an SQL 'CREATE TABLE' statement. $dbh is a DBI handle.

as_html_form_field($value,$type)

Returns an HTML form field representation of the attribute. The HTML field type produced depends on the name of object returned by data_type(). This can be overidden by setting $type. $value is the default value to be entered in the generated field.

as_string()

Return attribute details as a text string.

as_html_heading($bgcolor)

Returns a string for use as a column heading cell in an HTML table. $bgcolor is the background colour to use for the heading.


SEE ALSO

the DbFramework::DataType::ANSII manpage and the DbFramework::DataType::Mysql manpage.


AUTHOR

Paul Sharpe <paul@miraclefish.com>


COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1997,1998,1999 Paul Sharpe. England. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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