package DBIx::Class::Ordered;
use strict;
use warnings;
use base qw( DBIx::Class );
use List::Util 'first';
use namespace::clean;
=head1 NAME
DBIx::Class::Ordered - Modify the position of objects in an ordered list.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
Create a table for your ordered data.
CREATE TABLE items (
item_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
name TEXT NOT NULL,
position INTEGER NOT NULL
);
Optionally, add one or more columns to specify groupings, allowing you
to maintain independent ordered lists within one table:
CREATE TABLE items (
item_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
name TEXT NOT NULL,
position INTEGER NOT NULL,
group_id INTEGER NOT NULL
);
Or even
CREATE TABLE items (
item_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
name TEXT NOT NULL,
position INTEGER NOT NULL,
group_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
other_group_id INTEGER NOT NULL
);
In your Schema or DB class add "Ordered" to the top
of the component list.
__PACKAGE__->load_components(qw( Ordered ... ));
Specify the column that stores the position number for
each row.
package My::Item;
__PACKAGE__->position_column('position');
If you are using one grouping column, specify it as follows:
__PACKAGE__->grouping_column('group_id');
Or if you have multiple grouping columns:
__PACKAGE__->grouping_column(['group_id', 'other_group_id']);
That's it, now you can change the position of your objects.
#!/use/bin/perl
use My::Item;
my $item = My::Item->create({ name=>'Matt S. Trout' });
# If using grouping_column:
my $item = My::Item->create({ name=>'Matt S. Trout', group_id=>1 });
my $rs = $item->siblings();
my @siblings = $item->siblings();
my $sibling;
$sibling = $item->first_sibling();
$sibling = $item->last_sibling();
$sibling = $item->previous_sibling();
$sibling = $item->next_sibling();
$item->move_previous();
$item->move_next();
$item->move_first();
$item->move_last();
$item->move_to( $position );
$item->move_to_group( 'groupname' );
$item->move_to_group( 'groupname', $position );
$item->move_to_group( {group_id=>'groupname', 'other_group_id=>'othergroupname'} );
$item->move_to_group( {group_id=>'groupname', 'other_group_id=>'othergroupname'}, $position );
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This module provides a simple interface for modifying the ordered
position of DBIx::Class objects.
=head1 AUTO UPDATE
All of the move_* methods automatically update the rows involved in
the query. This is not configurable and is due to the fact that if you
move a record it always causes other records in the list to be updated.
=head1 METHODS
=head2 position_column
__PACKAGE__->position_column('position');
Sets and retrieves the name of the column that stores the
positional value of each record. Defaults to "position".
=cut
__PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( 'position_column' => 'position' );
=head2 grouping_column
__PACKAGE__->grouping_column('group_id');
This method specifies a column to limit all queries in
this module by. This effectively allows you to have multiple
ordered lists within the same table.
=cut
__PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( 'grouping_column' );
=head2 null_position_value
__PACKAGE__->null_position_value(undef);
This method specifies a value of L</position_column> which B<would
never be assigned to a row> during normal operation. When
a row is moved, its position is set to this value temporarily, so
that any unique constraints can not be violated. This value defaults
to 0, which should work for all cases except when your positions do
indeed start from 0.
=cut
__PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( 'null_position_value' => 0 );
=head2 siblings
my $rs = $item->siblings();
my @siblings = $item->siblings();
Returns an B<ordered> resultset of all other objects in the same
group excluding the one you called it on.
The ordering is a backwards-compatibility artifact - if you need
a resultset with no ordering applied use L</_siblings>
=cut
sub siblings {
my $self = shift;
return $self->_siblings->search ({}, { order_by => $self->position_column } );
}
=head2 previous_siblings
my $prev_rs = $item->previous_siblings();
my @prev_siblings = $item->previous_siblings();
Returns a resultset of all objects in the same group
positioned before the object on which this method was called.
=cut
sub previous_siblings {
my $self = shift;
my $position_column = $self->position_column;
my $position = $self->get_column ($position_column);
return ( defined $position
? $self->_siblings->search ({ $position_column => { '<', $position } })
: $self->_siblings
);
}
=head2 next_siblings
my $next_rs = $item->next_siblings();
my @next_siblings = $item->next_siblings();
Returns a resultset of all objects in the same group
positioned after the object on which this method was called.
=cut
sub next_siblings {
my $self = shift;
my $position_column = $self->position_column;
my $position = $self->get_column ($position_column);
return ( defined $position
? $self->_siblings->search ({ $position_column => { '>', $position } })
: $self->_siblings
);
}
=head2 previous_sibling
my $sibling = $item->previous_sibling();
Returns the sibling that resides one position back. Returns 0
if the current object is the first one.
=cut
sub previous_sibling {
my $self = shift;
my $position_column = $self->position_column;
my $psib = $self->previous_siblings->search(
{},
{ rows => 1, order_by => { '-desc' => $position_column } },
)->single;
return defined $psib ? $psib : 0;
}
=head2 first_sibling
my $sibling = $item->first_sibling();
Returns the first sibling object, or 0 if the first sibling
is this sibling.
=cut
sub first_sibling {
my $self = shift;
my $position_column = $self->position_column;
my $fsib = $self->previous_siblings->search(
{},
{ rows => 1, order_by => { '-asc' => $position_column } },
)->single;
return defined $fsib ? $fsib : 0;
}
=head2 next_sibling
my $sibling = $item->next_sibling();
Returns the sibling that resides one position forward. Returns 0
if the current object is the last one.
=cut
sub next_sibling {
my $self = shift;
my $position_column = $self->position_column;
my $nsib = $self->next_siblings->search(
{},
{ rows => 1, order_by => { '-asc' => $position_column } },
)->single;
return defined $nsib ? $nsib : 0;
}
=head2 last_sibling
my $sibling = $item->last_sibling();
Returns the last sibling, or 0 if the last sibling is this
sibling.
=cut
sub last_sibling {
my $self = shift;
my $position_column = $self->position_column;
my $lsib = $self->next_siblings->search(
{},
{ rows => 1, order_by => { '-desc' => $position_column } },
)->single;
return defined $lsib ? $lsib : 0;
}
# an optimized method to get the last sibling position value without inflating a row object
sub _last_sibling_posval {
my $self = shift;
my $position_column = $self->position_column;
my $cursor = $self->next_siblings->search(
{},
{ rows => 1, order_by => { '-desc' => $position_column }, select => $position_column },
)->cursor;
my ($pos) = $cursor->next;
return $pos;
}
=head2 move_previous
$item->move_previous();
Swaps position with the sibling in the position previous in
the list. Returns 1 on success, and 0 if the object is
already the first one.
=cut
sub move_previous {
my $self = shift;
return $self->move_to ($self->_position - 1);
}
=head2 move_next
$item->move_next();
Swaps position with the sibling in the next position in the
list. Returns 1 on success, and 0 if the object is already
the last in the list.
=cut
sub move_next {
my $self = shift;
return 0 unless defined $self->_last_sibling_posval; # quick way to check for no more siblings
return $self->move_to ($self->_position + 1);
}
=head2 move_first
$item->move_first();
Moves the object to the first position in the list. Returns 1
on success, and 0 if the object is already the first.
=cut
sub move_first {
return shift->move_to( 1 );
}
=head2 move_last
$item->move_last();
Moves the object to the last position in the list. Returns 1
on success, and 0 if the object is already the last one.
=cut
sub move_last {
my $self = shift;
my $last_posval = $self->_last_sibling_posval;
return 0 unless defined $last_posval;
return $self->move_to( $self->_position_from_value ($last_posval) );
}
=head2 move_to
$item->move_to( $position );
Moves the object to the specified position. Returns 1 on
success, and 0 if the object is already at the specified
position.
=cut
sub move_to {
my( $self, $to_position ) = @_;
return 0 if ( $to_position < 1 );
my $position_column = $self->position_column;
if ($self->is_column_changed ($position_column) ) {
# something changed our position, we need to know where we
# used to be - use the stashed value
$self->store_column($position_column, delete $self->{_column_data_in_storage}{$position_column});
delete $self->{_dirty_columns}{$position_column};
}
my $from_position = $self->_position;
if ( $from_position == $to_position ) { # FIXME this will not work for non-numeric order
return 0;
}
my $guard = $self->result_source->schema->txn_scope_guard;
my ($direction, @between);
if ( $from_position < $to_position ) {
$direction = -1;
@between = map { $self->_position_value ($_) } ( $from_position + 1, $to_position );
}
else {
$direction = 1;
@between = map { $self->_position_value ($_) } ( $to_position, $from_position - 1 );
}
my $new_pos_val = $self->_position_value ($to_position); # record this before the shift
# we need to null-position the moved row if the position column is part of a constraint
if (grep { $_ eq $position_column } ( map { @$_ } (values %{{ $self->result_source->unique_constraints }} ) ) ) {
$self->_ordered_internal_update({ $position_column => $self->null_position_value });
}
$self->_shift_siblings ($direction, @between);
$self->_ordered_internal_update({ $position_column => $new_pos_val });
$guard->commit;
return 1;
}
=head2 move_to_group
$item->move_to_group( $group, $position );
Moves the object to the specified position of the specified
group, or to the end of the group if $position is undef.
1 is returned on success, and 0 is returned if the object is
already at the specified position of the specified group.
$group may be specified as a single scalar if only one
grouping column is in use, or as a hashref of column => value pairs
if multiple grouping columns are in use.
=cut
sub move_to_group {
my( $self, $to_group, $to_position ) = @_;
# if we're given a single value, turn it into a hashref
unless (ref $to_group eq 'HASH') {
my @gcols = $self->_grouping_columns;
$self->throw_exception ('Single group supplied for a multi-column group identifier') if @gcols > 1;
$to_group = {$gcols[0] => $to_group};
}
my $position_column = $self->position_column;
return 0 if ( defined($to_position) and $to_position < 1 );
# check if someone changed the _grouping_columns - this will
# prevent _is_in_group working, so we need to restore the
# original stashed values
for ($self->_grouping_columns) {
if ($self->is_column_changed ($_)) {
$self->store_column($_, delete $self->{_column_data_in_storage}{$_});
delete $self->{_dirty_columns}{$_};
}
}
if ($self->_is_in_group ($to_group) ) {
my $ret;
if (defined $to_position) {
$ret = $self->move_to ($to_position);
}
return $ret||0;
}
my $guard = $self->result_source->schema->txn_scope_guard;
# Move to end of current group to adjust siblings
$self->move_last;
$self->set_inflated_columns({ %$to_group, $position_column => undef });
my $new_group_last_posval = $self->_last_sibling_posval;
my $new_group_last_position = $self->_position_from_value (
$new_group_last_posval
);
if ( not defined($to_position) or $to_position > $new_group_last_position) {
$self->set_column(
$position_column => $new_group_last_position
? $self->_next_position_value ( $new_group_last_posval )
: $self->_initial_position_value
);
}
else {
my $bumped_pos_val = $self->_position_value ($to_position);
my @between = map { $self->_position_value ($_) } ($to_position, $new_group_last_position);
$self->_shift_siblings (1, @between); #shift right
$self->set_column( $position_column => $bumped_pos_val );
}
$self->_ordered_internal_update;
$guard->commit;
return 1;
}
=head2 insert
Overrides the DBIC insert() method by providing a default
position number. The default will be the number of rows in
the table +1, thus positioning the new record at the last position.
=cut
sub insert {
my $self = shift;
my $position_column = $self->position_column;
unless ($self->get_column($position_column)) {
my $lsib_posval = $self->_last_sibling_posval;
$self->set_column(
$position_column => (defined $lsib_posval
? $self->_next_position_value ( $lsib_posval )
: $self->_initial_position_value
)
);
}
return $self->next::method( @_ );
}
=head2 update
Overrides the DBIC update() method by checking for a change
to the position and/or group columns. Movement within a
group or to another group is handled by repositioning
the appropriate siblings. Position defaults to the end
of a new group if it has been changed to undef.
=cut
sub update {
my $self = shift;
# this is set by _ordered_internal_update()
return $self->next::method(@_) if $self->result_source->schema->{_ORDERED_INTERNAL_UPDATE};
my $upd = shift;
$self->set_inflated_columns($upd) if $upd;
my $position_column = $self->position_column;
my @group_columns = $self->_grouping_columns;
# see if the order is already changed
my $changed_ordering_cols = { map { $_ => $self->get_column($_) } grep { $self->is_column_changed($_) } ($position_column, @group_columns) };
# nothing changed - short circuit
if (! keys %$changed_ordering_cols) {
return $self->next::method( undef, @_ );
}
elsif (defined first { exists $changed_ordering_cols->{$_} } @group_columns ) {
$self->move_to_group(
# since the columns are already re-set the _grouping_clause is correct
# move_to_group() knows how to get the original storage values
{ $self->_grouping_clause },
# The FIXME bit contradicts the documentation: POD states that
# when changing groups without supplying explicit positions in
# move_to_group(), we push the item to the end of the group.
# However when I was rewriting this, the position from the old
# group was clearly passed to the new one
# Probably needs to go away (by ribasushi)
(exists $changed_ordering_cols->{$position_column}
? $changed_ordering_cols->{$position_column} # means there was a position change supplied with the update too
: $self->_position # FIXME! (replace with undef)
),
);
}
else {
$self->move_to($changed_ordering_cols->{$position_column});
}
return $self;
}
=head2 delete
Overrides the DBIC delete() method by first moving the object
to the last position, then deleting it, thus ensuring the
integrity of the positions.
=cut
sub delete {
my $self = shift;
my $guard = $self->result_source->schema->txn_scope_guard;
$self->move_last;
$self->next::method( @_ );
$guard->commit;
return $self;
}
# add the current position/group to the things we track old values for
sub _track_storage_value {
my ($self, $col) = @_;
return $self->next::method($col) || defined first { $_ eq $col } ($self->position_column, $self->_grouping_columns);
}
=head1 METHODS FOR EXTENDING ORDERED
You would want to override the methods below if you use sparse
(non-linear) or non-numeric position values. This can be useful
if you are working with preexisting non-normalised position data,
or if you need to work with materialized path columns.
=head2 _position_from_value
my $num_pos = $item->_position_from_value ( $pos_value )
Returns the B<absolute numeric position> of an object with a B<position
value> set to C<$pos_value>. By default simply returns C<$pos_value>.
=cut
sub _position_from_value {
my ($self, $val) = @_;
return 0 unless defined $val;
# #the right way to do this
# return $self -> _group_rs
# -> search({ $self->position_column => { '<=', $val } })
# -> count
return $val;
}
=head2 _position_value
my $pos_value = $item->_position_value ( $pos )
Returns the B<value> of L</position_column> of the object at numeric
position C<$pos>. By default simply returns C<$pos>.
=cut
sub _position_value {
my ($self, $pos) = @_;
# #the right way to do this (not optimized)
# my $position_column = $self->position_column;
# return $self -> _group_rs
# -> search({}, { order_by => $position_column })
# -> slice ( $pos - 1)
# -> single
# -> get_column ($position_column);
return $pos;
}
=head2 _initial_position_value
__PACKAGE__->_initial_position_value(0);
This method specifies a B<value> of L</position_column> which is assigned
to the first inserted element of a group, if no value was supplied at
insertion time. All subsequent values are derived from this one by
L</_next_position_value> below. Defaults to 1.
=cut
__PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( '_initial_position_value' => 1 );
=head2 _next_position_value
my $new_value = $item->_next_position_value ( $position_value )
Returns a position B<value> that would be considered C<next> with
regards to C<$position_value>. Can be pretty much anything, given
that C<< $position_value < $new_value >> where C<< < >> is the
SQL comparison operator (usually works fine on strings). The
default method expects C<$position_value> to be numeric, and
returns C<$position_value + 1>
=cut
sub _next_position_value {
return $_[1] + 1;
}
=head2 _shift_siblings
$item->_shift_siblings ($direction, @between)
Shifts all siblings with B<positions values> in the range @between
(inclusive) by one position as specified by $direction (left if < 0,
right if > 0). By default simply increments/decrements each
L</position_column> value by 1, doing so in a way as to not violate
any existing constraints.
Note that if you override this method and have unique constraints
including the L</position_column> the shift is not a trivial task.
Refer to the implementation source of the default method for more
information.
=cut
sub _shift_siblings {
my ($self, $direction, @between) = @_;
return 0 unless $direction;
my $position_column = $self->position_column;
my ($op, $ord);
if ($direction < 0) {
$op = '-';
$ord = 'asc';
}
else {
$op = '+';
$ord = 'desc';
}
$self->_group_rs
->search ({ $position_column => { -between => \@between } })
->update ({ $position_column => \ "$position_column $op 1" } );
}
# This method returns a resultset containing all members of the row
# group (including the row itself).
sub _group_rs {
my $self = shift;
return $self->result_source->resultset->search({$self->_grouping_clause()});
}
# Returns an unordered resultset of all objects in the same group
# excluding the object you called this method on.
sub _siblings {
my $self = shift;
my $position_column = $self->position_column;
my $pos;
return defined ($pos = $self->get_column($position_column))
? $self->_group_rs->search(
{ $position_column => { '!=' => $pos } },
)
: $self->_group_rs
;
}
# Returns the B<absolute numeric position> of the current object, with the
# first object being at position 1, its sibling at position 2 and so on.
sub _position {
my $self = shift;
return $self->_position_from_value ($self->get_column ($self->position_column) );
}
# This method returns one or more name=>value pairs for limiting a search
# by the grouping column(s). If the grouping column is not defined then
# this will return an empty list.
sub _grouping_clause {
my( $self ) = @_;
return map { $_ => $self->get_column($_) } $self->_grouping_columns();
}
# Returns a list of the column names used for grouping, regardless of whether
# they were specified as an arrayref or a single string, and returns ()
# if there is no grouping.
sub _grouping_columns {
my( $self ) = @_;
my $col = $self->grouping_column();
if (ref $col eq 'ARRAY') {
return @$col;
} elsif ($col) {
return ( $col );
} else {
return ();
}
}
# Returns true if the object is in the group represented by hashref $other
sub _is_in_group {
my ($self, $other) = @_;
my $current = {$self->_grouping_clause};
no warnings qw/uninitialized/;
return 0 if (
join ("\x00", sort keys %$current)
ne
join ("\x00", sort keys %$other)
);
for my $key (keys %$current) {
return 0 if $current->{$key} ne $other->{$key};
}
return 1;
}
# This is a short-circuited method, that is used internally by this
# module to update positioning values in isolation (i.e. without
# triggering any of the positioning integrity code).
#
# Some day you might get confronted by datasets that have ambiguous
# positioning data (e.g. duplicate position values within the same group,
# in a table without unique constraints). When manually fixing such data
# keep in mind that you can not invoke L<DBIx::Class::Row/update> like
# you normally would, as it will get confused by the wrong data before
# having a chance to update the ill-defined row. If you really know what
# you are doing use this method which bypasses any hooks introduced by
# this module.
sub _ordered_internal_update {
my $self = shift;
local $self->result_source->schema->{_ORDERED_INTERNAL_UPDATE} = 1;
return $self->update (@_);
}
1;
__END__
=head1 CAVEATS
=head2 Resultset Methods
Note that all Insert/Create/Delete overrides are happening on
L<DBIx::Class::Row> methods only. If you use the
L<DBIx::Class::ResultSet> versions of
L<update|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/update> or
L<delete|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/delete>, all logic present in this
module will be bypassed entirely (possibly resulting in a broken
order-tree). Instead always use the
L<update_all|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/update_all> and
L<delete_all|DBIx::Class::ResultSet/delete_all> methods, which will
invoke the corresponding L<row|DBIx::Class::Row> method on every
member of the given resultset.
=head2 Race Condition on Insert
If a position is not specified for an insert, a position
will be chosen based either on L</_initial_position_value> or
L</_next_position_value>, depending if there are already some
items in the current group. The space of time between the
necessary selects and insert introduces a race condition.
Having unique constraints on your position/group columns,
and using transactions (see L<DBIx::Class::Storage/txn_do>)
will prevent such race conditions going undetected.
=head2 Multiple Moves
Be careful when issuing move_* methods to multiple objects. If
you've pre-loaded the objects then when you move one of the objects
the position of the other object will not reflect their new value
until you reload them from the database - see
L<DBIx::Class::Row/discard_changes>.
There are times when you will want to move objects as groups, such
as changing the parent of several objects at once - this directly
conflicts with this problem. One solution is for us to write a
ResultSet class that supports a parent() method, for example. Another
solution is to somehow automagically modify the objects that exist
in the current object's result set to have the new position value.
=head2 Default Values
Using a database defined default_value on one of your group columns
could result in the position not being assigned correctly.
=head1 AUTHOR
Original code framework
Aran Deltac <bluefeet@cpan.org>
Constraints support and code generalisation
Peter Rabbitson <ribasushi@cpan.org>
=head1 LICENSE
You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.