package MyAppDB::Author;
use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
# Load required DBIC stuff
__PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/PK::Auto Core/);
# Set the table name
__PACKAGE__->table('authors');
# Set columns in table
__PACKAGE__->add_columns(qw/id first_name last_name/);
# Set the primary key for the table
__PACKAGE__->set_primary_key(qw/id/);
#
# Set relationships:
#
# has_many():
# args:
# 1) Name of relationship, DBIC will create accessor with this name
# 2) Name of the model class referenced by this relationship
# 3) Column name in *foreign* table
__PACKAGE__->has_many(book_author => 'MyAppDB::BookAuthor', 'author_id');
# many_to_many():
# args:
# 1) Name of relationship, DBIC will create accessor with this name
# 2) Name of has_many() relationship this many_to_many() is shortcut for
# 3) Name of belongs_to() relationship in model class of has_many() above
# You must already have the has_many() defined to use a many_to_many().
__PACKAGE__->many_to_many(books => 'book_author', 'book');
=head1 NAME
MyAppDB::Author - A model object representing an author of a book (if a book has
multiple authors, each will be represented be separate Author object).
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This is an object that represents a row in the 'authors' table of your application
database. It uses DBIx::Class (aka, DBIC) to do ORM.
For Catalyst, this is designed to be used through MyApp::Model::MyAppDB.
Offline utilities may wish to use this class directly.
=cut
1;