use strict;
use warnings;
package Mixin::ExtraFields::Driver;
BEGIN {
$Mixin::ExtraFields::Driver::VERSION = '0.100971';
}
use Carp ();
use Sub::Install ();
=head1 NAME
Mixin::ExtraFields::Driver - a backend for extra field storage
=head1 VERSION
version 0.100971
=head1 SYNOPSIS
This is really not something you'd use on your own, it's just used by
Mixin::ExtraFields, but if you insist...
my $driver = Mixin::ExtraFields::Driver::Phlogiston->from_args(\%arg);
$driver->set($obj, $obj_id, flammable => "very!");
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Mixin::ExtraFields::Driver is a base class for drivers used by
Mixin::ExtraFields -- hence the name. A driver is expected to store and
retrieve data keyed to an object and a name or key. It can store this in any
way it likes, and does not need to guarantee persistence across processes.
=head1 SUBCLASSING
All drivers must implement the four methods listed below. The base class has
implementations of these methods which will die noisily (C<confess>-ing) when
called.
Almost all methods are passed the same data as their first two arguments:
C<$object>, the object for which the driver is to find or alter data, and
C<$id>, that object's unique id. While this may be slighly redundant, it keeps
the id-finding call in one place.
=head2 from_args
my $driver = Mixin::ExtraFields::Driver::Subclass->from_args(\%arg);
This method must return a driver object appropriate to the given args. It is
not called C<new> because it need not return a new object for each call to it.
Returning identical objects for identical configurations may be safe for some
driver implementations, and it is expressly allowed.
The arguments passed to this method are those given as the C<driver> option to
the C<fields> import group in Mixin::ExtraFields, less the C<class> option.
=head2 get_all_detailed_extra
my %extra = $driver->get_all_detailed_extra($object, $id);
This method must return all available information about all existing extra
fields for the given object. It must be returned as a list of name/value
pairs. The values must be references to hashes. Each hash must have an entry
for the key C<value> giving the value for that name.
=head2 set_extra
$driver->set_extra($object, $id, $name, $value);
This method must set the named extra to the given value.
=head2 delete_extra
$driver->delete_extra($object, $id, $name);
This method must delete the named extra, causing it to cease to exist.
=cut
BEGIN {
for my $name (qw(from_args get_all_detailed_extra set_extra delete_extra)) {
Sub::Install::install_sub({
as => $name,
code => sub { Carp::confess "method $name called but not implemented!" },
});
}
}
=head1 OPTIMIZING
The methods below can all be implemented in terms of those above. If they are
not provided by the subclass, basic implementations exist. These
implementations may be less efficient than implementations crafted for the
specifics of the storage engine behind the driver, so authors of driver
subclasses should consider implementing these methods.
=head2 get_all_extra
my %extra = $driver->get_all_extra($object, $id);
This method behaves like C<get_all_detailed_extra>, above, but provides the
entry's value, not a detailed hashref, as the value for each entry.
=cut
sub get_all_extra {
my ($self, $object, $id) = @_;
my %extra = $self->get_all_detailed_extra($object, $id);
my @simple = map { $_ => $extra{$_}{value} } keys %extra;
}
=head2 get_extra
=head2 get_detailed_extra
my $value = $driver->get_extra($object, $id, $name);
my $hash = $driver->get_detailed_extra($object, $id, $name);
These methods return a single value requested by name, either as the value
itself or a detailed hashref describing it.
=cut
sub get_extra {
my ($self, $object, $id, $name) = @_;
my $extra = $self->get_detailed_extra($object, $id, $name);
return $extra ? $extra->{value} : ();
}
sub get_detailed_extra {
my ($self, $object, $id, $name) = @_;
my %extra = $self->get_all_detailed_extra($object, $id);
return exists $extra{$name} ? $extra{$name} : ();
}
=head2 get_all_extra_names
my @names = $driver->get_all_extra_names($object, $id);
This method returns the names of all existing extras for the given object.
=cut
sub get_all_extra_names {
my ($self, $object, $id) = @_;
my %extra = $self->get_all_detailed_extra($object, $id);
return keys %extra;
}
=head2 exists_extra
if ($driver->exists_extra($object, $id, $name)) { ... }
This method returns true if an entry exists for the given name and false
otherwise.
=cut
sub exists_extra {
my ($self, $object, $id, $name) = @_;
my %extra = $self->get_all_detailed_extra($object, $id);
return exists $extra{ $name };
}
=head2 delete_all_extra
$driver->delete_all_extra($object, $id);
This method deletes all extras for the object, as per the C<delete_extra>
method.
=cut
sub delete_all_extra {
my ($self, $object, $id) = @_;
for my $name ($self->get_all_extra_names($object, $id)) {
$self->delete_extra($object, $id, $name);
}
}
=head1 AUTHOR
This code was written by Ricardo SIGNES. His code in 2006 was sponsored by
Listbox.
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2006, Ricardo SIGNES. This code is free software, and is
available under the same terms as perl itself.
=cut
1;