NAME

OpenPlugin::Datasource - Datasource connection manager plugin

SYNOPSIS

 my $dbh  = $OP->datasource->connect( 'MyDataSourceName' );
 my $ldap = $OP->datasource->connect( 'LDAP_DataSourceName' );

 ...

 $OP->datasource->disconnect( 'MyDataSourceName' );

DESCRIPTION

This plugin provides a simple means of connecting to datasources such as DBI, LDAP or any other type of connections needed. It caches the connections for reuse throughout the lifetime of the application, although it contains no behavior (yet) for keeping the connections alive.

METHODS

connect( $datasource_name, [ \%datasource_info ] )

Returns a datasource mapping to $datasource_name. Datasources are defined in the config file.

disconnect( $datasource_name )

Disconnects datasource $datasource_name.

shutdown()

Disconnects all datasources.

BUGS

None known.

TO DO

Nothing known.

SEE ALSO

See the individual datasource drivers for details on configuration and usage.

OpenPlugin, OpenPlugin::Datasource::DBI, OpenPlugin::Datasource::LDAP

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001-2003 Eric Andreychek. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHORS

Eric Andreychek <eric@openthought.net>