HTML::FormHandler::ModUserCContributed Perl DHTML::FormHandler::Model::CDBI(3)NAMEHTML::FormHandler::Model::CDBI - Class::DBI model class
(non-functioning)
VERSION
version 0.35005
SYNOPSIS
package MyApplication::Form::User;
use strict;
use base 'HTML::FormHandler::Model::CDBI';
# Associate this form with a CDBI class
has '+item_class' => ( default => 'MyDB::User' );
# Define the fields that this form will operate on
sub field_list {
return {
[
name => 'Text',
age => 'PosInteger',
sex => 'Select',
birthdate => 'DateTimeDMYHM',
]
};
}
DESCRIPTION
A Class::DBI database model for HTML::FormHandler
I don't use CDBI, so this module almost certainly doesn't work. It is
only being left here as a starting point in case somebody is interested
in getting it to work.
Patches and tests gratefully accepted.
METHODS
item_class
The name of your database class.
init_item
This is called first time $form->item is called. It does the
equivalent of:
return $self->item_class->retrieve( $self->item_id );
guess_field_type
Pass in a column and assigns field types. Must set $self->item_class
to return the related item class. Returns the type in scalar context,
returns the type and maybe the related table in list context.
Currently returns:
DateTime - for a has_a relationship that isa DateTime
Select - for a has_a relationship
Multiple - for a has_many
DateTime - if the field ends in _time
Text - otherwise
lookup_options
Returns a array reference of key/value pairs for the column passed in.
Calls $field->label_column to get the column name to use as the label.
The default is "name". The labels are sorted by Perl's cmp sort.
If there is an "active" column then only active are included, with the
exception being if the form (item) has currently selected the inactive
item. This allows existing records that reference inactive items to
still have those as valid select options. The inactive labels are
formatted with brackets to indicate in the select list that they are
inactive.
The active column name is determined by calling:
$active_col = $form->can( 'active_column' )
? $form->active_column
: $field->active_column;
Which allows setting the name of the active column globally if your
tables are consistantly named (all lookup tables have the same column
name to indicate they are active), or on a per-field basis.
In addition, if the foreign class is the same as the item's class (or
the class returned by item_class) then options pointing to item are
excluded. The reason for this is for a table column that points to the
same table (self referenced), such as a "parent" column. The
assumption is that a record cannot be its own parent.
init_value
Populate $field->value with object ids from the CDBI object. If the
column expands to more than one object then an array ref is set.
validate_model
Validates fields that are dependent on the model. Currently, "unique"
fields are checked to make sure they are unique.
This validation happens after other form validation. The form already
has any field values entered in $field->value at this point.
validate_unique
Checks that the value for the field is not currently in the database.
items_same
Returns true if the two passed in cdbi objects are the same object. If
both are undefined returns true.
obj_key
returns a key for a given object, or undef if the object is undefined.
AUTHOR
FormHandler Contributors - see HTML::FormHandler
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Gerda Shank.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
perl v5.14.1 2011-10-08 HTML::FormHandler::Model::CDBI(3)
