NAME

Interchange6::Schema::Base::Attribute

DESCRIPTION

The Attribute base class is consumed by classes with attribute relationships like Interchange6::Schema::Result::User, Interchange6::Schema::Result::Navigation and Interchange6::Schema::Result::Product.

Assumptions

This module assumes that your using standardized class naming.

example: User in this example is the $base class so UserAttribute, UserAttributeValue class naming would be used. These would also use user_attributes_id and user_attributes_values_id as primary keys. In general follow the example classes listed in description.

SYNOPSIS

$navigation_object->add_attribute('meta_title','My very seductive title here!');

METHODS

add_attribute

Add attribute.

$base->add_attribute('hair_color', 'blond');

Where 'hair_color' is Attribute and 'blond' is AttributeValue

update_attribute_value

Update base attribute value

$base->update_attribute('hair_color', 'brown');

delete_attribute

Delete $base attribute

$base->delete_attribute('hair_color', 'purple');

search_attributes

Returns attributes resultset for a $base object

$rs = $base->search_attributes;

You can pass conditions and attributes to the search like for any DBIx::Class::ResultSet, e.g.:

$rs = $base->search_attributes(
    undef, { order_by => 'priority desc' });

find_attribute_value

Finds the attribute value for the current object or a defined object value. If $object is passed the entire attribute_value object will be returned. $args can accept both scalar and hash inputs.

$base->find_attribute_value({name => $attr_name, priority => $attr_priority}, {object => 1});

find_or_create_attribute

Find or create attribute and attribute_value.

find_base_attribute_value

From a $base->attribute input $base_attribute, $base_attribute_value is returned.