NAME

Mandel::Model - An object modelling a document

DESCRIPTION

This class is used to descrieb the structure of document in mongodb.

ATTRIBUTES

collection_name

The name of the collection in the database. Default is the plural form of "name".

collection_class

The class name of the collection class. This default to Mandel::Collection.

document_class

The class name of the document this description is attached to. Default to an autogenerated class name.

name

The name of this model. Same as given to "model" in Mandel and "collection" in Mandel.

METHODS

field

$self = $self->field('name', %args);
$self = $self->field(['name1', 'name2'], %args);

Used to define new field(s) to the document.

relationship

$rel_obj = $self->relationship($type => $field_name => 'Other::Document::Class');
$rel_obj = $self->relationship($field_name);

This method is used to describe a relationship between two documents.

See Mandel::Relationship::BelongsTo, Mandel::Relationship::HasMany or Mandel::Relationship::HasOne.

new_collection

$self->new_collection($connection);

Returns a new instance of "collection_class".

SEE ALSO

Mojolicious, Mango, Mandel

AUTHOR

Jan Henning Thorsen - jhthorsen@cpan.org