DBIx::Simple::Class - Advanced object construction for DBIx::Simple!

INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

	perl Makefile.PL
	make
	make test
	make install

DESCRIPTION

This module is writen to replace most of the abstraction stuff from the base 
model class in the MYDLjE project on github, but can be used independently as well. 

The class provides some useful methods which simplify representing rows from 
tables as Perl objects. It is not intended to be a full featured ORM at all.
It does not support relational mapping. This is left to the developer
It is rather a database row abstraction. If you have to do complicated  SQL queries use directly 
L<DBIx::Simple/query> method.  
Last but not least, this module has no dependencies besides DBIx::Simple.

SYNOPSIS

  
  #1. In your class representing a template for a row in a database table or view
  package My::Model::AdminUser;
  use base DBIx::Simple::Class;

  #sql to be used as table
  sub TABLE { 'users' }
  #alternative syntax: use constant TABLE =>'users';
  
  sub COLUMNS {[qw(id group_id login_name login_password first_name last_name)]}

  #used to validate params to field-setters
  my $_CHECKS = {
    id => { allow => qr/^\d+$/x },
    group_id => { allow => qr/^\d+$/x },
    login_name => {required => 1, allow => qr/^\p{IsAlnum}{4,12}$/x},
    #...
  };
  sub CHECKS{$_CHECKS}
  1;#end of My::Model::AdminUser

  #2. In as startup script or subroutine
  $app->{dbix} = DBIx::Simple->connect(...);
  #and/or
  DBIx::Simple::Class->dbix( $app->{dbix} );

  #3. usage 
  use My::Model::AdminUser;
  my $user = $dbix->select(
    My::Model::AdminUser->TABLE,
    '*',
    {login_name => 'fred'}
  )->object('My::Model::AdminUser')
  $user->first_name('Fred')->last_name('Flintstone');
  $user->save; #update user
  #....
  my $user = My::Model::AdminUser->new(
    login_name => 'fred',
    first_name => 'Fred',
    last_name =>'Flintstone'
  );
  $user->save();#insert new user
  print "new user has id:".$user->id;
  #...
  #select many
  my @admins = $dbix->select(
    My::Model::AdminUser->TABLE,
    My::Model::AdminUser->COLUMNS,
    My::Model::AdminUser->WHERE
  )->objects(My::Model::AdminUser);


SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the
perldoc command.

    perldoc DBIx::Simple::Class

You can also look for information at:

    The project wiki
        https://github.com/kberov/DBIx--Simple--Class/wiki

    AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation
        http://annocpan.org/dist/DBIx-Simple-Class

    CPAN Ratings
        http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/DBIx-Simple-Class

    Search CPAN
        http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBIx-Simple-Class/


LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2012 Красимир Беров

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.