HTML::FormFu::Model::DBIC.3pm

Langue: en

Version: 2009-12-10 (fedora - 01/12/10)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

HTML::FormFu::Model::DBIC - Integrate HTML::FormFu with DBIx::Class

SYNOPSIS

Example of typical use in a Catalyst controller:
     sub edit : Chained {
         my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
         
         my $form = $c->stash->{form};
         my $book = $c->stash->{book};
         
         if ( $form->submitted_and_valid ) {
             
             # update dbic row with submitted values from form
             
             $form->model->update( $book );
             
             $c->response->redirect( $c->uri_for('view', $book->id) );
             return;
         }
         elsif ( !$form->submitted ) {
             
             # use dbic row to set form's default values
             
             $form->model->default_values( $book );
         }
         
         return;
     }
 
 

SETUP

For the form object to be able to access your DBIx::Class schema, it needs to be placed on the form stash, with the name "schema".

This is easy if you're using Catalyst-Controller-HTML-FormFu, as you can set this up to happen in your Catalyst app's config file.

For example, if your model is named "MyApp::Model::Corp", you would set this (in Config::General format):

     <Controller::HTML::FormFu>
         <model_stash>
             schema Corp
         </model_stash>
     </Controller::HTML::FormFu>
 
 

Or if your app's config file is in YAML format:

     'Controller::HTML::FormFu':
         model_stash:
             schema: Corp
 
 

METHODS

default_values

Arguments: $dbic_row, [\%config]

Return Value: $form

     $form->model->default_values( $dbic_row );
 
 

Set a form's default values from the database, to allow a user to edit them.

update

Arguments: [$dbic_row], [\%config]

Return Value: $dbic_row

     $form->model->update( $dbic_row );
 
 

Update the database with the submitted form values.

create

Arguments: [\%config]

Return Value: $dbic_row

     my $dbic_row = $form->model->create( {resultset => 'Book'} );
 
 

Like ``update'', but doesn't require a $dbic_row argument.

You need to ensure the DBIC schema is available on the form stash - see ``SYNOPSIS'' for an example config.

The "resultset" must be set either in the method arguments, or the form or block's "model_config".

An example of setting the ResultSet name on a Form:

     ---
     model_config:
       resultset: FooTable
     
     elements:
       # [snip]
 
 

options_from_model

Populates a multi-valued field with values from the database.

This method should not be called directly, but is called for you during "$form->process" by fields that inherit from HTML::FormFu::Element::_Group. This includes:

HTML::FormFu::Element::Select
HTML::FormFu::Element::Checkboxgroup
HTML::FormFu::Element::Radiogroup
HTML::FormFu::Element::ComboBox

To use you must set the appropriate "resultset" on the element "model_config":

     element:
       - type: Select
         name: foo
         model_config:
           resultset: TableClass
 
 

BUILDING FORMS

single table

To edit the values in a row with no related rows, the field names simply have to correspond to the database column names.

For the following DBIx::Class schema:

     package MySchema::Book;
     use base 'DBIx::Class';
     
     __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/ Core /);
     
     __PACKAGE__->table("book");
     
     __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
         id     => { data_type => "INTEGER" },
         title  => { data_type => "TEXT" },
         author => { data_type => "TEXT" },
         blurb  => { data_type => "TEXT" },
     );
     
     __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key("id");
     
     1;
 
 

A suitable form for this might be:

     elements:
       - type: Text
         name: title
       
       - type: Text
         name: author
       
       - type: Textarea
         name: blurb
 
 

might_have and has_one relationships

Set field values from a related row with a "might_have" or "has_one" relationship by placing the fields within a Block (or any element that inherits from Block, such as Fieldset) with its ``nested_name'' in HTML::FormFu set to the relationship name.

For the following DBIx::Class schemas:

     package MySchema::Book;
     use base 'DBIx::Class';
     
     __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/ Core /);
     
     __PACKAGE__->table("book");
     
     __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
         id    => { data_type => "INTEGER" },
         title => { data_type => "TEXT" },
     );
     
     __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key("id");
     
     __PACKAGE__->might_have( review => 'MySchema::Review', 'book' );
     
     1;
 
 
     package MySchema::Review;
     use base 'DBIx::Class';
     
     __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/ Core /);
     
     __PACKAGE__->table("review");
     
     __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
         id          => { data_type => "INTEGER" },
         book        => { data_type => "INTEGER", is_nullable => 1 },
         review_text => { data_type => "TEXT" },
     );
     
     __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key("book");
     
     __PACKAGE__->belongs_to( book => 'MySchema::Book' );
     
     1;
 
 

A suitable form for this would be:

     elements:
       - type: Text
         name: title
       
       - type: Block
         nested_name: review
         elements:
           - type: Textarea
             name: review_text
 
 

For "might_have" and "has_one" relationships, you generally shouldn't need to have a field for the related table's primary key, as DBIx::Class will handle retrieving the correct row automatically.

You can also set a "has_one" or "might_have" relationship using a multi value field like Select.

     elements:
       - type: Text
         name: title
       
       - type: Select
         nested: review
         model_config:
           resultset: Review
 
 

This will load all reviews into the select field. If you select a review from that list, a current relationship to a review is removed and the new one is added. This requires that the primary key of the "Review" table and the foreign key do not match.

has_many and many_to_many relationships

The general principle is the same as for "might_have" and "has_one" above, except you should use a Repeatable element instead of a Block, and it needs to contain a Hidden field corresponding to the foreign key.

The Repeatable block's nested_name must be set to the name of the relationship.

The Repeable block's increment_field_names must be true (which is the default value).

The Repeable block's counter_name must be set to the name of a Hidden field, which is placed outside of the Repeatable block. This field is used to store a count of the number of repetitions of the Repeatable block were created. When the form is submitted, this value is used during "$form->process" to ensure the form is rebuilt with the correct number of repetitions.

For the following DBIx::Class schemas:

     package MySchema::Book;
     use base 'DBIx::Class';
     
     __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/ Core /);
     
     __PACKAGE__->table("book");
     
     __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
         id    => { data_type => "INTEGER" },
         title => { data_type => "TEXT" },
     );
     
     __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key("id");
     
     __PACKAGE__->has_many( review => 'MySchema::Review', 'book' );
     
     1;
 
 
     package MySchema::Review;
     use base 'DBIx::Class';
     
     __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/ Core /);
     
     __PACKAGE__->table("review");
     
     __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
         book        => { data_type => "INTEGER" },
         review_text => { data_type => "TEXT" },
     );
     
     __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key("book");
     
     __PACKAGE__->belongs_to( book => 'MySchema::Book' );
     
     1;
 
 

A suitable form for this would be:

     elements:
       - type: Text
         name: title
       
       - type: Hidden
         name: review_count
       
       - type: Repeatable
         nested_name: review
         counter_name: review_count
         elements:
           - type: Hidden
             name: book
           
           - type: Textarea
             name: review_text
 
 

many_to_many selection

To select / deselect rows from a "many_to_many" relationship, you must use a multi-valued element, such as a Checkboxgroup or a Select with multiple set.

The field's name must be set to the name of the "many_to_many" relationship.

default_column
If you want to search / associate the related table by a column other it's primary key, set "$field->model_config->{default_column}".
     ---
     element:
         - type: Checkboxgroup
           name: authors
           model_config:
             default_column: foo
 
 

If you want to set columns on the link table you can do so if you add a "link_values" attribute to "model_config":

     ---
     element:
         - type: Checkboxgroup
           name: authors
           model_config:
             link_values:
               foo: bar
 
 

The default implementation will first remove all related objects and set the new ones (see <http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?DBIx::Class::Relationship::Base#set_$rel>). If you want to add the selected objects to the current set of objects set "additive" in the "model_config".

     ---
     element:
         - type: Checkboxgroup
           name: authors
           model_config:
             additive: 1
             options_from_model: 0
 
 

(<options_from_model> is set to 0 because this ``options_from_model'' will try to fetch all objects from the result class "Authors" if "model_config" is specified without a "resultset" attribute.)

COMMON ARGUMENTS

The following items are supported in the optional "config" hash-ref argument to the methods default_values, update and create.
base
If you want the method to process a particular Block element, rather than the whole form, you can pass the element as a "base" argument.
     $form->default_values(
         $row,
         {
             base => $formfu_element,
         },
     );
 
 
nested_base
If you want the method to process a particular Block element by name, you can pass the name as an argument.
     $form->default_values(
         $row,
         {
             nested_base => 'foo',
         }'
     );
 
 

CONFIGURATION

Config options for fields

The following items are supported as "model_config" options on form fields.
accessor
If set, "accessor" will be used as a method-name accessor on the "DBIx::Class" row object, instead of using the field name.
delete_if_empty
Useful for editing a ``might_have'' related row containing only one field.

If the submitted value is blank, the related row is deleted.

For the following DBIx::Class schemas:

     package MySchema::Book;
     use base 'DBIx::Class';
     
     __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/ Core /);
     
     __PACKAGE__->table("book");
     
     __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
         id    => { data_type => "INTEGER" },
         title => { data_type => "TEXT" },
     );
     
     __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key("id");
     
     __PACKAGE__->might_have( review => 'MySchema::Review', 'book' );
     
     1;
 
 
     package MySchema::Review;
     use base 'DBIx::Class';
     
     __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/ Core /);
     
     __PACKAGE__->table("review");
     
     __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
         book        => { data_type => "INTEGER" },
         review_text => { data_type => "TEXT" },
     );
     
     __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key("book");
     
     __PACKAGE__->belongs_to( book => 'MySchema::Book' );
     
     1;
 
 

A suitable form for this would be:

     elements:
       - type: Text
         name: title
       
       - type: Block
         nested_name: review
         elements:
           - type: Text
             name: review_text
             model_config:
               delete_if_empty: 1
 
 
label
To use a column value for a form field's label.

Config options for fields within a Repeatable block

delete_if_true
Intended for use on a Checkbox field.

If the checkbox is checked, the following occurs: for a has-many relationship, the related row is deleted; for a many-to-many relationship, the relationship link is removed.

An example of use might be:

     elements:
       - type: Text
         name: title
       
       - type: Hidden
         name: review_count
       
       - type: Repeatable
         nested_name: review
         counter_name: review_count
         elements:
           - type: Hidden
             name: book
           
           - type: Textarea
             name: review_text
           
           - type: Checkbox
             name: delete_review
             label: 'Delete Review?'
             model_config:
               delete_if_true: 1
 
 

Note: make sure the name of this field does not clash with one of your DBIx::Class::Row method names (e.g. ``delete'') - see ``CAVEATS''.

Config options for Repeatable blocks

empty_rows
For a Repeatable block corresponding to a has-many or many-to-many relationship, to allow the user to insert new rows, set "empty_rows" to the number of extra repetitions you wish added to the end of the Repeatable block.
new_rows_max
Set to the maximum number of new rows that a Repeatable block is allowed to add.

If not set, it will fallback to the value of "empty_rows".

Config options for options_from_model

The column used for the element values is set with the "model_config" value "id_column" - or if not set, the table's primary column is used.
     element:
       - type: Select
         name: foo
         model_config:
           resultset: TableClass
           id_column: pk_col
 
 

The column used for the element labels is set with the "model_config" value "label_column" - or if not set, the first text/varchar column found in the table is used - or if one is not found, the "id_column" is used instead.

     element:
       - type: Select
         name: foo
         model_config:
           resultset: TableClass
           label_column: label_col
 
 

To pass the database label values via the form's localization object, set "localize_label"

     element:
       - type: Select
         name: foo
         model_config:
           localize_label: 1
 
 

You can set a "condition", which will be passed as the 1st arguement to ``search'' in DBIx::Class::ResultSet.

     element:
       - type: Select
         name: foo
         model_config:
           resultset: TableClass
           condition:
             type: is_foo
 
 

You can set "attributes", which will be passed as the 2nd arguement to ``search'' in DBIx::Class::ResultSet.

FAQ

Add extra values not in the form

To update values to the database which weren't submitted to the form, you can first add them to the form with add_valid.
     my $passwd = generate_passwd();
     
     $form->add_valid( passwd => $passwd );
     
     $form->model->update( $row );
 
 

"add_valid" works for fieldnames that don't exist in the form.

Set a field read only

You can make a field read only. The value of such fields cannot be changed by the user even if they submit a value for it.
   $field->model_config->{read_only} = 1;
   
   - Name: field
     model_config:
       read_only: 1
 
 

See HTML::FormFu::Element::Label.

DEPRECATED

new_empty_row

Is deprecated and provided only for backwards compatability. Will be removed at some point in the future.

See "empty_rows" in ``Config options for Repeatable blocks'' instead.

new_empty_row_multi

Is deprecated and provided only for backwards compatability. Will be removed at some point in the future.

See "new_rows_max" in ``Config options for Repeatable blocks'' instead.

Range constraint

The suggestion to use a "Range" constraint on the "count" field to limit the number of repetitions of a Repeatable block, has been withdrawn.

This was only useful in the case that there were no initial rows to be edited, otherwise the "max()" value could not be known ahead of time.

See "empty_rows" in ``Config options for Repeatable blocks'' instead.

CAVEATS

To ensure your column's inflators and deflators are called, we have to get / set values using their named methods, and not with "get_column" / "set_column".

Because of this, beware of having column names which clash with DBIx::Class built-in method-names, such as "delete". - It will have obviously undesirable results!

SUPPORT

Project Page:

http://code.google.com/p/html-formfu/ <http://code.google.com/p/html-formfu/>

Mailing list:

http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/html-formfu <http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/html-formfu>

Mailing list archives:

http://lists.scsys.co.uk/pipermail/html-formfu/ <http://lists.scsys.co.uk/pipermail/html-formfu/>

BUGS

Please submit bugs / feature requests to http://code.google.com/p/html-formfu/issues/list <http://code.google.com/p/html-formfu/issues/list> (preferred) or <http://rt.perl.org>.

SUBVERSION REPOSITORY

The publicly viewable subversion code repository is at http://html-formfu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/HTML-FormFu-Model-DBIC <http://html-formfu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/HTML-FormFu-Model-DBIC>.

If you wish to contribute, you'll need a GMAIL email address. Then just ask on the mailing list for commit access.

If you wish to contribute but for some reason really don't want to sign up for a GMAIL account, please post patches to the mailing list (although you'll have to wait for someone to commit them).

If you have commit permissions, use the HTTPS repository url: https://html-formfu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/HTML-FormFu-Model-DBIC <https://html-formfu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/HTML-FormFu-Model-DBIC>

SEE ALSO

HTML::FormFu, DBIx::Class, Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu

AUTHOR

Carl Franks

CONTRIBUTORS

Based on the code of "DBIx::Class::HTML::FormFu", which was contributed to by:

Adam Herzog

Daisuke Maki

Mario Minati

Copyright (C) 2007 by Carl Franks

Based on the original source code of DBIx::Class::HTMLWidget, copyright Thomas Klausner.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

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