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1 package Koha::Database;
3 # Copyright 2013 Catalyst IT
4 # chrisc@catalyst.net.nz
6 # This file is part of Koha.
8 # Koha is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
9 # terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
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21 =head1 NAME
23 Koha::Database
25 =head1 SYNOPSIS
27 use Koha::Database;
28 my $database = Koha::Database->new();
29 my $schema = $database->schema();
31 =head1 FUNCTIONS
33 =cut
35 use Modern::Perl;
36 use Carp;
37 use C4::Context;
38 use Koha::Schema;
39 use base qw(Class::Accessor);
41 __PACKAGE__->mk_accessors(qw( ));
43 # _new_schema
44 # Internal helper function (not a method!). This creates a new
45 # database connection from the data given in the current context, and
46 # returns it.
47 sub _new_schema {
49 my $context = C4::Context->new();
51 # we are letting C4::Context->dbh not set the RaiseError handle attribute
52 # for now for compatbility purposes
53 my $schema = Koha::Schema->connect( sub { C4::Context->dbh }, { unsafe => 1 } );
54 return $schema;
57 =head2 schema
59 $schema = $database->schema;
61 Returns a database handle connected to the Koha database for the
62 current context. If no connection has yet been made, this method
63 creates one, and connects to the database.
65 This database handle is cached for future use: if you call
66 C<$database-E<gt>schema> twice, you will get the same handle both
67 times. If you need a second database handle, use C<&new_schema> and
68 possibly C<&set_schema>.
70 =cut
72 sub schema {
73 my $self = shift;
74 my $sth;
75 if ( defined( $self->{"schema"} ) && $self->{"schema"}->storage->connected() ) {
76 return $self->{"schema"};
79 # No database handle or it died . Create one.
80 $self->{"schema"} = &_new_schema();
82 return $self->{"schema"};
85 =head2 new_schema
87 $schema = $database->new_schema;
89 Creates a new connection to the Koha database for the current context,
90 and returns the database handle (a C<DBI::db> object).
92 The handle is not saved anywhere: this method is strictly a
93 convenience function; the point is that it knows which database to
94 connect to so that the caller doesn't have to know.
96 =cut
99 sub new_schema {
100 my $self = shift;
102 return &_new_schema();
105 =head2 set_schema
107 $my_schema = $database->new_schema;
108 $database->set_schema($my_schema);
110 $database->restore_schema;
112 C<&set_schema> and C<&restore_schema> work in a manner analogous to
113 C<&set_context> and C<&restore_context>.
115 C<&set_schema> saves the current database handle on a stack, then sets
116 the current database handle to C<$my_schema>.
118 C<$my_schema> is assumed to be a good database handle.
120 =cut
122 sub set_schema {
123 my $self = shift;
124 my $new_schema = shift;
126 # Save the current database handle on the handle stack.
127 # We assume that $new_schema is all good: if the caller wants to
128 # screw himself by passing an invalid handle, that's fine by
129 # us.
130 push @{ $self->{"schema_stack"} }, $self->{"schema"};
131 $self->{"schema"} = $new_schema;
134 =head2 restore_schema
136 $database->restore_schema;
138 Restores the database handle saved by an earlier call to
139 C<$database-E<gt>set_schema>.
141 =cut
143 sub restore_schema {
144 my $self = shift;
146 if ( $#{ $self->{"schema_stack"} } < 0 ) {
148 # Stack underflow
149 die "SCHEMA stack underflow";
152 # Pop the old database handle and set it.
153 $self->{"schema"} = pop @{ $self->{"schema_stack"} };
155 # FIXME - If it is determined that restore_context should
156 # return something, then this function should, too.
159 =head2 EXPORT
161 None by default.
164 =head1 AUTHOR
166 Chris Cormack, E<lt>chrisc@catalyst.net.nzE<gt>
168 =cut
172 __END__