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28 Koha::Object - Koha Object base class
33 my $object = Koha::Object->new({ property1 => $property1, property2 => $property2, etc... } );
37 This class must always be subclassed.
45 =head3 Koha::Object->new();
47 my $object = Koha::Object->new();
48 my $object = Koha::Object->new($attributes);
50 Note that this cannot be used to retrieve record from the DB.
55 my ( $class, $attributes ) = @_;
60 Koha
::Database
->new()->schema()->resultset( $class->type() )
64 croak
("No type found! Koha::Object must be subclassed!")
65 unless $class->type();
67 bless( $self, $class );
71 =head3 Koha::Object->_new_from_dbic();
73 my $object = Koha::Object->_new_from_dbic($dbic_row);
78 my ( $class, $dbic_row ) = @_;
82 $self->{_result
} = $dbic_row;
84 croak
("No type found! Koha::Object must be subclassed!")
85 unless $class->type();
87 croak
( "DBIC result type " . ref( $self->{_result
} ) . " isn't of the type " . $class->type() )
88 unless ref( $self->{_result
} ) eq "Koha::Schema::Result::" . $class->type();
90 bless( $self, $class );
94 =head3 $object->store();
96 Saves the object in storage.
97 If the object is new, it will be created.
98 If the object previously existed, it will be updated.
101 $self if the store was a success
102 undef if the store failed
109 return $self->_result()->update_or_insert() ?
$self : undef;
112 =head3 $object->in_storage();
114 Returns true if the object has been previously stored.
121 return $self->_result()->in_storage();
124 =head3 $object->is_changed();
126 Returns true if the object has properties that are different from
127 the properties of the object in storage.
132 my ( $self, @columns ) = @_;
134 return $self->_result()->is_changed(@columns);
137 =head3 $object->delete();
139 Removes the object from storage.
142 1 if the deletion was a success
143 0 if the deletion failed
144 -1 if the object was never in storage
151 # Deleting something not in storage thows an exception
152 return -1 unless $self->_result()->in_storage();
154 # Return a boolean for succcess
155 return $self->_result()->delete() ?
1 : 0;
158 =head3 $object->set( $properties_hashref )
162 property1 => $property1,
163 property2 => $property2,
164 property3 => $propery3,
168 Enables multiple properties to be set at once
171 1 if all properties were set.
172 0 if one or more properties do not exist.
173 undef if all properties exist but a different error
174 prevents one or more properties from being set.
176 If one or more of the properties do not exist,
177 no properties will be set.
182 my ( $self, $properties ) = @_;
184 my @columns = @
{$self->_columns()};
186 foreach my $p ( keys %$properties ) {
187 unless ( grep {/^$p$/} @columns ) {
188 carp
("No property $p!");
193 return $self->_result()->set_columns($properties) ?
$self : undef;
196 =head3 $object->id();
198 Returns the id of the object if it has one.
205 my ( $id ) = $self->_result()->id();
210 =head3 $object->_result();
212 Returns the internal DBIC Row object
219 # If we don't have a dbic row at this point, we need to create an empty one
221 Koha
::Database
->new()->schema()->resultset( $self->type() )->new({});
223 return $self->{_result
};
226 =head3 $object->_columns();
228 Returns an arrayref of the table columns
235 # If we don't have a dbic row at this point, we need to create an empty one
236 $self->{_columns
} ||= [ $self->_result()->result_source()->columns() ];
238 return $self->{_columns
};
244 The autoload method is used only to get and set values for an objects properties.
251 my $method = our $AUTOLOAD;
254 my @columns = @
{$self->_columns()};
255 # Using direct setter/getter like $item->barcode() or $item->barcode($barcode);
256 if ( grep {/^$method$/} @columns ) {
258 return $self->_result()->set_column( $method, @_ );
260 my $value = $self->_result()->get_column( $method );
265 carp
"No method $method!";
271 This method must be defined in the child class. The value is the name of the DBIC resultset.
272 For example, for borrowers, the type method will return "Borrower".
282 Kyle M Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>