package Form::Processor::Model::DBIC; use base 'Form::Processor'; use Carp; our $VERSION = '0.09'; =head1 NAME Form::Processor::Model::DBIC - Model class for Form Processor using DBIx::Class =head1 SYNOPSIS You need to create a form class, templates, and call F::P from a controller. Create a Form, subclassed from Form::Processor::Model::DBIC package MyApp:Form::User; use strict; use base 'Form::Processor::Model::DBIC'; # Associate this form with a DBIx::Class result class sub object_class { 'User' } # Where 'User' is the DBIC source_name # Define the fields that this form will operate on # Field names must be column or relationship names in your # DBIx::Class result class sub profile { return { fields => { name => { type => 'Text', label => 'Name:', required => 1, noupdate => 1, }, age => { type => 'PosInteger', label => 'Age:', required => 1, }, sex => { type => 'Select', label => 'Gender:', required => 1, }, birthdate => '+MyApp::Field::Date', # customized field class hobbies => { type => 'Multiple', size => 5, }, address => 'Text', city => 'Text', state => 'Select', }, dependency => [ ['address', 'city', 'state'], ], }; Then in your template: For an input field:

[% f = form.field('address') %]

For a select list provide a relationship name as the field name, or provide an options_ subroutine in the form. (field attributes: sort_order, label_column, active_column). TT example:

[% f = form.field('sex') %]

A multiple select list where 'hobbies' is the 'has_many' relationship for a 'many_to_many' pseudo-relationship. (field attributes: sort_order, label_column, active_column).

[% f = form.field('hobbies') %]

For a complex, widget-based TT setup, see the examples directory in the L CPAN download. Then in a Catalyst controller (with Catalyst::Controller::Form::Processor): package MyApp::Controller::User; use strict; use warnings; use base 'Catalyst::Controller::Form::Processor'; # Create or edit sub edit : Local { my ( $self, $c, $user_id ) = @_; $c->stash->{template} = 'user/edit.tt'; # Validate and insert/update database. Args = pk, form name return unless $self->update_from_form( $user_id, 'User' ); # Form validated. $c->stash->{user} = $c->stash->{form}->item; $c->res->redirect($c->uri_for('profile')); } With the Catalyst controller the schema is set from the model_name config options, ($c->model($model_name)...), but it can also be set by passing in the schema on "new", or setting with $form->schema($schema). You can also set a config values for whether or not to use FillInForm, and the form namespace. =head1 DESCRIPTION This DBIC model will save form fields automatically to the database, will retrieve selection lists from the database (with type => 'Select' and a fieldname containing a single relationship, or type => 'Multiple' and a has_many relationship), and will save the selected values (one value for 'Select', multiple values in a mapping table for a 'Multiple' field). This package includes a working example using a SQLite database and a number of forms. The templates are straightforward and unoptimized to make it easier to see what they're doing. =head1 METHODS =head2 schema The schema method is primarily intended for non-Catalyst users, so that they can pass in their DBIx::Class schema object. =cut use Rose::Object::MakeMethods::Generic ( scalar => ['schema' => { interface => 'get_set_init'}, 'source_name' => {},], ); =head2 update_from_form my $validated = $form->update_from_form( $parameter_hash ); This is not the same as the routine called with $self->update_from_form. That is a Catalyst plugin routine that calls this one. This routine updates or creates the object from values in the form. All fields that refer to columns and have changed will be updated. Field names that are a single relationship will be updated. Any field names that are related to the class by "has_many" are assumed to have a mapping table and will be updated. Validation is run unless validation has already been run. ($form->clear might need to be called if the $form object stays in memory between requests.) The actual update is done in the C method. Your form class can override that method (but don't forget to call SUPER) if you wish to do additional database inserts or updates. This is useful when a single form updates multiple tables, or there are secondary tables to update. Returns false if form does not validate, otherwise returns 1. Very likely dies on database errors. =cut sub update_from_form { my ( $self, $params ) = @_; return unless $self->validate($params); $self->update_model; return 1; } =head2 model_validate The place to put validation that requires database-specific lookups. Subclass this method in your form. =cut sub model_validate { my ($self) = @_; return unless $self->validate_unique; return 1; } =head2 update_model This is where the database row is updated. If you want to do some extra database processing (such as updating a related table) this is the method to subclass in your form. It currently assumes that any "has_many" relationship name used as a field in your form is for a "multiple" select list. This will probably change in the future. This routine allows the use of non-database (non-column, non-relationship) accessors in your result source class. It identifies form fields as 1) column, 2) relationship, 3) other. Column and other fields are processed and update is called on the row. Then relationships are processed. If the row doesn't exist (no primary key or row object was passed in), then a row is created using "create" and the fields identified as columns passed in a hashref, followed by "other" fields and relationships. =cut sub update_model { my ($self) = @_; my $item = $self->item; my $source = $self->source; # get a hash of all fields, skipping fields marked 'noupdate' my $prefix = $self->name_prefix; my %columns; my %multiple_has_many; my %multiple_m2m; my %other; my $field; my $value; # Save different flavors of fields into hashes for processing foreach $field ( $self->fields ) { next if $field->noupdate; my $name = $field->name; $name =~ s/^$prefix\.//g if $prefix; # If the field is flagged "clear" then set to NULL. $value = $field->clear ? undef : $field->value; if ( $source->has_relationship($name) ) { ($name) = values %{ $source->relationship_info($name)->{cond} }; $name =~ s{^self\.}{}; if ( $field->can('multiple') && $field->multiple == 1 ) { $multiple_has_many{$name} = $value; } elsif ($field->can('options')) { $columns{$name} = $value; } } elsif ( $source->has_column($name) ) { $columns{$name} = $value; } elsif ( $field->can('multiple' ) && $field->multiple == 1 ) { # didn't have a relationship and is multiple, so must be m2m $multiple_m2m{$name} = $value; } else # neither a column nor a rel { $other{$name} = $value; } } # Handle database columns if ($item) { $self->updated_or_created('updated'); } else { $item = $self->resultset->new_result({}); $self->item($item); $self->updated_or_created('created'); } for my $field_name ( keys %columns ) { $value = $columns{$field_name}; my $cur = $item->$field_name; next unless $value || $cur; next if ( ( $value && $cur ) && ( $value eq $cur ) ); $item->$field_name($value); } # set non-column, non-rel attributes for my $field_name ( keys %other ) { next unless $item->can($field_name); $item->$field_name( $other{$field_name} ); } # update db if( $item->in_storage ) { $item->update; } else { $item->insert; } # process Multiple field 'has_many' relationships for my $field_name ( keys %multiple_has_many ) { # This is a has_many/many_to_many relationship my ( $self_rel, $self_col, $foreign_rel, $foreign_col, $m2m_rel ) = $self->many_to_many($field_name); $value = $multiple_has_many{$field_name}; my %keep; %keep = map { $_ => 1 } ref $value ? @$value : ($value) if defined $value; if ( $self->updated_or_created eq 'updated' ) { for ( $item->$field_name->all ) { # delete old selections $_->delete unless delete $keep{ $_->$foreign_col }; } } # Add new related $item->create_related( $field_name, { $foreign_col => $_ } ) for keys %keep; } # process Multiple field 'many_to_many' relationships if (%multiple_m2m) { for my $col_name ( keys %multiple_m2m ) { # Make sure the $col_name is a relation next unless $item->can($col_name); my $value = $multiple_m2m{$col_name}; # Get a result source, primary key, and resultset # for the related many_to_many class my $f_source = $item->$col_name->result_source; my ($key) = $f_source->primary_columns; my $f_rs = $f_source->resultset; # And set. my $method = 'set_' . $col_name; my @objs = $f_rs->search( { $key => $value } ); $item->$method( @objs ); } } $self->reset_params; # force reload of parameters from values return $item; } =head2 guess_field_type This subroutine is only called for "auto" fields, defined like: return { auto_required => ['name', 'age', 'sex', 'birthdate'], auto_optional => ['hobbies', 'address', 'city', 'state'], }; Pass in a column and it will guess the field type and return it. Currently returns: DateTimeDMYHM - for a has_a relationship that isa DateTime Select - for a has_a relationship Multiple - for a has_many otherwise: DateTimeDMYHM - if the field ends in _time Text - otherwise Subclass this method to do your own field type assignment based on column types. This routine returns either an array or type string. =cut sub guess_field_type { my ( $self, $column ) = @_; my $source = $self->source; my @return; # TODO: Should be able to use $source->column_info # Is it a direct has_a relationship? if ( $source->has_relationship($column) && ( $source->relationship_info($column)->{attrs}->{accessor} eq 'single' || $source->relationship_info($column)->{attrs}->{accessor} eq 'filter' ) ) { my $f_class = $source->related_class($column); @return = $f_class->isa('DateTime') ? ('DateTimeDMYHM') : ('Select'); } # Else is it has_many? elsif ( $source->has_relationship($column) && $source->relationship_info($column)->{attrs}->{accessor} eq 'multi' ) { @return = ('Multiple'); } elsif ( $column =~ /_time$/ ) # ends in time, must be time value { @return = ('DateTimeDMYHM'); } else # default: Text { @return = ('Text'); } return wantarray ? @return : $return[0]; } =head2 lookup_options This method is used with "Single" and "Multiple" field select lists ("single", "filter", and "multi" relationships). It returns an array reference of key/value pairs for the column passed in. The column name defined in $field->label_column will be used as the label. The default label_column is "name". The labels are sorted by Perl's cmp sort. If there is an "active" column then only active values are included, except if the form (item) has currently selected the inactive item. This allows existing records that reference inactive items to still have those as valid select options. The inactive labels are formatted with brackets to indicate in the select list that they are inactive. The active column name is determined by calling: $active_col = $form->can( 'active_column' ) ? $form->active_column : $field->active_column; This allows setting the name of the active column globally if your tables are consistantly named (all lookup tables have the same column name to indicate they are active), or on a per-field basis. The column to use for sorting the list is specified with "sort_order". The currently selected values in a Multiple list are grouped at the top (by the Multiple field class). =cut sub lookup_options { my ( $self, $field ) = @_; my $field_name = $field->name; my $prefix = $self->name_prefix; $field_name =~ s/^$prefix\.//g if $prefix; # if this field doesn't refer to a foreign key, return my $f_class; my $source; if ($self->source->has_relationship($field_name) ) { $f_class = $self->source->related_class($field_name); $source = $self->schema->source($f_class); my $rel_info = $self->source->relationship_info($field_name); if ( $field->type eq 'Multiple' || ( $field->type eq 'Auto' && $rel_info->{attrs}{accessor} eq 'multi' ) ) { # This is a 'has_many' relationship with a mapping table my ( $self_rel, $self_col, $foreign_rel, $foreign_col ) = $self->many_to_many($field_name); $source = $source->related_source($foreign_rel); } } elsif ($self->resultset->new_result({})->can("add_to_$field_name") ) { # Multiple field with many_to_many relationship $source = $self->resultset->new_result({})->$field_name->result_source; } return unless $source; my $label_column = $field->label_column; return unless $source->has_column($label_column); my $active_col = $self->can('active_column') ? $self->active_column : $field->active_column; $active_col = '' unless $source->has_column($active_col); my $sort_col = $field->sort_order; $sort_col = defined $sort_col && $source->has_column($sort_col) ? $sort_col : $label_column; my ($primary_key) = $source->primary_columns; # If there's an active column, only select active OR items already selected my $criteria = {}; if ($active_col) { my @or = ( $active_col => 1 ); # But also include any existing non-active push @or, ( "$primary_key" => $field->init_value ) if $self->item && defined $field->init_value; $criteria->{'-or'} = \@or; } # get an array of row objects my @rows = $self->schema->resultset( $source->source_name ) ->search( $criteria, { order_by => $sort_col } )->all; return [ map { my $label = $_->$label_column; $_->id, $active_col && !$_->$active_col ? "[ $label ]" : "$label" } @rows ]; } =head2 init_value This method returns a field's value (for $field->value) with either a scalar or an array ref from the object stored in $form->item. This method is not called if a method "init_value_$field_name" is found in the form class - that method is called instead. This allows overriding specific fields in your form class. =cut sub init_value { my ( $self, $field, $item ) = @_; my $name = $field->name; my $prefix = $self->name_prefix; $name =~ s/$prefix\.//g if $prefix; $item ||= $self->item; return unless $item; return $item->{$name} if ref($item) eq 'HASH'; return unless $item->isa('DBIx::Class') && $item->can($name); return unless defined $item->$name; my $source = $self->source; if ( $source->has_relationship($name) ) { if ( $field->can('multiple') && $field->multiple == 1 ) { # has_many Multiple field my ( undef, undef, undef, $foreign_col ) = $self->many_to_many($name); my @rows = $item->search_related($name)->all; my @values = map { $_->$foreign_col } @rows; return @values; } elsif ($field->can('options')) { return $item->$name->id; } else # some other relationship (unsupported) { my $rel_info = $source->relationship_info($name); if ( $rel_info->{attrs}->{accessor} eq 'single' || $rel_info->{attrs}->{accessor} eq 'filter' ) { return $item->$name->get_inflated_columns; } else # multi relationship (unsupported) { my $rs = $item->$name; $rs->result_class('DBIx::Class::ResultClass::HashRefInflator'); return $rs->all; } } } elsif ( $source->has_column($name) ) { return $item->$name; } elsif ( $field->can('multiple' ) && $field->multiple == 1 ) { my @rows = $item->$name->all; my @values = map { $_->id } @rows; return @values; } else # neither a column nor a rel { return $item->$name; } } =head2 validate_unique For fields that are marked "unique", checks the database for uniqueness. arraryref: unique => ['user_id', 'username'] or hashref: unique => { username => 'That username is already taken', } =cut sub validate_unique { my ($self) = @_; my $unique = $self->profile->{unique}; my $item = $self->item; my $rs = $self->resultset; my $found_error = 0; my @unique_fields; my $error_message; if ( ref($unique) eq 'ARRAY' ) { @unique_fields = @$unique; $error_message = 'Value must be unique in the database'; } if ( ref($unique) eq 'HASH' ) { @unique_fields = keys %$unique; } return 1 unless @unique_fields; for my $field ( map { $self->field($_) } @unique_fields ) { next if $field->errors; my $value = $field->value; next unless defined $value; my $name = $field->name; my $prefix = $self->name_prefix; $name =~ s/^$prefix\.//g if $prefix; # unique means there can only be one in the database like it. my $count = $rs->search( { $name => $value } )->count; # not found, this one is unique next if $count < 1; # found this value, but it's the same row we're updating next if $count == 1 && $self->item_id && $self->item_id == $rs->search( { $name => $value } )->first->id; my $field_error = $field->unique_message || $error_message || $self->profile->{'unique'}->{$name}; $field->add_error( $field_error ); $found_error++; } return $found_error; } =head2 init_item This is called first time $form->item is called. If using the Catalyst plugin, it sets the DBIx::Class schema from the Catalyst context, and the model specified as the first part of the object_class in the form. If not using Catalyst, it uses the "schema" passed in on "new". It then does: return $self->resultset->find( $self->item_id ); It also validates that the item id matches /^\d+$/. Override this method in your form class (or form base class) if your ids do not match that pattern. If a database row for the item_id is not found, item_id will be set to undef. =cut sub init_item { my $self = shift; my $item_id = $self->item_id or return; return unless $item_id =~ /^\d+$/; my $item = $self->resultset->find($item_id); $self->item_id(undef) unless $item; return $item; } =head2 init_schema Initializes the DBIx::Class schema. User may override. Non-Catalyst users should pass schema in on new: $my_form_class->new(item_id => $id, schema => $schema) =cut sub init_schema { my $self = shift; return if exists $self->{schema}; if ( my $c = $self->user_data->{context} ) { # starts out :: my $schema = $c->model( $self->object_class )->result_source->schema; # change object_class to source_name $self->source_name( $c->model( $self->object_class )->result_source->source_name ); return $schema; } die "Schema must be defined for Form::Processor::Model::DBIC"; } sub init_source_name { my $self = shift; return $self->object_class; } =head2 source Returns a DBIx::Class::ResultSource object for this Result Class. =cut sub source { my ( $self, $f_class ) = @_; return $self->schema->source( $self->source_name || $self->object_class ); } =head2 resultset This method returns a resultset from the "object_class" specified in the form, or from the foreign class that is retrieved from a relationship. =cut sub resultset { my ( $self, $f_class ) = @_; return $self->schema->resultset( $self->source_name || $self->object_class ); } =head2 many_to_many When passed the name of the has_many relationship for a many_to_many pseudo-relationship, this subroutine returns the relationship and column name from the mapping table to the current table, and the relationship and column name from the mapping table to the foreign table. This code assumes that the mapping table has only two columns and two relationships, and you must have correct DBIx::Class relationships defined. For different table arrangements you could subclass this method to return the correct relationship and column names. =cut sub many_to_many { my ( $self, $has_many_rel ) = @_; # get rel and col pointing to self from reverse my $source = $self->source; my $rev_rel = $source->reverse_relationship_info($has_many_rel); my ($self_rel) = keys %{$rev_rel}; my ($cond) = values %{ $rev_rel->{$self_rel}{cond} }; my ($self_col) = $cond =~ m/^self\.(\w+)$/; # assume that the other rel and col are for foreign table my @rels = $source->related_source($has_many_rel)->relationships; my $foreign_rel; foreach (@rels) { $foreign_rel = $_ if $_ ne $self_rel; } my $foreign_col; my @cols = $source->related_source($has_many_rel)->columns; foreach (@cols) { $foreign_col = $_ if $_ ne $self_col; } return ( $self_rel, $self_col, $foreign_rel, $foreign_col ); } =head2 build_form and _build_fields These methods from Form::Processor are subclassed here to allow combining "required" and "optional" lists in one "fields" list, with "required" set like other field attributes. =cut sub build_form { my $self = shift; my $profile = $self->profile; croak "Please define 'profile' method in subclass" unless ref $profile eq 'HASH'; for my $group ( 'required', 'optional', 'fields' ) { my $required = 'required' eq $group; $self->_build_fields( $profile->{$group}, $required ); my $auto_fields = $profile->{ 'auto_' . $group } || next; $self->_build_fields( $auto_fields, $required ); } } sub _build_fields { my ( $self, $fields, $required ) = @_; return unless $fields; my $field; if ( ref($fields) eq 'ARRAY' ) { for (@$fields) { $field = $self->make_field( $_, 'Auto' ) || next; $field->required($required) unless ( exists $field->{required} ); $self->add_field($field); } return; } while ( my ( $name, $type ) = each %$fields ) { $field = $self->make_field( $name, $type ) || next; $field->required($required) unless ( exists $field->{required} ); $self->add_field($field); } } =head1 SEE ALSO L L L L L =head1 AUTHOR Gerda Shank, gshank@cpan.org =head1 CONTRIBUTORS Based on L written by Bill Moseley. =head1 LICENSE This library is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut 1;