NAME

Catmandu::Bag - A Catmandu::Store compartment to persist data

SYNOPSIS

my $store = Catmandu::Store::DBI->new(data_source => 'DBI:mysql:database=test');

my $store = Catmandu::Store::DBI->new(
        data_source => 'DBI:mysql:database=test',
        bags => { journals => {
                        fix => [ ... ] ,
                        autocommit => 1 ,
                        plugins => [ ... ] ,
                        id_generator => Catmandu::IdGenerator::UUID->new ,
                  }
                },
        bag_class => Catmandu::Bag->with_plugins('Datestamps')
        );

# Use the default bag...
my $bag = $store->bag;

# Or a named bag...
my $bag = $store->bag('journals');

# Every bag is an iterator...
$bag->each(sub { ... });
$bag->take(10)->each(sub { ... });

$bag->add($hash);
$bag->add_many($iterator);
$bag->add_many([ $hash, $hash , ...]);

# Commit changes...
$bag->commit;

if ($bag->exists($id)) {
    # ...
}

my $obj = $bag->get($id);
$bag->delete($id);

$bag->delete_all;

CONFIGURATION

fix

Contains an array of fixes (or Fix files) to be applied before importing data into the bag.

plugins

An array of Catmandu::Pluggable to apply to the bag items.

autocommit

When set to a true value an commit automatically gets executed when the bag goes out of scope.

id_generator

A Catmandu::IdGenerator or name of an IdGenerator class. By default Catmandu::IdGenerator::UUID is used.

id_key

Use a custom key to hold id's in this bag. See Catmandu::Store for the default or store wide value. Also aliased as id_field.

METHODS

add($hash)

Add a hash to the bag or updates an existing hash by using its '_id' key. Returns the stored hash on success or undef on failure.

add_many($array)

add_many($iterator)

Add or update one or more items to the bag.

get($id)

Retrieves the item with identifier $id from the bag.

exists($id)

Returns 1 if the item with identifier $id exists in the bag.

get_or_add($id, $hash)

Retrieves the item with identifier $id from the store or adds $hash with _id $id if it's not found.

delete($id)

Deletes the item with $id from the bag.

delete_all

Clear the bag.

touch($key, $format)

Add the current datetime to each record.

$bag->touch('date_updated', 'iso_date_time');

See Catmandu::Util::now for possible format values.

commit

Commit changes.

log

Return the current logger.

CLASS METHODS

with_plugins($plugin)

with_plugins(\@plugins)

Plugins are a kind of fixes that should be available for each bag. E.g. the Datestamps plugin will automatically store into each bag item the fields 'date_updated' and 'date_created'. The with_plugins accept one or an array of plugin classnames and returns a subclass of the Bag with the plugin methods implemented.

SEE ALSO

Catmandu::Iterable, Catmandu::Searchable, Catmandu::Fix, Catmandu::Pluggable