NAME
Data::Mapper - An implementation of Data Mapper Pattern described in PofEAA
SYNOPSIS
use Data::Mapper;
use Data::Mapper::Adapter::DBI;
my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $username, $password, ...);
my $adapter = Data::Mapper::Adapter::DBI->new({ driver => $dbh });
my $mapper = Data::Mapper->new({ adapter => $adapter });
# Create
my $data = $mapper->create(user => { name => 'kentaro', age => 34 });
# Retrieve just one item
$data = $mapper->find(user => { name => 'kentaro' });
$data->param('name'); #=> kentaro
$data->param('age'); #=> kentaro
# Search with some conditions
$result = $mapper->search(user => { age => 34 }, { order_by => 'id DESC' });
for my $data (@$result) {
$data->param('name');
...
}
# Update
$data->param(age => 35);
my $sth = $mapper->update($data);
$sth->rows; #=> 1
# Destroy
my $sth = $mapper->delete($data);
$sth->rows; #=> 1
WARNING
This software is under the heavy development and considered ALPHA quality now. Things might be broken, not all features have been implemented, and APIs will be likely to change. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
DESCRIPTION
Data::Mapper is an implementation of Data Mapper Pattern described in PofEAA, written by Martin Fowler, and is kind of a ORM, but not limited only to it, that is, this module just relates some data to another; for example, data from a database to Perl's objects.
Data::Mapper Convention
This module, actually, merely defines a simple convention how to make relations between some data to another, and now has only one adapter implementation: Data::Mapper::Adapter::DBI.
Mapper
Mapper makes relations between data from a datasource, which is typically a database, to Perl's objects, and vice versa, while keeping them independent each other, and the mapper itself.
You can use Data::Mapper directly or make your own mapper by inheriting it.
Mapper provides the methods below:
create( $name => \%values )
Creates a new data, and returns it as a Data object described later.
find( $name => \%conditions [, \%options] )
Searches data according to
\%conditions
and\%options
, and returns the first one as a Data object described later.search( $name, \%conditions [, \%options] )
Searches data according to
\%conditions
and\%options
, and returns the all of them as an ArrayRef which contains each records as a Data object described later.update( $data )
Updates
$data
in the datasource.delete( $data )
Deletes the
$data
from the datasource.
Adapter
Adapter does CRUD operations against a datasource (database, memcached, etc.). It must implement some methods according to the convention.
Adapter must implements the methods below:
create( $name, \%values )
Creates a new data, and returns it as a specific form described later.
find( $name, \%conditions [, \%options] )
Searches data according to
\%conditions
and\%options
, and returns the first one as a specific form described later.search( $name, \%conditions [, \%options] )
Searches data according to
\%conditions
and\%options
, and returns the all of them as an ArrayRef which contains each records as the specific form same as the onefind()
method returns.update( $name, \%values [, \%conditions] )
Updates data in a datasource according to
\%values
, and\%conditions
.delete( $name, \%conditions )
Deletes the data specified by
\%conditions
from a datasource.
The return value of create()
, find()
, search()
is either a HashRef or an object which has as_serializable()
method to return its contents as a HashRef.
You can adapt any data-retrieving module to Data::Model convention if only you implement the methods described above.
Data
Data represents a data model where you can define some business logic. You must notice that Data layer has no idea about what Mapper and Adapter are. It just hold the data passed by Mapper
Mapper returns some instance whose class inherits Data::Mapper::Data object.
package My::Mapper::Data::User;
use parent qw(Data::Mapper::Data);
package My::Mapper;
use parent qw(Data::Mapper);
package main;
My::Mapper;
my $mapper = My::Mapper->new(...);
$mapper->find(user => ...) #=> Now returns data as a My::Mapper::Data::User
AUTHOR
Kentaro Kuribayashi <kentarok@gmail.com>
SEE ALSO
Data Mapper Pattern
-
An existing Perl implementation of the pattern above. You might want to consult it if you want much more ORM-ish features.
LICENSE
Copyright (C) Kentaro Kuribayashi
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.