NAME OpusVL::Preferences - Generic DBIC preferences module VERSION Version 0.18 SYNOPSIS This is a really simple module to pull into result classes so you can attach preferences, rather than have to continually extend the schema definition where its probably not appropriate. Say you had an Employees class, and wanted to define the following preferences for a customer: grows_plants has_untidy_desk likes_noodles You would set up your Result class as follows: package Result::Employee; use strict; use Moose; extends 'DBIx::Class::Core'; with 'OpusVL::Preferences::RolesFor::Result::PrfOwner'; __PACKAGE__->prf_owner_init; ... And the ResultSet class would be: package ResultSet::Employee; use strict; use Moose; extends 'DBIx::Class::ResultSet'; with 'OpusVL::Preferences::RolesFor::ResultSet::PrfOwner'; ... This would initialise the class with 3 preferences, set to the appropriate defaults. Within the Employee class, the following methods are exposed to manage the preferences: Result Class Methods prf_get Get the current value of the preference (either the default or local copy as appropriate). $p = $employee->prf_get ('grows_plants'); # $p == 1 prf_set Overides the default preference value for the employee in question: $employee = prf_set (grows_plants => 0); $p = $employee->prf_get ('grows_plants'); # $p == 0 prf_reset Deletes any local overrides and uses the default $employee->prf_reset ('grows_plants'); $p = $employee->prf_get ('grows_plants'); # $p == 1 prf_preferences Returns a resultset containing PrfPreference classes. ResultSet Methods prf_defaults Returns a resultset of the default preferences setup for this resultset. Add more results to this object to add more defaults. For example, the following might be in the initdb routine: sub initdb { my $self = shift; $self->prf_defaults->populate ([ { name => 'grown_plants' => default_value => '1' }, { name => 'has_untidy_desk' => default_value => '1' }, { name => 'likes_noodles' => default_value => '1' }, ]); } prf_search To be completed. Will allow an Employee resultset to be return using preferences as a search parameter. AUTHOR Rich Doughty, BUGS None. Past, present and future. SUPPORT You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc OpusVL::Preferences If you require assistance, support, or further development of this software, please contact OpusVL using the details below: * Telephone: +44 (0)1788 298 410 * Email: community@opusvl.com * Web: http://opusvl.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS