SPOPS::ClassFactory::DBI - Define additional configuration methods
# Put SPOPS::DBI in your isa my $config = { class => 'My::SPOPS', isa => [ 'SPOPS::DBI::Pg', 'SPOPS::DBI' ], };
This class implements a behavior for the 'links_to' slot as described in SPOPS::ClassFactory.
It is possible -- and perhaps desirable for the sake of clarity -- to create a method within SPOPS::DBI that does all the work that this behavior does, then we would only need to create a subroutine that calls that subroutine.
However, creating routines with the values embedded directly in them should be quicker and more efficient. So we will try it this way.
Note: Even though the first parameter for all behaviors is $class, they are not class methods. The parameter refers to the class into which the behaviors will be installed.
$class
conf_relate_links_to( $class )
Slot: links_to
Get the config for $class and find the 'links_to' configuration information. If defined, we auto-generate subroutines to implement the linking functionality.
Please see SPOPS::Manual::Relationships for how to configure this and examples of usage.
Make 'links_to' more flexible
We need to account for different types of linking; this may require an additional field beyond 'links_to' that has a similar effect but works differently.
For instance, Table-B might have a 'has_a' relationship with Table-A, but Table-A might have a 'links_to' relationship with Table-B. (Themes in OpenInteract work like this.) We need to be able to specify that when Table-A severs its relationship with one or more objects from Table-B, the actual object is removed rather than just a link between them.
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This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Chris Winters <chris@cwinters.com>
See the SPOPS module for the full author list.
To install SPOPS, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm SPOPS
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install SPOPS
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.