NAME

DBIx::Class::FormTools - Build forms with multiple interconnected objects.

VERSION

This document describes DBIx::Class::FormTools version 0.0.1

SYNOPSIS

In your Model class

use base qw/DBIx::Class/;
__PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/PK::Auto::SQLite Core DB FormTools/);

In your view - Mason example

<%init>
my $o = Film->retrieve(42);
</%init>
<form>
    <input name="<% $film->form_fieldname('title', 'o1') => 'Title' %>" type="text" value="<% $o-> %>" />
    <input name="<% $film->form_fieldname('length', 'o1') %>" type="text" value="<% $o->length %>" />
    <input name="<% $film->form_fieldname('comment', 'o1') %>" type="text" value="<% $o->comment %>" />
    <input name="<% Role->form_fieldname(undef,'o3', { film_id => 'o1', actor_id => 'o2' }) %>" type="text" value="Pirate" />
    <input name="<% $actor->form_fieldname('name', 'o2') %>" type="text" value="<% $o->name %>" />
</form>

In your controler

my @objects = Class::DBI::FormTools->formdata_to_objects($quesrstring);
foreach my $object ( @objects ) {
    $object->insert_or_update;
}

DESCRIPTION

DBIx::Class::FormTools is a data serializer, that can convert HTML formdata to DBIx::Class objects.

It uses usersupplied object ids to connect the objects, even if the objects does not exist on beforehand.

METHODS

form_fieldname($accessor, $object_id, $foreign_object_ids)

$accessor The field in the object you wish to create a key for

$object_id A unique string identifying this object. It is this key that is used to connect the dots.

$foreign_object_ids A HASHREF containing attribute => object_id pairs.

Create unique form field name for use in HTML form

formdata_to_objects($formdata)

Turn formdata in the form of a HASHREF into DBIx::Class objects

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-dbix-class-formtools@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

David Jack Olrik <david@olrik.dk>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2005, David Jack Olrik <david@olrik.dk>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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cpanm DBIx::Class::FormTools

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install DBIx::Class::FormTools