On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 01:22:49PM +0100, Pedro Melo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using a "fat model" approach in a small project and one thing
> that keeps popping up is class methods.
>
> For example, I usually have a can_edit() method in a base class that
> all my sources use. This allows me to do something like this:
>
> $schema->resultset('Books')->find($id)->can_edit($current_user);
>
> The can_edit() method will receive as "self" the Book with the $id,
> and it will just work.
>
> But if I want to write a can_create(), I do something like:
>
> $schema->resultset('Books')->->can_create($current_user);
>
> or like this
>
> $schema->resultset('Books')->result_class->can_create($current_user);
>
> The second one is longer but easier to do because it doesn't require
> me to create a ResultSet class for each source.
>
> Any common, more elegant, solution to this problems?
Creating the resultset class is both correct and elegant.
See load_namespaces for a way to save a bit of typing.
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