Hi,
I wrote a simple module to link a database content to a Gtk2 window, and I
thought that a suitable name would be
Gtk2::Ex::Linker
and I'm planning to upload it on CPAN.
Here's the rationale:
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NAME
Gtk2::Ex::Linker - Use sql or an object-relational mapper to get data
from a database and build a gtk2 Gui using a glade file
SYNOPSIS
use My::Form;
use Rdb::MyTable::Manager;
use Gtk2::Ex::Linker::RdbDataManager
use Gtk2 -init;
use Gtk2::GladeXML;
my $builder = Gtk2::Builder->new();
$builder->add_from_file($path_to_glade_file);
my $data = Rdb::MyTable::Manager->get_mytable(query => [primary_key =>
{eq => $self->{pk}}]);
my $dman = Gtk2::Ex::Linker::RdbDataManager->new({data=> $data, meta =>
Rdb::MyTable->meta });
$self->{form_for_my_table} = Gtk2::Ex::Linker::Form->new({
data_manager => $dman,
builder => $builder,
....
});
DESCRIPTION
The aim of this module is to automate the process of tying data from a database
to widgets on a Glade-generated window.
All that is required is that you name your widgets the same as the fields in
your data source.
Step for use:
1) Instanciate a xxxDataManager object that access the database and contains
the rows to display to the Form or Datasheet modules.
Currently there are three way to access the database: plain sql + DBI,
Rose::DB::Object, and DBIx::Class
2) Instanciate a Gtk2::GladeXML object
3) Instanciate a Gtk2::Ex::Linker::Form object or a Gtk2::EX::Linker::Datasheet
that displays the data from the DataManager using the glade file.
You would then typically connect the buttons to the methods below to handle
common actions such as inserting, moving, deleting, etc.
This module is the same as Gtk2::Ex::DBI and Gtk2::Ex::Datasheet::DBI except
that database access can be made using plain SQL or the ORM mentioned above.
Other ORM could be added if needed. The developer of Gtk2::Ex::DBI is not
interested + has no time + no needs for including these change in the original
modules unfortunately.
I'm kindly asking for comments/suggestions/impressions about this idea and the
namespace.
François
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