I just realized I am doing things backwards. Please disregard my problem.
-Bryan
Bryan Opfer wrote:
> I am trying to set up a system where I can use use
> Rose::DB::Object::Loader to auto make my modules any time I make a
> schema change. Then I can have manually created classes that use the
> auto-generated classes as their base. But, I am running into a problem
> with the relationships.
>
> Here is a simple case. I have a MySQL database with 3 tables: foos,
> bars, & foo_bar_map:
>
> =========================================================
> CREATE TABLE `foos` (
> `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
> `name` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
> PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
> UNIQUE KEY `name_phone_idx` (`name`)
> );
>
> CREATE TABLE `bars` (
> `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
> `description` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
> PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
> );
>
> CREATE TABLE `foo_bar_map` (
> `foo_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
> `bar_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
> PRIMARY KEY (`foo_id`,`bar_id`),
> KEY `foo_id` (`foo_id`),
> KEY `bar_id` (`bar_id`),
> CONSTRAINT `foo_bar_map_ibfk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`foo_id`) REFERENCES
> `foos` (`id`),
> CONSTRAINT `foo_bar_map_ibfk_2` FOREIGN KEY (`bar_id`) REFERENCES
> `bars` (`id`)
> )
> =========================================================
>
> The idea is to auto-create modules in the 'My::DB' namespace, i.e.
> My::DB::Foo. Then I create My::Foo which uses My::DB::Foo as it's base
> and allows me to put in all the other methods that I need to create
> manually to operate on foos. When I change the schema, I can just
> re-generate everything in My::DB, and my other stuff is preserved.
>
> So, I created a script that will generate everything in My::DB. This
> script also goes through each generated module and swaps out the classes
> for the relationships to point to my 'main' class. i.e. My::Foo
> instead of My::DB::Foo. This is to ensure that I get the right class
> when I traverse the relationships.
>
> When I run that script, I end up with these 3 modules:
>
> =========================================================
> package My::DB::Foo;
>
> use strict;
>
> use base qw(My::DB::DB::Object::AutoBase1);
>
> __PACKAGE__->meta->setup(
> table => 'foos',
>
> columns => [
> id => { type => 'integer', not_null => 1 },
> name => { type => 'varchar', default => '', length => 50,
> not_null => 1 },
> ],
>
> primary_key_columns => [ 'id' ],
>
> unique_key => [ 'name' ],
>
> relationships => [
> bars => {
> column_map => { foo_id => 'id' },
> foreign_class => 'My::Bar',
> map_class => 'My::FooBarMap',
> map_from => 'foo',
> map_to => 'bar',
> type => 'many to many',
> },
> ],
> );
>
> package My::DB::Bar;
>
> use strict;
>
> use base qw(My::DB::DB::Object::AutoBase1);
>
> __PACKAGE__->meta->setup(
> table => 'bars',
>
> columns => [
> id => { type => 'integer', not_null => 1 },
> description => { type => 'varchar', default => '', length =>
> 50, not_null => 1 },
> ],
>
> primary_key_columns => [ 'id' ],
>
> relationships => [
> foos => {
> column_map => { bar_id => 'id' },
> foreign_class => 'My::Foo',
> map_class => 'My::FooBarMap',
> map_from => 'bar',
> map_to => 'foo',
> type => 'many to many',
> },
> ],
> );
>
> package My::DB::FooBarMap;
>
> use strict;
>
> use base qw(My::DB::DB::Object::AutoBase1);
>
> __PACKAGE__->meta->setup(
> table => 'foo_bar_map',
>
> columns => [
> foo_id => { type => 'integer', not_null => 1 },
> bar_id => { type => 'integer', not_null => 1 },
> ],
>
> primary_key_columns => [ 'foo_id', 'bar_id' ],
>
> foreign_keys => [
> bar => {
> class => 'My::Bar',
> key_columns => { bar_id => 'id' },
> },
>
> foo => {
> class => 'My::Foo',
> key_columns => { foo_id => 'id' },
> },
> ],
> );
> =============================================
>
>
> My::Foo would look something like this:
>
> ====
> package My::Foo;
>
> use strict;
> use base qw(My::Foo);
>
> # class and instance methods here.......
>
> 1;
> ====
>
>
> Here's where the problem comes in. I have this test script:
>
> ====
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> use My::Foo;
> use Data::Dumper;
>
> my $f = My::Foo->new(id => 1);
> $f->load;
>
> foreach my $bar (@{$f->bars}) {
> print Dumper($bar);
> }
> ====
>
>
> When I run it I get this error:
>
> Can't locate object method "bars" via package "My::Foo" at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/Rose/DB/Object.pm line 1464
> Rose::DB::Object::AUTOLOAD('My::Foo=HASH(0x88a6ee0)') called at
> test.pl line 7
>
> If I don't change the classes for the relationships in my auto-generate
> script, then it works fine. But, then my $bar objects are of the class
> My::DB::Bar and I need them to be My::Bar.
>
> I would assume there are other people trying to do something similar to
> this. Am I missing something? or do I just need to suck it up and
> manage the meta data manually?
>
> -Bryan
>
>
>
>
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