DBMasterTable of Contents

NAME HOW TO USE METHODS Backends INTERNAL METHODS OPEN ISSUES NAMEDBMaster - db master module to access a db space

my $master = DBMaster->new(-database => 'my_database_name');

my $master = DBMaster->new(-database => 'my_database_file' -backend => 'SQLite')

METHODS database_name)backend_type reading the database database_name. backend_type can b

new (-backend => backend_type,
Creates a new DB master instance using the database backend type given in
database_name is mandatory and has to BackendsMySQLSQLiteEither -host => hostname or $ENV{DBHOST} will change the host
The MySQL backend will try to connect to a mysql server running on localhost using
The SQLite Backend does not take any additional parameters. It expects to find the database file database_name accessible from where it is running under it's proces parameters to change this behaviour.
object_class_name is mandatory.
backend ()cache ()database ()db_handle ()fetch_by_ref (db_id, class, object_id)init_db_references ()knows_class (object_class_name)module_name ()register_db_classes ()translate_ref_to_ids ()Fetches an object by the specified reference tuple. db_id is the internal id
Initialises the mapping table for references to objects (within one databases
Reads all the class names which are supported by this database and sets the module name.
Return an id tuple matching this object reference. The tuple consists of
Return value of the method is a list.
Returns a reference to the DBObjectCache (class method)
Returns reference to self (true) if the object class object_class_name is
Returns the name of the database
Returns the name of the module which is associated with the database
Returns the reference to the DBI handle which is connected to the database host
Returns the reference to the DBI handle which is connected to the database host This method is usually called internally.
class the name of the object class and object_id the of this DBMaster
INTERNAL METHODSInternal or overwritten default perl methods. Do not use from outside!
AUTOLOAD (dbobject_type)DESTROY ()Disconnects from database before destroying the DBMaster object.
The method automatically requires the proper package and creates an object instance
This version of AUTOLOAD allows convenient calls of DBObject packages through the DB master. It ensures that all DBObjects are initialised the correct way and have by calling new. It returns the reference to the newly created object. Thus you can immediately call another method on it.
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