package DBIx::Class::Ordered; use strict; use warnings; use base qw( DBIx::Class ); =head1 NAME DBIx::Class::Ordered - Modify the position of objects in an ordered list. =head1 SYNOPSIS Create a table for your ordered data. CREATE TABLE items ( item_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, name TEXT NOT NULL, position INTEGER NOT NULL ); Optionally, add one or more columns to specify groupings, allowing you to maintain independent ordered lists within one table: CREATE TABLE items ( item_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, name TEXT NOT NULL, position INTEGER NOT NULL, group_id INTEGER NOT NULL ); Or even CREATE TABLE items ( item_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, name TEXT NOT NULL, position INTEGER NOT NULL, group_id INTEGER NOT NULL, other_group_id INTEGER NOT NULL ); In your Schema or DB class add "Ordered" to the top of the component list. __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw( Ordered ... )); Specify the column that stores the position number for each row. package My::Item; __PACKAGE__->position_column('position'); If you are using one grouping column, specify it as follows: __PACKAGE__->grouping_column('group_id'); Or if you have multiple grouping columns: __PACKAGE__->grouping_column(['group_id', 'other_group_id']); That's it, now you can change the position of your objects. #!/use/bin/perl use My::Item; my $item = My::Item->create({ name=>'Matt S. Trout' }); # If using grouping_column: my $item = My::Item->create({ name=>'Matt S. Trout', group_id=>1 }); my $rs = $item->siblings(); my @siblings = $item->siblings(); my $sibling; $sibling = $item->first_sibling(); $sibling = $item->last_sibling(); $sibling = $item->previous_sibling(); $sibling = $item->next_sibling(); $item->move_previous(); $item->move_next(); $item->move_first(); $item->move_last(); $item->move_to( $position ); $item->move_to_group( 'groupname' ); $item->move_to_group( 'groupname', $position ); $item->move_to_group( {group_id=>'groupname', 'other_group_id=>'othergroupname'} ); $item->move_to_group( {group_id=>'groupname', 'other_group_id=>'othergroupname'}, $position ); =head1 DESCRIPTION This module provides a simple interface for modifying the ordered position of DBIx::Class objects. =head1 AUTO UPDATE All of the move_* methods automatically update the rows involved in the query. This is not configurable and is due to the fact that if you move a record it always causes other records in the list to be updated. =head1 METHODS =head2 position_column __PACKAGE__->position_column('position'); Sets and retrieves the name of the column that stores the positional value of each record. Defaults to "position". =cut __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( 'position_column' => 'position' ); =head2 grouping_column __PACKAGE__->grouping_column('group_id'); This method specifies a column to limit all queries in this module by. This effectively allows you to have multiple ordered lists within the same table. =cut __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( 'grouping_column' ); =head2 null_position_value __PACKAGE__->null_position_value(undef); This method specifies a value of L which B during normal operation. When a row is moved, its position is set to this value temporarily, so that any unique constraints can not be violated. This value defaults to 0, which should work for all cases except when your positions do indeed start from 0. =cut __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( 'null_position_value' => 0 ); =head2 siblings my $rs = $item->siblings(); my @siblings = $item->siblings(); Returns an B resultset of all other objects in the same group excluding the one you called it on. The ordering is a backwards-compatibility artifact - if you need a resultset with no ordering applied use C<_siblings> =cut sub siblings { my $self = shift; return $self->_siblings->search ({}, { order_by => $self->position_column } ); } =head2 previous_siblings my $prev_rs = $item->previous_siblings(); my @prev_siblings = $item->previous_siblings(); Returns a resultset of all objects in the same group positioned before the object on which this method was called. =cut sub previous_siblings { my $self = shift; my $position_column = $self->position_column; my $position = $self->get_column ($position_column); return ( defined $position ? $self->_siblings->search ({ $position_column => { '<', $position } }) : $self->_siblings ); } =head2 next_siblings my $next_rs = $item->next_siblings(); my @next_siblings = $item->next_siblings(); Returns a resultset of all objects in the same group positioned after the object on which this method was called. =cut sub next_siblings { my $self = shift; my $position_column = $self->position_column; my $position = $self->get_column ($position_column); return ( defined $position ? $self->_siblings->search ({ $position_column => { '>', $position } }) : $self->_siblings ); } =head2 previous_sibling my $sibling = $item->previous_sibling(); Returns the sibling that resides one position back. Returns 0 if the current object is the first one. =cut sub previous_sibling { my $self = shift; my $position_column = $self->position_column; my $psib = $self->previous_siblings->search( {}, { rows => 1, order_by => { '-desc' => $position_column } }, )->single; return defined $psib ? $psib : 0; } =head2 first_sibling my $sibling = $item->first_sibling(); Returns the first sibling object, or 0 if the first sibling is this sibling. =cut sub first_sibling { my $self = shift; my $position_column = $self->position_column; my $fsib = $self->previous_siblings->search( {}, { rows => 1, order_by => { '-asc' => $position_column } }, )->single; return defined $fsib ? $fsib : 0; } =head2 next_sibling my $sibling = $item->next_sibling(); Returns the sibling that resides one position forward. Returns 0 if the current object is the last one. =cut sub next_sibling { my $self = shift; my $position_column = $self->position_column; my $nsib = $self->next_siblings->search( {}, { rows => 1, order_by => { '-asc' => $position_column } }, )->single; return defined $nsib ? $nsib : 0; } =head2 last_sibling my $sibling = $item->last_sibling(); Returns the last sibling, or 0 if the last sibling is this sibling. =cut sub last_sibling { my $self = shift; my $position_column = $self->position_column; my $lsib = $self->next_siblings->search( {}, { rows => 1, order_by => { '-desc' => $position_column } }, )->single; return defined $lsib ? $lsib : 0; } # an optimized method to get the last sibling position value without inflating a result object sub _last_sibling_posval { my $self = shift; my $position_column = $self->position_column; my $cursor = $self->next_siblings->search( {}, { rows => 1, order_by => { '-desc' => $position_column }, select => $position_column }, )->cursor; my ($pos) = $cursor->next; return $pos; } =head2 move_previous $item->move_previous(); Swaps position with the sibling in the position previous in the list. Returns 1 on success, and 0 if the object is already the first one. =cut sub move_previous { my $self = shift; return $self->move_to ($self->_position - 1); } =head2 move_next $item->move_next(); Swaps position with the sibling in the next position in the list. Returns 1 on success, and 0 if the object is already the last in the list. =cut sub move_next { my $self = shift; return 0 unless defined $self->_last_sibling_posval; # quick way to check for no more siblings return $self->move_to ($self->_position + 1); } =head2 move_first $item->move_first(); Moves the object to the first position in the list. Returns 1 on success, and 0 if the object is already the first. =cut sub move_first { return shift->move_to( 1 ); } =head2 move_last $item->move_last(); Moves the object to the last position in the list. Returns 1 on success, and 0 if the object is already the last one. =cut sub move_last { my $self = shift; my $last_posval = $self->_last_sibling_posval; return 0 unless defined $last_posval; return $self->move_to( $self->_position_from_value ($last_posval) ); } =head2 move_to $item->move_to( $position ); Moves the object to the specified position. Returns 1 on success, and 0 if the object is already at the specified position. =cut sub move_to { my( $self, $to_position ) = @_; return 0 if ( $to_position < 1 ); my $position_column = $self->position_column; my $is_txn; if ($is_txn = $self->result_source->schema->storage->transaction_depth) { # Reload position state from storage # The thinking here is that if we are in a transaction, it is # *more likely* the object went out of sync due to resultset # level shenanigans. Instead of always reloading (slow) - go # ahead and hand-hold only in the case of higher layers # requesting the safety of a txn $self->store_column( $position_column, ( $self->result_source ->resultset ->search($self->_storage_ident_condition, { rows => 1, columns => $position_column }) ->cursor ->next )[0] || $self->throw_exception( sprintf "Unable to locate object '%s' in storage - object went ouf of sync...?", $self->ID ), ); delete $self->{_dirty_columns}{$position_column}; } elsif ($self->is_column_changed ($position_column) ) { # something changed our position, we need to know where we # used to be - use the stashed value $self->store_column($position_column, delete $self->{_column_data_in_storage}{$position_column}); delete $self->{_dirty_columns}{$position_column}; } my $from_position = $self->_position; if ( $from_position == $to_position ) { # FIXME this will not work for non-numeric order return 0; } my $guard = $is_txn ? undef : $self->result_source->schema->txn_scope_guard; my ($direction, @between); if ( $from_position < $to_position ) { $direction = -1; @between = map { $self->_position_value ($_) } ( $from_position + 1, $to_position ); } else { $direction = 1; @between = map { $self->_position_value ($_) } ( $to_position, $from_position - 1 ); } my $new_pos_val = $self->_position_value ($to_position); # record this before the shift # we need to null-position the moved row if the position column is part of a constraint if (grep { $_ eq $position_column } ( map { @$_ } (values %{{ $self->result_source->unique_constraints }} ) ) ) { $self->_ordered_internal_update({ $position_column => $self->null_position_value }); } $self->_shift_siblings ($direction, @between); $self->_ordered_internal_update({ $position_column => $new_pos_val }); $guard->commit if $guard; return 1; } =head2 move_to_group $item->move_to_group( $group, $position ); Moves the object to the specified position of the specified group, or to the end of the group if $position is undef. 1 is returned on success, and 0 is returned if the object is already at the specified position of the specified group. $group may be specified as a single scalar if only one grouping column is in use, or as a hashref of column => value pairs if multiple grouping columns are in use. =cut sub move_to_group { my( $self, $to_group, $to_position ) = @_; # if we're given a single value, turn it into a hashref unless (ref $to_group eq 'HASH') { my @gcols = $self->_grouping_columns; $self->throw_exception ('Single group supplied for a multi-column group identifier') if @gcols > 1; $to_group = {$gcols[0] => $to_group}; } my $position_column = $self->position_column; return 0 if ( defined($to_position) and $to_position < 1 ); # check if someone changed the _grouping_columns - this will # prevent _is_in_group working, so we need to restore the # original stashed values for ($self->_grouping_columns) { if ($self->is_column_changed ($_)) { $self->store_column($_, delete $self->{_column_data_in_storage}{$_}); delete $self->{_dirty_columns}{$_}; } } if ($self->_is_in_group ($to_group) ) { my $ret; if (defined $to_position) { $ret = $self->move_to ($to_position); } return $ret||0; } my $guard = $self->result_source->schema->txn_scope_guard; # Move to end of current group to adjust siblings $self->move_last; $self->set_inflated_columns({ %$to_group, $position_column => undef }); my $new_group_last_posval = $self->_last_sibling_posval; my $new_group_last_position = $self->_position_from_value ( $new_group_last_posval ); if ( not defined($to_position) or $to_position > $new_group_last_position) { $self->set_column( $position_column => $new_group_last_position ? $self->_next_position_value ( $new_group_last_posval ) : $self->_initial_position_value ); } else { my $bumped_pos_val = $self->_position_value ($to_position); my @between = map { $self->_position_value ($_) } ($to_position, $new_group_last_position); $self->_shift_siblings (1, @between); #shift right $self->set_column( $position_column => $bumped_pos_val ); } $self->_ordered_internal_update; $guard->commit; return 1; } =head2 insert Overrides the DBIC insert() method by providing a default position number. The default will be the number of rows in the table +1, thus positioning the new record at the last position. =cut sub insert { my $self = shift; my $position_column = $self->position_column; unless ($self->get_column($position_column)) { my $lsib_posval = $self->_last_sibling_posval; $self->set_column( $position_column => (defined $lsib_posval ? $self->_next_position_value ( $lsib_posval ) : $self->_initial_position_value ) ); } return $self->next::method( @_ ); } =head2 update Overrides the DBIC update() method by checking for a change to the position and/or group columns. Movement within a group or to another group is handled by repositioning the appropriate siblings. Position defaults to the end of a new group if it has been changed to undef. =cut sub update { my $self = shift; # this is set by _ordered_internal_update() return $self->next::method(@_) if $self->result_source->schema->{_ORDERED_INTERNAL_UPDATE}; my $upd = shift; $self->set_inflated_columns($upd) if $upd; my $position_column = $self->position_column; my @group_columns = $self->_grouping_columns; # see if the order is already changed my $changed_ordering_cols = { map { $_ => $self->get_column($_) } grep { $self->is_column_changed($_) } ($position_column, @group_columns) }; # nothing changed - short circuit if (! keys %$changed_ordering_cols) { return $self->next::method( undef, @_ ); } elsif (grep { exists $changed_ordering_cols->{$_} } @group_columns ) { $self->move_to_group( # since the columns are already re-set the _grouping_clause is correct # move_to_group() knows how to get the original storage values { $self->_grouping_clause }, # The FIXME bit contradicts the documentation: POD states that # when changing groups without supplying explicit positions in # move_to_group(), we push the item to the end of the group. # However when I was rewriting this, the position from the old # group was clearly passed to the new one # Probably needs to go away (by ribasushi) (exists $changed_ordering_cols->{$position_column} ? $changed_ordering_cols->{$position_column} # means there was a position change supplied with the update too : $self->_position # FIXME! (replace with undef) ), ); } else { $self->move_to($changed_ordering_cols->{$position_column}); } return $self; } =head2 delete Overrides the DBIC delete() method by first moving the object to the last position, then deleting it, thus ensuring the integrity of the positions. =cut sub delete { my $self = shift; my $guard = $self->result_source->schema->txn_scope_guard; $self->move_last; $self->next::method( @_ ); $guard->commit; return $self; } # add the current position/group to the things we track old values for sub _track_storage_value { my ($self, $col) = @_; return ( $self->next::method($col) || grep { $_ eq $col } ($self->position_column, $self->_grouping_columns) ); } =head1 METHODS FOR EXTENDING ORDERED You would want to override the methods below if you use sparse (non-linear) or non-numeric position values. This can be useful if you are working with preexisting non-normalised position data, or if you need to work with materialized path columns. =head2 _position_from_value my $num_pos = $item->_position_from_value ( $pos_value ) Returns the B of an object with a B set to C<$pos_value>. By default simply returns C<$pos_value>. =cut sub _position_from_value { my ($self, $val) = @_; return 0 unless defined $val; # #the right way to do this # return $self -> _group_rs # -> search({ $self->position_column => { '<=', $val } }) # -> count return $val; } =head2 _position_value my $pos_value = $item->_position_value ( $pos ) Returns the B of L of the object at numeric position C<$pos>. By default simply returns C<$pos>. =cut sub _position_value { my ($self, $pos) = @_; # #the right way to do this (not optimized) # my $position_column = $self->position_column; # return $self -> _group_rs # -> search({}, { order_by => $position_column }) # -> slice ( $pos - 1) # -> single # -> get_column ($position_column); return $pos; } =head2 _initial_position_value __PACKAGE__->_initial_position_value(0); This method specifies a B of L which is assigned to the first inserted element of a group, if no value was supplied at insertion time. All subsequent values are derived from this one by L below. Defaults to 1. =cut __PACKAGE__->mk_classdata( '_initial_position_value' => 1 ); =head2 _next_position_value my $new_value = $item->_next_position_value ( $position_value ) Returns a position B that would be considered C with regards to C<$position_value>. Can be pretty much anything, given that C<< $position_value < $new_value >> where C<< < >> is the SQL comparison operator (usually works fine on strings). The default method expects C<$position_value> to be numeric, and returns C<$position_value + 1> =cut sub _next_position_value { return $_[1] + 1; } =head2 _shift_siblings $item->_shift_siblings ($direction, @between) Shifts all siblings with B in the range @between (inclusive) by one position as specified by $direction (left if < 0, right if > 0). By default simply increments/decrements each L value by 1, doing so in a way as to not violate any existing constraints. Note that if you override this method and have unique constraints including the L the shift is not a trivial task. Refer to the implementation source of the default method for more information. =cut sub _shift_siblings { my ($self, $direction, @between) = @_; return 0 unless $direction; my $position_column = $self->position_column; my ($op, $ord); if ($direction < 0) { $op = '-'; $ord = 'asc'; } else { $op = '+'; $ord = 'desc'; } my $shift_rs = $self->_group_rs-> search ({ $position_column => { -between => \@between } }); # some databases (sqlite, pg, perhaps others) are dumb and can not do a # blanket increment/decrement without violating a unique constraint. # So what we do here is check if the position column is part of a unique # constraint, and do a one-by-one update if this is the case. my $rsrc = $self->result_source; # set in case there are more cascades combined with $rs->update => $rs_update_all overrides local $rsrc->schema->{_ORDERED_INTERNAL_UPDATE} = 1; my @pcols = $rsrc->primary_columns; if ( grep { $_ eq $position_column } ( map { @$_ } (values %{{ $rsrc->unique_constraints }} ) ) ) { my $clean_rs = $rsrc->resultset; for ( $shift_rs->search ( {}, { order_by => { "-$ord", $position_column }, select => [$position_column, @pcols] } )->cursor->all ) { my $pos = shift @$_; $clean_rs->find(@$_)->update ({ $position_column => $pos + ( ($op eq '+') ? 1 : -1 ) }); } } else { $shift_rs->update ({ $position_column => \ "$position_column $op 1" } ); } } # This method returns a resultset containing all members of the row # group (including the row itself). sub _group_rs { my $self = shift; return $self->result_source->resultset->search({$self->_grouping_clause()}); } # Returns an unordered resultset of all objects in the same group # excluding the object you called this method on. sub _siblings { my $self = shift; my $position_column = $self->position_column; my $pos; return defined ($pos = $self->get_column($position_column)) ? $self->_group_rs->search( { $position_column => { '!=' => $pos } }, ) : $self->_group_rs ; } # Returns the B of the current object, with the # first object being at position 1, its sibling at position 2 and so on. sub _position { my $self = shift; return $self->_position_from_value ($self->get_column ($self->position_column) ); } # This method returns one or more name=>value pairs for limiting a search # by the grouping column(s). If the grouping column is not defined then # this will return an empty list. sub _grouping_clause { my( $self ) = @_; return map { $_ => $self->get_column($_) } $self->_grouping_columns(); } # Returns a list of the column names used for grouping, regardless of whether # they were specified as an arrayref or a single string, and returns () # if there is no grouping. sub _grouping_columns { my( $self ) = @_; my $col = $self->grouping_column(); if (ref $col eq 'ARRAY') { return @$col; } elsif ($col) { return ( $col ); } else { return (); } } # Returns true if the object is in the group represented by hashref $other sub _is_in_group { my ($self, $other) = @_; my $current = {$self->_grouping_clause}; no warnings qw/uninitialized/; return 0 if ( join ("\x00", sort keys %$current) ne join ("\x00", sort keys %$other) ); for my $key (keys %$current) { return 0 if $current->{$key} ne $other->{$key}; } return 1; } # This is a short-circuited method, that is used internally by this # module to update positioning values in isolation (i.e. without # triggering any of the positioning integrity code). # # Some day you might get confronted by datasets that have ambiguous # positioning data (e.g. duplicate position values within the same group, # in a table without unique constraints). When manually fixing such data # keep in mind that you can not invoke L like # you normally would, as it will get confused by the wrong data before # having a chance to update the ill-defined row. If you really know what # you are doing use this method which bypasses any hooks introduced by # this module. sub _ordered_internal_update { my $self = shift; local $self->result_source->schema->{_ORDERED_INTERNAL_UPDATE} = 1; return $self->update (@_); } 1; __END__ =head1 CAVEATS =head2 Resultset Methods Note that all Insert/Create/Delete overrides are happening on L methods only. If you use the L versions of L or L, all logic present in this module will be bypassed entirely (possibly resulting in a broken order-tree). Instead always use the L and L methods, which will invoke the corresponding L method on every member of the given resultset. =head2 Race Condition on Insert If a position is not specified for an insert, a position will be chosen based either on L or L, depending if there are already some items in the current group. The space of time between the necessary selects and insert introduces a race condition. Having unique constraints on your position/group columns, and using transactions (see L) will prevent such race conditions going undetected. =head2 Multiple Moves If you have multiple same-group result objects already loaded from storage, you need to be careful when executing C operations on them: without a L reload the L of the "siblings" will be out of sync with the underlying storage. Starting from version C<0.082800> DBIC will implicitly perform such reloads when the C happens as a part of a transaction (a good example of such situation is C<< $ordered_resultset->delete_all >>). If it is not possible for you to wrap the entire call-chain in a transaction, you will need to call L to get an object up-to-date before proceeding, otherwise undefined behavior will result. =head2 Default Values Using a database defined default_value on one of your group columns could result in the position not being assigned correctly. =head1 FURTHER QUESTIONS? Check the list of L. =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This module is free software L by the L. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the L.