Re: questions about the manager

On 6/1/06, Guillermo Roditi <groditi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> I need to call manager methods, however I can not make the assumption that I
> know the names of these methods because they change. This seems like it could
> be easily solved by doing a select_objects(object_class => $object_class,
> where =>...) but does anyone have a better idea?

I think you mean get_objects().  And yeah, that's what I'd recommend.
The specially-named wrappers are just to make things pretty.  Calling
the underlying method is perfectly valid.

> also there since isnt anything like insert_or_update should i :
> $class->insert unless $class->update;
>
> or is save smart enough for that?

The save() method will do the right thing.  On the flip-side, the
load_or_insert method in Rose::DB::Object::Helpers might be useful:

http://search.cpan.org/dist/Rose-DB-Object/lib/Rose/DB/Object/Helpers.pm#load_or_insert

> any plans for supporting on duplicate key update?

I'm not sure what you mean by this...

-John


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