NAME

MooseX::Storage::DBIC - Additional MooseX::Storage functionality for DBIx::Class rows and data structures.

SYNOPSIS

 package My::Schema::Result::Chair;

 # moose attribute we would like to serialize
 has 'legs' => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Int', default => 4 );

 # column to serialize
 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
   "id" => { data_type => "integer" },
 );

 # relationship to serialize
 __PACKAGE__->belongs_to("table" => "My::Schema::Result::Table", { chair_id => "id" });

 # field+method to serialize
 sub is_broken { return $self->{is_broken} }

 # declare fields to serialize
 with 'MooseX::Storage::DBIC';
 sub schema { return $myschema }
 __PACKAGE__->serializable(qw/ id legs table is_broken /);

 # convert an instance into a hashref
 my $row = $myschema->resultset('Chair')->first;
 my $serialized = $row->pack;

 # convert hashref back into instance
 my $orig_row = My::Schema::Result::Chair->unpack($serialized);

WARNINGS

WARNING: This software is highly experimental and untested. Do not rely on it for anything important. Bug reports and pull requests welcome.

Please also note that you cannot serialize cyclic references or cyclic relationships.