MongoDBx::Class::Collection - A MongoDBx::Class collection object
version 1.02
MongoDB::Collection
# get a collection from a L<MongoDBx::Class::Database> object my $coll = $db->get_collection($coll_name); # or $db->$coll_name # insert a document my $doc = $coll->insert({ title => 'The Valley of Fear', year => 1914, author => 'Conan Doyle', _class => 'Novel' }, { safe => 1 }); # find some documents my @docs = $coll->find({ author => 'Conan Doyle' })->sort({ year => 1 })->all;
MongoDBx::Class::Collection extends MongoDB::Collection. It adds some convenient options to the syntax and a few method modifications to allow automatic document expansion (when finding) and collapsing (when inserting).
If you're not familiar with MongoDB::Collection, please read it first.
No special attributes are added.
The following methods are available along with all methods defined in MongoDB::Collection. However, most (or all) of those are modifications of MongoDB::Collection methods.
All three methods are equivalent (the last two aliases of the first). These methods perform a search for documents in the collection for documents matching a certain query and return a MongoDBx::Class::Cursor object. Refer to "find($query)" in MongoDB::Collection for more information about queries.
These methods are modified in the following way:
1. They return a MongoDBx::Class::Cursor object instead of a plain MongoDB::Cursor object.
2. The sort_by attribute in the $attr hash-ref can contain an array-ref instead of a Tie::IxHash object, such as:
sort_by
$attr
$coll->find({ some => 'thing' }, { sort_by => [ title => 1, some => -1 ] })
This array-ref will be converted into a Tie::IxHash object automatically.
Performs a query on the collection and returns the first matching document.
This method is modified in the following way:
1. In MongoDB::Collection, $query can either be a hash-ref, a Tie::IxHash object or an array-ref. Here, however, $query can also be a MongoDB::OID, or a MongoDB::OID's string representation (see "to_string" in MongoDB::OID). Searching by internal ID is thus much more convenient:
$query
my $doc = $coll->find_one("4cbca90d3a41e35916720100");
2. The matching document is automatically expanded to the appropriate document class, but only if it has the '_class' attribute (as described in "CAVEATS AND THINGS TO CONSIDER" in MongoDBx::Class). If it doesn't, or if expansion is impossible due to other reasons, it will be returned as is (i.e. as a hash-ref).
3. In MongoDB::Collection, passing a \%fields hash-ref will result in the document being returned with those fields only (and the _id field). Behavior of this when documents are expanded is currently undefined.
\%fields
Inserts the given document into the database, automatically collapsing it before insertion.
An optional options hash-ref can be passed. If this hash-ref holds a safe key with a true value, insert will be safe (refer to "insert ($object, $options?)" in MongoDB::Collection for more information). When performing a safe insert, the newly created document is returned (after expansions). If unsafe, its MongoDB::OID is returned.
If your connection object has a true value for the safe attribute, insert will be safe by default. If that is the case, and you want the specific insert to be unsafe, pass a false value for safe in the \%opts hash-ref.
safe
\%opts
Document to insert can either be a hash-ref, a Tie::IxHash object or an even-numbered array-ref, but currently only hash-refs are automatically collapsed.
Receives an array-ref of documents and an optional hash-ref of options, and inserts all the documents to the collection one after the other. \%opts can have a "safe" key that should hold a boolean value. If true (and if your connection object has a true value for the safe attribute), inserts will be safe, and an array of all the documents inserted (after expansion) will be returned. If false, an array with all the document IDs is returned.
Documents to insert can either be hash-refs, Tie::IxHash objects or even-numbered array references, but currently only hash-refs are automatically collapsed.
Searches for documents matching \%criteria and updates them according to \%object (refer to "update (\%criteria, \%object, \%options?)" in MongoDB::Collection for more info). As opposed to the original method, this method will automatically collapse the \%object hash-ref. It will croak if criteria and/or object aren't hash references.
\%criteria
\%object
Do not use this method to update a specific document that you already have (i.e. after expansion). MongoDBx::Class::Document has its own update method which is more convenient.
Notice that this method doesn't collapse attributes with the Parsed trait. Only the MongoDBx::Class::Document update method performs that.
Makes sure the given keys of this collection are indexed. $keys is either an unordered hash-ref, an ordered Tie::IxHash object, or an ordered, even-numbered array reference like this:
$keys
$coll->ensure_index([ title => 1, date => -1 ])
The following methods are only to be used internally:
Collapses an entire hash-ref for proper database insertions.
Ido Perlmuter, <ido at ido50.net>
<ido at ido50.net>
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-mongodbx-class at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=MongoDBx-Class. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
bug-mongodbx-class at rt.cpan.org
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc MongoDBx::Class::Collection
You can also look for information at:
RT: CPAN's request tracker
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=MongoDBx::Class
AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
http://annocpan.org/dist/MongoDBx::Class
CPAN Ratings
http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/MongoDBx::Class
Search CPAN
http://search.cpan.org/dist/MongoDBx::Class/
MongoDB::Collection.
Copyright 2010-2012 Ido Perlmuter.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.
See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.
To install MongoDBx::Class, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm MongoDBx::Class
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install MongoDBx::Class
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.