package DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::File; use strict; use warnings; use base 'DBIx::Class'; use File::Path; use File::Copy; use Path::Class; __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/InflateColumn/); sub register_column { my ($self, $column, $info, @rest) = @_; $self->next::method($column, $info, @rest); return unless defined($info->{is_file_column}); $self->inflate_column($column => { inflate => sub { my ($value, $obj) = @_; $obj->_inflate_file_column($column, $value); }, deflate => sub { my ($value, $obj) = @_; $obj->_save_file_column($column, $value); }, }); } sub _file_column_file { my ($self, $column, $filename) = @_; my $column_info = $self->column_info($column); return unless $column_info->{is_file_column}; my $id = $self->id || $self->throw_exception( 'id required for filename generation' ); $filename ||= $self->$column->{filename}; return Path::Class::file( $column_info->{file_column_path}, $id, $filename, ); } sub delete { my ( $self, @rest ) = @_; for ( $self->columns ) { if ( $self->column_info($_)->{is_file_column} ) { rmtree( [$self->_file_column_file($_)->dir], 0, 0 ); last; # if we've deleted one, we've deleted them all } } return $self->next::method(@rest); } sub insert { my $self = shift; # cache our file columns so we can write them to the fs # -after- we have a PK my %file_column; for ( $self->columns ) { if ( $self->column_info($_)->{is_file_column} ) { $file_column{$_} = $self->$_; $self->store_column($_ => $self->$_->{filename}); } } $self->next::method(@_); # write the files to the fs while ( my ($col, $file) = each %file_column ) { $self->_save_file_column($col, $file); } return $self; } sub _inflate_file_column { my ( $self, $column, $value ) = @_; my $fs_file = $self->_file_column_file($column, $value); return { handle => $fs_file->open('r'), filename => $value }; } sub _save_file_column { my ( $self, $column, $value ) = @_; return unless ref $value; my $fs_file = $self->_file_column_file($column, $value->{filename}); mkpath [$fs_file->dir]; # File::Copy doesn't like Path::Class (or any for that matter) objects, # thus ->stringify (http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=59650) File::Copy::copy($value->{handle}, $fs_file->stringify); $self->_file_column_callback($value, $self, $column); return $value->{filename}; } =head1 NAME DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::File - map files from the Database to the filesystem. =head1 SYNOPSIS In your L table class: use base 'DBIx::Class::Core'; __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/InflateColumn::File/); # define your columns __PACKAGE__->add_columns( "id", { data_type => "integer", is_auto_increment => 1, is_nullable => 0, size => 4, }, "filename", { data_type => "varchar", is_file_column => 1, file_column_path =>'/tmp/uploaded_files', # or for a Catalyst application # file_column_path => MyApp->path_to('root','static','files'), default_value => undef, is_nullable => 1, size => 255, }, ); In your L class: FileColumn requires a hash that contains L as handle and the file's name as name. my $entry = $c->model('MyAppDB::Articles')->create({ subject => 'blah', filename => { handle => $c->req->upload('myupload')->fh, filename => $c->req->upload('myupload')->basename }, body => '....' }); $c->stash->{entry}=$entry; And Place the following in your TT template Article Subject: [% entry.subject %] Uploaded File: File Body: [% entry.body %] The file will be stored on the filesystem for later retrieval. Calling delete on your resultset will delete the file from the filesystem. Retrevial of the record automatically inflates the column back to the set hash with the IO::File handle and filename. =head1 DESCRIPTION InflateColumn::File =head1 METHODS =head2 _file_column_callback ($file,$ret,$target) Method made to be overridden for callback purposes. =cut sub _file_column_callback {} =head1 AUTHOR Victor Igumnov =head1 LICENSE This library is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut 1;