[Dbix-class] Encapsulate multiple steps for insertion

[Richard Jolly]

Robert 'phaylon' Sedlacek wrote:
> Richard Jolly wrote:
> 
>> Like the OP, whe have business entities that span mulitple tables and
>> need to be created within a transaction. That's simple enough, but
>> the clarity of the code suffers: 
>> 
>>   # good - creates a complete record
>>   $schema->resultset('Foo')->create_bar($data)
>> 
>>   # bad - invalid, partially created business object
>>   #schema->resultset('Foo')->create($data)
>> 
>> We can't just override create, so that wasn't an option - it needs to
>> be called as-is within the create_bar transaction, along with a bunch
>> of other stuff. Get a few cases like that and it's a lot for
>> developers to remember.
> 
> Maybe I'm missing something here, because I just got into the
> office and  am still having my first cup of coffee, but: Why
> not? Or rather, why not override 'insert' to create a
> corresponding entry in the related table?

This code was written months ago now and I can't remember (I'm on my
third cup, but it's not working). I'm pretty sure we tried that, but
looking at the code now I can't see why it wouldn't work. If I get time
I'll play with it later and post an update.

Richard 

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