- my ($self, $field, @args) = @_;
- my $how = shift @args unless ref $args[0];
- my $args = shift @args; # argument hash ref
-
- return $self->_field_from_how($field, $how, $args) ||
- $self->_field_from_relationship($field, $args) ||
- $self->_field_from_column($field, $args) ||
- $self->_to_textfield($field, $args);
+ my ($self, $field, $how, $args) = @_;
+ if (ref $how) { $args = $how; }
+ unless ($how) { $how = $args->{how} || ''; }
+
+ return $self->_field_from_how($field, $how, $args) ||
+ $self->_field_from_relationship($field, $args) ||
+ $self->_field_from_column($field, $args) ||
+ $self->_to_textfield($field, $args);
+}
+
+=head2 search_inputs
+
+ my $cgi = $class->search_inputs ([$args]); # optional $args
+
+Returns hash or hashref of search inputs elements for a class making sure the
+inputs are empty of any initial values.
+You can specify what columns you want inputs for in
+$args->{columns} or
+by the method "search_columns". The default is "display_columns".
+If you want to te search on columns in related classes you can do that by
+specifying a one element hashref in place of the column name where
+the key is the related "column" (has_a or has_many method for example) and
+the value is a list ref of columns to search on in the related class.
+
+Example:
+ sub BeerDB::Beer::search_columns {
+ return ( 'name' , 'rating', { brewery => [ 'name', 'location'] } );
+ }
+
+ # Now foreign inputs are made for Brewery name and location and the
+ # there will be no name clashing and processing can be automated.
+
+=cut
+
+
+sub search_inputs {
+ my ($class, $args) = @_;
+ warn "In new Search Inputs";
+ $class = ref $class || $class;
+ #my $accssr_class = { $class->accessor_classes };
+ my %cgi;
+
+ $args->{columns} ||= $class->can('search_columns') ?[$class->search_columns] : [$class->display_columns];
+
+ foreach my $field ( @{ $args->{columns} } ) {
+ my $base_args = {
+ no_hidden_constraints => 1,
+ column_nullable => 1, # empty option on select boxes
+ value => '',
+ };
+ if ( ref $field eq "HASH" ) { # foreign search fields
+ my ($accssr, $cols) = each %$field;
+ $base_args->{columns} = $cols;
+ unless ( @$cols ) {
+ # default to search fields for related
+ #$cols = $accssr_class->{$accssr}->search_columns;
+ die ("$class search_fields error: Must specify at least one column to search in the foreign object named '$accssr'");
+ }
+ my $fcgi = $class->to_field($accssr, 'foreign_inputs', $base_args);
+
+ # unset the default values for a select box
+ foreach (keys %$fcgi) {
+ #$class->unselect_element($fcgi->{$_});
+ }
+ $cgi{$accssr} = $fcgi;
+ delete $base_args->{columns};
+ } else {
+ $cgi{$field} = $class->to_field($field, $base_args); #{no_select => $args->{no_select}{$field} });
+ #$class->unselect_element($cgi{$field});
+ }
+ }
+ return \%cgi;
+}
+
+
+
+#
+sub unselect_element {
+ my ($self, $el) = @_;
+ #unless (ref $el eq 'HTML::Element') {
+ #$self->_croak ('Need an HTML::Element to unselect. You gave a ' . Dumper($el)); }
+ if ($el->tag eq 'select') {
+ foreach my $opt ($el->content_list) {
+ $opt->attr('selected', undef) if $opt->attr('selected');
+ }
+ }
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