--- nfo/perl/libs/Data/Storage/Schema/Abstract.pm	2002/11/09 01:27:23	1.3
+++ nfo/perl/libs/Data/Storage/Schema/Abstract.pm	2002/11/17 07:12:06	1.5
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 ###############################################
 #
-#  $Id: Abstract.pm,v 1.3 2002/11/09 01:27:23 joko Exp $
+#  $Id: Abstract.pm,v 1.5 2002/11/17 07:12:06 joko Exp $
 #
 #  $Log: Abstract.pm,v $
+#  Revision 1.5  2002/11/17 07:12:06  joko
+#  + extended ::getProperties with argument "want_transactions"
+#
+#  Revision 1.4  2002/11/15 13:21:39  joko
+#  + added capability to propagate global schema options from schema module to tangram schema
+#
 #  Revision 1.3  2002/11/09 01:27:23  joko
 #  + dependency of Class::Tangram now is 1.13 at minimum
 #
@@ -44,6 +50,8 @@
     my @args = ();
     @_ && (@args = @_);
     
+    $logger->debug( __PACKAGE__ . "->new" );
+
     #my $self = { @_ };
 
     # merge all entries from all hashes in args-array to single array (key, val, key, val)
@@ -52,11 +60,13 @@
     # make hash from array
     my %args = @args_all;
 
-    $logger->debug( __PACKAGE__ . "->new( @args_all )" );
+    #$logger->debug( __PACKAGE__ . "->new( @args_all )" );
     
     my $self = { %args };
     bless $self, $class;
 
+    #use Data::Dumper; print Dumper($self);
+
     # remember as which Class we are instantiated
     $self->{invocant} = $invocant;
 
@@ -136,6 +146,13 @@
       $classlist = $packages;
     }
     
+    my $schema_properties = {};
+    if ($self->{invocant}->can('getProperties')) {
+      # TODO: rework this! call by ref and/or do oo
+      #$schema_properties = eval('return ' . $self->{invocant} . '::getProperties();');
+      $schema_properties = eval('return ' . $self->{invocant} . '::getProperties($self->{want_transactions});');
+    }
+    
     # build argument to be passed to "Tangram::Schema->new(...)"
     my @classes;
     map {
@@ -149,23 +166,44 @@
       push @classes, $schema;
     } @{$classlist};
 
+    # build up the schema as a hash
+    my $schema = { 
+      classes => \@classes,
+    };
+    
+    # merge schema properties
+    foreach (keys %$schema_properties) {
+      $schema->{$_} = $schema_properties->{$_};
+    }
+    
     # create a new Tangram schema object
-    # these classes must occour in the same order used at a previous setup
-    $self->{schema} = Tangram::Schema->new({ classes => \@classes });    
+    # a) these classes must occour in the same order used at a previous setup or
+    # b) better use class ids!
+    $self->{schema} = Tangram::Schema->new($schema);
     return 1;
     
+=pod
     # ======================================
-    # template
+    # schema template
     $self->{schema} = Tangram::Schema->new({ 
+
         classes => [ 
-    
           # misc
-            'SystemEvent' => $SystemEvent::schema,
-    
+            'Person' => $Person::schema,
         ],
+
+        make_object => sub { ... },
+        set_id => sub { ... }
+        get_id => sub { ... }
+        normalize => sub { ... },
+
+        control => '...'
+
+        sql => { ... },
+
       });
     # ======================================
-
+=cut
 
   }