SQL::Translator - manipulate structured data definitions (SQL and more)


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NAME

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SQL::Translator - manipulate structured data definitions (SQL and more)

SYNOPSIS

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  use SQL::Translator;

  my $translator          = SQL::Translator->new(
      # Print debug info
      debug               => 1,
      # Print Parse::RecDescent trace
      trace               => 0,
      # Don't include comments in output
      no_comments         => 0,
      # Print name mutations, conflicts
      show_warnings       => 0,
      # Add "drop table" statements
      add_drop_table      => 1,
      # to quote or not to quote, thats the question
      quote_table_names     => 1,
      quote_field_names     => 1,
      # Validate schema object
      validate            => 1,
      # Make all table names CAPS in producers which support this option
      format_table_name   => sub {my $tablename = shift; return uc($tablename)},
      # Null-op formatting, only here for documentation's sake
      format_package_name => sub {return shift},
      format_fk_name      => sub {return shift},
      format_pk_name      => sub {return shift},
  );

  my $output     = $translator->translate(
      from       => 'MySQL',
      to         => 'Oracle',
      # Or an arrayref of filenames, i.e. [ $file1, $file2, $file3 ]
      filename   => $file,
  ) or die $translator->error;

  print $output;

DESCRIPTION

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This documentation covers the API for SQL::Translator. For a more general discussion of how to use the modules and scripts, please see SQL::Translator::Manual.

SQL::Translator is a group of Perl modules that converts vendor-specific SQL table definitions into other formats, such as other vendor-specific SQL, ER diagrams, documentation (POD and HTML), XML, and Class::DBI classes. The main focus of SQL::Translator is SQL, but parsers exist for other structured data formats, including Excel spreadsheets and arbitrarily delimited text files. Through the separation of the code into parsers and producers with an object model in between, it's possible to combine any parser with any producer, to plug in custom parsers or producers, or to manipulate the parsed data via the built-in object model. Presently only the definition parts of SQL are handled (CREATE, ALTER), not the manipulation of data (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE).

CONSTRUCTOR

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The constructor is called new, and accepts a optional hash of options. Valid options are:

All options are, well, optional; these attributes can be set via instance methods. Internally, they are; no (non-syntactical) advantage is gained by passing options to the constructor.

METHODS

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add_drop_table

Toggles whether or not to add "DROP TABLE" statements just before the create definitions.

quote_table_names

Toggles whether or not to quote table names with " in DROP and CREATE statements. The default (true) is to quote them.

quote_field_names

Toggles whether or not to quote field names with " in most statements. The default (true), is to quote them.

no_comments

Toggles whether to print comments in the output. Accepts a true or false value, returns the current value.

producer

The producer method is an accessor/mutator, used to retrieve or define what subroutine is called to produce the output. A subroutine defined as a producer will be invoked as a function (not a method) and passed its container SQL::Translator instance, which it should call the schema method on, to get the SQL::Translator::Schema generated by the parser. It is expected that the function transform the schema structure to a string. The SQL::Translator instance is also useful for informational purposes; for example, the type of the parser can be retrieved using the parser_type method, and the error and debug methods can be called when needed.

When defining a producer, one of several things can be passed in: A module name (e.g., My::Groovy::Producer), a module name relative to the SQL::Translator::Producer namespace (e.g., MySQL), a module name and function combination (My::Groovy::Producer::transmogrify), or a reference to an anonymous subroutine. If a full module name is passed in (for the purposes of this method, a string containing "::" is considered to be a module name), it is treated as a package, and a function called "produce" will be invoked: $modulename::produce. If $modulename cannot be loaded, the final portion is stripped off and treated as a function. In other words, if there is no file named My/Groovy/Producer/transmogrify.pm, SQL::Translator will attempt to load My/Groovy/Producer.pm and use transmogrify as the name of the function, instead of the default produce.

  my $tr = SQL::Translator->new;

  # This will invoke My::Groovy::Producer::produce($tr, $data)
  $tr->producer("My::Groovy::Producer");

  # This will invoke SQL::Translator::Producer::Sybase::produce($tr, $data)
  $tr->producer("Sybase");

  # This will invoke My::Groovy::Producer::transmogrify($tr, $data),
  # assuming that My::Groovy::Producer::transmogrify is not a module
  # on disk.
  $tr->producer("My::Groovy::Producer::transmogrify");

  # This will invoke the referenced subroutine directly, as
  # $subref->($tr, $data);
  $tr->producer(\&my_producer);

There is also a method named producer_type, which is a string containing the classname to which the above produce function belongs. In the case of anonymous subroutines, this method returns the string "CODE".

Finally, there is a method named producer_args, which is both an accessor and a mutator. Arbitrary data may be stored in name => value pairs for the producer subroutine to access:

  sub My::Random::producer {
      my ($tr, $data) = @_;
      my $pr_args = $tr->producer_args();

      # $pr_args is a hashref.

Extra data passed to the producer method is passed to producer_args:

  $tr->producer("xSV", delimiter => ',\s*');

  # In SQL::Translator::Producer::xSV:
  my $args = $tr->producer_args;
  my $delimiter = $args->{'delimiter'}; # value is ,\s*

parser

The parser method defines or retrieves a subroutine that will be called to perform the parsing. The basic idea is the same as that of producer (see above), except the default subroutine name is "parse", and will be invoked as $module_name::parse($tr, $data). Also, the parser subroutine will be passed a string containing the entirety of the data to be parsed.

  # Invokes SQL::Translator::Parser::MySQL::parse()
  $tr->parser("MySQL");

  # Invokes My::Groovy::Parser::parse()
  $tr->parser("My::Groovy::Parser");

  # Invoke an anonymous subroutine directly
  $tr->parser(sub {
    my $dumper = Data::Dumper->new([ $_[1] ], [ "SQL" ]);
    $dumper->Purity(1)->Terse(1)->Deepcopy(1);
    return $dumper->Dump;
  });

There is also parser_type and parser_args, which perform analogously to producer_type and producer_args

filters

Set or retreive the filters to run over the schema during the translation, before the producer creates its output. Filters are sub routines called, in order, with the schema object to filter as the 1st arg and a hash of options (passed as a list) for the rest of the args. They are free to do whatever they want to the schema object, which will be handed to any following filters, then used by the producer.

Filters are set as an array, which gives the order they run in. Like parsers and producers, they can be defined by a module name, a module name relative to the SQL::Translator::Filter namespace, a module name and function name together or a reference to an anonymous subroutine. When using a module name a function called filter will be invoked in that package to do the work.

To pass args to the filter set it as an array ref with the 1st value giving the filter (name or sub) and the rest its args. e.g.

 $tr->filters(
     sub {
        my $schema = shift;
        # Do stuff to schema here!
     },
     DropFKeys,
     [ "Names", table => 'lc' ],
     [ "Foo",   foo => "bar", hello => "world" ],
     [ "Filter5" ],
 );

Although you normally set them in the constructor, which calls through to filters. i.e.

  my $translator  = SQL::Translator->new(
      ...
      filters => [
          sub { ... },
          [ "Names", table => 'lc' ],
      ],
      ...
  );

See t/36-filters.t for more examples.

Multiple set calls to filters are cumulative with new filters added to the end of the current list.

Returns the filters as a list of array refs, the 1st value being a reference to the filter sub and the rest its args.

show_warnings

Toggles whether to print warnings of name conflicts, identifier mutations, etc. Probably only generated by producers to let the user know when something won't translate very smoothly (e.g., MySQL "enum" fields into Oracle). Accepts a true or false value, returns the current value.

translate

The translate method calls the subroutine referenced by the parser data member, then calls any filters and finally calls the producer sub routine (these members are described above). It accepts as arguments a number of things, in key => value format, including (potentially) a parser and a producer (they are passed directly to the parser and producer methods).

Here is how the parameter list to translate is parsed:

filename, data

Using the filename method, the filename of the data to be parsed can be set. This method can be used in conjunction with the data method, below. If both the filename and data methods are invoked as mutators, the data set in the data method is used.

    $tr->filename("/my/data/files/create.sql");

or:

    my $create_script = do {
        local $/;
        open CREATE, "/my/data/files/create.sql" or die $!;
        <CREATE>;
    };
    $tr->data(\$create_script);

filename takes a string, which is interpreted as a filename. data takes a reference to a string, which is used as the data to be parsed. If a filename is set, then that file is opened and read when the translate method is called, as long as the data instance variable is not set.

schema

Returns the SQL::Translator::Schema object.

trace

Turns on/off the tracing option of Parse::RecDescent.

validate

Whether or not to validate the schema object after parsing and before producing.

version

Returns the version of the SQL::Translator release.

AUTHORS

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See the included AUTHORS file: http://search.cpan.org/dist/SQL-Translator/AUTHORS

If you would like to contribute to the project, you can send patches to the developers mailing list:

    sqlfairy-developers@lists.sourceforge.net

Or send us a message (with your Sourceforge username) asking to be added to the project and what you'd like to contribute.

COPYRIGHT

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BUGS

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Please use http://rt.cpan.org/ for reporting bugs.

PRAISE

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If you find this module useful, please use http://cpanratings.perl.org/rate/?distribution=SQL-Translator to rate it.

SEE ALSO

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perl, SQL::Translator::Parser, SQL::Translator::Producer, Parse::RecDescent, GD, GraphViz, Text::RecordParser, Class::DBI, XML::Writer.


SQL-Translator documentation Contained in the SQL-Translator distribution.

package SQL::Translator;

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Copyright (C) 2002-2009 The SQLFairy Authors
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
# published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
# 02111-1307  USA
# -------------------------------------------------------------------

use strict;
use vars qw( $VERSION $DEFAULT_SUB $DEBUG $ERROR );
use base 'Class::Base';

require 5.005;

$VERSION  = '0.11008';
$DEBUG    = 0 unless defined $DEBUG;
$ERROR    = "";

use Carp qw(carp);

use Data::Dumper;
use File::Find;
use File::Spec::Functions qw(catfile);
use File::Basename qw(dirname);
use IO::Dir;
use SQL::Translator::Producer;
use SQL::Translator::Schema;

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# The default behavior is to "pass through" values (note that the
# SQL::Translator instance is the first value ($_[0]), and the stuff
# to be parsed is the second value ($_[1])
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
$DEFAULT_SUB = sub { $_[0]->schema } unless defined $DEFAULT_SUB;

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# init([ARGS])
#   The constructor.
#
#   new takes an optional hash of arguments.  These arguments may
#   include a parser, specified with the keys "parser" or "from",
#   and a producer, specified with the keys "producer" or "to".
#
#   The values that can be passed as the parser or producer are
#   given directly to the parser or producer methods, respectively.
#   See the appropriate method description below for details about
#   what each expects/accepts.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub init {
    my ( $self, $config ) = @_;
    #
    # Set the parser and producer.
    #
    # If a 'parser' or 'from' parameter is passed in, use that as the
    # parser; if a 'producer' or 'to' parameter is passed in, use that
    # as the producer; both default to $DEFAULT_SUB.
    #
    $self->parser  ($config->{'parser'}   || $config->{'from'} || $DEFAULT_SUB);
    $self->producer($config->{'producer'} || $config->{'to'}   || $DEFAULT_SUB);

    #
    # Set up callbacks for formatting of pk,fk,table,package names in producer
    # MOVED TO PRODUCER ARGS
    #
    #$self->format_table_name($config->{'format_table_name'});
    #$self->format_package_name($config->{'format_package_name'});
    #$self->format_fk_name($config->{'format_fk_name'});
    #$self->format_pk_name($config->{'format_pk_name'});

    #
    # Set the parser_args and producer_args
    #
    for my $pargs ( qw[ parser_args producer_args ] ) {
        $self->$pargs( $config->{$pargs} ) if defined $config->{ $pargs };
    }

    #
    # Initialize the filters.
    #
    if ( $config->{filters} && ref $config->{filters} eq "ARRAY" ) {
        $self->filters( @{$config->{filters}} )
        || return $self->error('Error inititializing filters: '.$self->error);
    }

    #
    # Set the data source, if 'filename' or 'file' is provided.
    #
    $config->{'filename'} ||= $config->{'file'} || "";
    $self->filename( $config->{'filename'} ) if $config->{'filename'};

    #
    # Finally, if there is a 'data' parameter, use that in
    # preference to filename and file
    #
    if ( my $data = $config->{'data'} ) {
        $self->data( $data );
    }

    #
    # Set various other options.
    #
    $self->{'debug'} = defined $config->{'debug'} ? $config->{'debug'} : $DEBUG;

    $self->add_drop_table( $config->{'add_drop_table'} );

    $self->no_comments( $config->{'no_comments'} );

    $self->show_warnings( $config->{'show_warnings'} );

    $self->trace( $config->{'trace'} );

    $self->validate( $config->{'validate'} );

    $self->quote_table_names( (defined $config->{'quote_table_names'}
        ? $config->{'quote_table_names'} : 1) );
    $self->quote_field_names( (defined $config->{'quote_field_names'}
        ? $config->{'quote_field_names'} : 1) );

    return $self;
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# add_drop_table([$bool])
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub add_drop_table {
    my $self = shift;
    if ( defined (my $arg = shift) ) {
        $self->{'add_drop_table'} = $arg ? 1 : 0;
    }
    return $self->{'add_drop_table'} || 0;
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# no_comments([$bool])
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub no_comments {
    my $self = shift;
    my $arg  = shift;
    if ( defined $arg ) {
        $self->{'no_comments'} = $arg ? 1 : 0;
    }
    return $self->{'no_comments'} || 0;
}


# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# quote_table_names([$bool])
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub quote_table_names {
    my $self = shift;
    if ( defined (my $arg = shift) ) {
        $self->{'quote_table_names'} = $arg ? 1 : 0;
    }
    return $self->{'quote_table_names'} || 0;
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# quote_field_names([$bool])
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub quote_field_names {
    my $self = shift;
    if ( defined (my $arg = shift) ) {
        $self->{'quote_field_names'} = $arg ? 1 : 0;
    }
    return $self->{'quote_field_names'} || 0;
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# producer([$producer_spec])
#
# Get or set the producer for the current translator.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub producer {
    shift->_tool({
            name => 'producer',
            path => "SQL::Translator::Producer",
            default_sub => "produce",
    }, @_);
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# producer_type()
#
# producer_type is an accessor that allows producer subs to get
# information about their origin.  This is poptentially important;
# since all producer subs are called as subroutine references, there is
# no way for a producer to find out which package the sub lives in
# originally, for example.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub producer_type { $_[0]->{'producer_type'} }

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# producer_args([\%args])
#
# Arbitrary name => value pairs of paramters can be passed to a
# producer using this method.
#
# If the first argument passed in is undef, then the hash of arguments
# is cleared; all subsequent elements are added to the hash of name,
# value pairs stored as producer_args.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub producer_args { shift->_args("producer", @_); }

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# parser([$parser_spec])
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub parser {
    shift->_tool({
        name => 'parser',
        path => "SQL::Translator::Parser",
        default_sub => "parse",
    }, @_);
}

sub parser_type { $_[0]->{'parser_type'}; }

sub parser_args { shift->_args("parser", @_); }

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# e.g.
#   $sqlt->filters => [
#       sub { },
#       [ "NormalizeNames", field => "lc", tabel => "ucfirst" ],
#       [
#           "DataTypeMap",
#           "TEXT" => "BIGTEXT",
#       ],
#   ],
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub filters {
    my $self = shift;
    my $filters = $self->{filters} ||= [];
    return @$filters unless @_;

    # Set. Convert args to list of [\&code,@args]
    foreach (@_) {
        my ($filt,@args) = ref($_) eq "ARRAY" ? @$_ : $_;
        if ( isa($filt,"CODE") ) {
            push @$filters, [$filt,@args];
            next;
        }
        else {
            $self->debug("Adding $filt filter. Args:".Dumper(\@args)."\n");
            $filt = _load_sub("$filt\::filter", "SQL::Translator::Filter")
            || return $self->error(__PACKAGE__->error);
            push @$filters, [$filt,@args];
        }
    }
    return @$filters;
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub show_warnings {
    my $self = shift;
    my $arg  = shift;
    if ( defined $arg ) {
        $self->{'show_warnings'} = $arg ? 1 : 0;
    }
    return $self->{'show_warnings'} || 0;
}


# filename - get or set the filename
sub filename {
    my $self = shift;
    if (@_) {
        my $filename = shift;
        if (-d $filename) {
            my $msg = "Cannot use directory '$filename' as input source";
            return $self->error($msg);
        } elsif (ref($filename) eq 'ARRAY') {
            $self->{'filename'} = $filename;
            $self->debug("Got array of files: ".join(', ',@$filename)."\n");
        } elsif (-f _ && -r _) {
            $self->{'filename'} = $filename;
            $self->debug("Got filename: '$self->{'filename'}'\n");
        } else {
            my $msg = "Cannot use '$filename' as input source: ".
                      "file does not exist or is not readable.";
            return $self->error($msg);
        }
    }

    $self->{'filename'};
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# data([$data])
#
# if $self->{'data'} is not set, but $self->{'filename'} is, then
# $self->{'filename'} is opened and read, with the results put into
# $self->{'data'}.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub data {
    my $self = shift;

    # Set $self->{'data'} based on what was passed in.  We will
    # accept a number of things; do our best to get it right.
    if (@_) {
        my $data = shift;
        if (isa($data, "SCALAR")) {
            $self->{'data'} =  $data;
        }
        else {
            if (isa($data, 'ARRAY')) {
                $data = join '', @$data;
            }
            elsif (isa($data, 'GLOB')) {
                seek ($data, 0, 0) if eof ($data);
                local $/;
                $data = <$data>;
            }
            elsif (! ref $data && @_) {
                $data = join '', $data, @_;
            }
            $self->{'data'} = \$data;
        }
    }

    # If we have a filename but no data yet, populate.
    if (not $self->{'data'} and my $filename = $self->filename) {
        $self->debug("Opening '$filename' to get contents.\n");
        local *FH;
        local $/;
        my $data;

        my @files = ref($filename) eq 'ARRAY' ? @$filename : ($filename);

        foreach my $file (@files) {
            unless (open FH, $file) {
                return $self->error("Can't read file '$file': $!");
            }

            $data .= <FH>;

            unless (close FH) {
                return $self->error("Can't close file '$file': $!");
            }
        }

        $self->{'data'} = \$data;
    }

    return $self->{'data'};
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub reset {
#
# Deletes the existing Schema object so that future calls to translate
# don't append to the existing.
#
    my $self = shift;
    $self->{'schema'} = undef;
    return 1;
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub schema {
#
# Returns the SQL::Translator::Schema object
#
    my $self = shift;

    unless ( defined $self->{'schema'} ) {
        $self->{'schema'} = SQL::Translator::Schema->new(
            translator      => $self,
        );
    }

    return $self->{'schema'};
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub trace {
    my $self = shift;
    my $arg  = shift;
    if ( defined $arg ) {
        $self->{'trace'} = $arg ? 1 : 0;
    }
    return $self->{'trace'} || 0;
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# translate([source], [\%args])
#
# translate does the actual translation.  The main argument is the
# source of the data to be translated, which can be a filename, scalar
# reference, or glob reference.
#
# Alternatively, translate takes optional arguements, which are passed
# to the appropriate places.  Most notable of these arguments are
# parser and producer, which can be used to set the parser and
# producer, respectively.  This is the applications last chance to set
# these.
#
# translate returns a string.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub translate {
    my $self = shift;
    my ($args, $parser, $parser_type, $producer, $producer_type);
    my ($parser_output, $producer_output, @producer_output);

    # Parse arguments
    if (@_ == 1) {
        # Passed a reference to a hash?
        if (isa($_[0], 'HASH')) {
            # yep, a hashref
            $self->debug("translate: Got a hashref\n");
            $args = $_[0];
        }

        # Passed a GLOB reference, i.e., filehandle
        elsif (isa($_[0], 'GLOB')) {
            $self->debug("translate: Got a GLOB reference\n");
            $self->data($_[0]);
        }

        # Passed a reference to a string containing the data
        elsif (isa($_[0], 'SCALAR')) {
            # passed a ref to a string
            $self->debug("translate: Got a SCALAR reference (string)\n");
            $self->data($_[0]);
        }

        # Not a reference; treat it as a filename
        elsif (! ref $_[0]) {
            # Not a ref, it's a filename
            $self->debug("translate: Got a filename\n");
            $self->filename($_[0]);
        }

        # Passed something else entirely.
        else {
            # We're not impressed.  Take your empty string and leave.
            # return "";

            # Actually, if data, parser, and producer are set, then we
            # can continue.  Too bad, because I like my comment
            # (above)...
            return "" unless ($self->data     &&
                              $self->producer &&
                              $self->parser);
        }
    }
    else {
        # You must pass in a hash, or you get nothing.
        return "" if @_ % 2;
        $args = { @_ };
    }

    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Can specify the data to be transformed using "filename", "file",
    # "data", or "datasource".
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    if (my $filename = ($args->{'filename'} || $args->{'file'})) {
        $self->filename($filename);
    }

    if (my $data = ($args->{'data'} || $args->{'datasource'})) {
        $self->data($data);
    }

    # ----------------------------------------------------------------
    # Get the data.
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------
    my $data = $self->data;

    # ----------------------------------------------------------------
    # Local reference to the parser subroutine
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------
    if ($parser = ($args->{'parser'} || $args->{'from'})) {
        $self->parser($parser);
    }
    $parser      = $self->parser;
    $parser_type = $self->parser_type;

    # ----------------------------------------------------------------
    # Local reference to the producer subroutine
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------
    if ($producer = ($args->{'producer'} || $args->{'to'})) {
        $self->producer($producer);
    }
    $producer      = $self->producer;
    $producer_type = $self->producer_type;

    # ----------------------------------------------------------------
    # Execute the parser, the filters and then execute the producer.
    # Allowances are made for each piece to die, or fail to compile,
    # since the referenced subroutines could be almost anything.  In
    # the future, each of these might happen in a Safe environment,
    # depending on how paranoid we want to be.
    # ----------------------------------------------------------------

    # Run parser
    unless ( defined $self->{'schema'} ) {
        eval { $parser_output = $parser->($self, $$data) };
        if ($@ || ! $parser_output) {
            my $msg = sprintf "translate: Error with parser '%s': %s",
                $parser_type, ($@) ? $@ : " no results";
            return $self->error($msg);
        }
    }
    $self->debug("Schema =\n", Dumper($self->schema), "\n");

    # Validate the schema if asked to.
    if ($self->validate) {
        my $schema = $self->schema;
        return $self->error('Invalid schema') unless $schema->is_valid;
    }

    # Run filters
    my $filt_num = 0;
    foreach ($self->filters) {
        $filt_num++;
        my ($code,@args) = @$_;
        eval { $code->($self->schema, @args) };
        my $err = $@ || $self->error || 0;
        return $self->error("Error with filter $filt_num : $err") if $err;
    }

    # Run producer
    # Calling wantarray in the eval no work, wrong scope.
    my $wantarray = wantarray ? 1 : 0;
    eval {
        if ($wantarray) {
            @producer_output = $producer->($self);
        } else {
            $producer_output = $producer->($self);
        }
    };
    if ($@ || !( $producer_output || @producer_output)) {
        my $err = $@ || $self->error || "no results";
        my $msg = "translate: Error with producer '$producer_type': $err";
        return $self->error($msg);
    }

    return wantarray ? @producer_output : $producer_output;
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# list_parsers()
#
# Hacky sort of method to list all available parsers.  This has
# several problems:
#
#   - Only finds things in the SQL::Translator::Parser namespace
#
#   - Only finds things that are located in the same directory
#     as SQL::Translator::Parser.  Yeck.
#
# This method will fail in several very likely cases:
#
#   - Parser modules in different namespaces
#
#   - Parser modules in the SQL::Translator::Parser namespace that
#     have any XS componenets will be installed in
#     arch_lib/SQL/Translator.
#
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub list_parsers {
    return shift->_list("parser");
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# list_producers()
#
# See notes for list_parsers(), above; all the problems apply to
# list_producers as well.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub list_producers {
    return shift->_list("producer");
}


# ======================================================================
# Private Methods
# ======================================================================

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# _args($type, \%args);
#
# Gets or sets ${type}_args.  Called by parser_args and producer_args.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub _args {
    my $self = shift;
    my $type = shift;
    $type = "${type}_args" unless $type =~ /_args$/;

    unless (defined $self->{$type} && isa($self->{$type}, 'HASH')) {
        $self->{$type} = { };
    }

    if (@_) {
        # If the first argument is an explicit undef (remember, we
        # don't get here unless there is stuff in @_), then we clear
        # out the producer_args hash.
        if (! defined $_[0]) {
            shift @_;
            %{$self->{$type}} = ();
        }

        my $args = isa($_[0], 'HASH') ? shift : { @_ };
        %{$self->{$type}} = (%{$self->{$type}}, %$args);
    }

    $self->{$type};
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Does the get/set work for parser and producer. e.g.
# return $self->_tool({
#   name => 'producer',
#   path => "SQL::Translator::Producer",
#   default_sub => "produce",
# }, @_);
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub _tool {
    my ($self,$args) = (shift, shift);
    my $name = $args->{name};
    return $self->{$name} unless @_; # get accessor

    my $path = $args->{path};
    my $default_sub = $args->{default_sub};
    my $tool = shift;

    # passed an anonymous subroutine reference
    if (isa($tool, 'CODE')) {
        $self->{$name} = $tool;
        $self->{"$name\_type"} = "CODE";
        $self->debug("Got $name: code ref\n");
    }

    # Module name was passed directly
    # We try to load the name; if it doesn't load, there's a
    # possibility that it has a function name attached to it,
    # so we give it a go.
    else {
        $tool =~ s/-/::/g if $tool !~ /::/;
        my ($code,$sub);
        ($code,$sub) = _load_sub("$tool\::$default_sub", $path);
        unless ($code) {
            if ( __PACKAGE__->error =~ m/Can't find module/ ) {
                # Mod not found so try sub
                ($code,$sub) = _load_sub("$tool", $path) unless $code;
                die "Can't load $name subroutine '$tool' : ".__PACKAGE__->error
                unless $code;
            }
            else {
                die "Can't load $name '$tool' : ".__PACKAGE__->error;
            }
        }

        # get code reference and assign
        my (undef,$module,undef) = $sub =~ m/((.*)::)?(\w+)$/;
        $self->{$name} = $code;
        $self->{"$name\_type"} = $sub eq "CODE" ? "CODE" : $module;
        $self->debug("Got $name: $sub\n");
    }

    # At this point, $self->{$name} contains a subroutine
    # reference that is ready to run

    # Anything left?  If so, it's args
    my $meth = "$name\_args";
    $self->$meth(@_) if (@_);

    return $self->{$name};
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# _list($type)
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub _list {
    my $self   = shift;
    my $type   = shift || return ();
    my $uctype = ucfirst lc $type;

    #
    # First find all the directories where SQL::Translator
    # parsers or producers (the "type") appear to live.
    #
    load("SQL::Translator::$uctype") or return ();
    my $path = catfile "SQL", "Translator", $uctype;
    my @dirs;
    for (@INC) {
        my $dir = catfile $_, $path;
        $self->debug("_list_${type}s searching $dir\n");
        next unless -d $dir;
        push @dirs, $dir;
    }

    #
    # Now use File::File::find to look recursively in those
    # directories for all the *.pm files, then present them
    # with the slashes turned into dashes.
    #
    my %found;
    find(
        sub {
            if ( -f && m/\.pm$/ ) {
                my $mod      =  $_;
                   $mod      =~ s/\.pm$//;
                my $cur_dir  = $File::Find::dir;
                my $base_dir = quotemeta catfile 'SQL', 'Translator', $uctype;

                #
                # See if the current directory is below the base directory.
                #
                if ( $cur_dir =~ m/$base_dir(.*)/ ) {
                    $cur_dir = $1;
                    $cur_dir =~ s!^/!!;  # kill leading slash
                    $cur_dir =~ s!/!-!g; # turn other slashes into dashes
                }
                else {
                    $cur_dir = '';
                }

                $found{ join '-', map { $_ || () } $cur_dir, $mod } = 1;
            }
        },
        @dirs
    );

    return sort { lc $a cmp lc $b } keys %found;
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# load(MODULE [,PATH[,PATH]...])
#
# Loads a Perl module.  Short circuits if a module is already loaded.
#
# MODULE - is the name of the module to load.
#
# PATH - optional list of 'package paths' to look for the module in. e.g
# If you called load('Super::Foo' => 'My', 'Other') it will
# try to load the mod Super::Foo then My::Super::Foo then Other::Super::Foo.
#
# Returns package name of the module actually loaded or false and sets error.
#
# Note, you can't load a name from the root namespace (ie one without '::' in
# it), therefore a single word name without a path fails.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub load {
    my $name = shift;
    my @path;
    push @path, "" if $name =~ /::/; # Empty path to check name on its own first
    push @path, @_ if @_;

    foreach (@path) {
        my $module = $_ ? "$_\::$name" : $name;
        my $file = $module; $file =~ s[::][/]g; $file .= ".pm";
        __PACKAGE__->debug("Loading $name as $file\n");
        return $module if $INC{$file}; # Already loaded

        eval { require $file };
        next if $@ =~ /Can't locate $file in \@INC/;
        eval { $module->import() } unless $@;
        return __PACKAGE__->error("Error loading $name as $module : $@")
        if $@ && $@ !~ /"SQL::Translator::Producer" is not exported/;

        return $module; # Module loaded ok
    }

    return __PACKAGE__->error("Can't find module $name. Path:".join(",",@path));
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Load the sub name given (including package), optionally using a base package
# path. Returns code ref and name of sub loaded, including its package.
# (\&code, $sub) = load_sub( 'MySQL::produce', "SQL::Translator::Producer" );
# (\&code, $sub) = load_sub( 'MySQL::produce', @path );
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub _load_sub {
    my ($tool, @path) = @_;

    my (undef,$module,$func_name) = $tool =~ m/((.*)::)?(\w+)$/;
    if ( my $module = load($module => @path) ) {
        my $sub = "$module\::$func_name";
        return wantarray ? ( \&{ $sub }, $sub ) : \&$sub;
    }
    return undef;
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub format_table_name {
    return shift->_format_name('_format_table_name', @_);
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub format_package_name {
    return shift->_format_name('_format_package_name', @_);
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub format_fk_name {
    return shift->_format_name('_format_fk_name', @_);
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub format_pk_name {
    return shift->_format_name('_format_pk_name', @_);
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# The other format_*_name methods rely on this one.  It optionally
# accepts a subroutine ref as the first argument (or uses an identity
# sub if one isn't provided or it doesn't already exist), and applies
# it to the rest of the arguments (if any).
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub _format_name {
    my $self = shift;
    my $field = shift;
    my @args = @_;

    if (ref($args[0]) eq 'CODE') {
        $self->{$field} = shift @args;
    }
    elsif (! exists $self->{$field}) {
        $self->{$field} = sub { return shift };
    }

    return @args ? $self->{$field}->(@args) : $self->{$field};
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# isa($ref, $type)
#
# Calls UNIVERSAL::isa($ref, $type).  I think UNIVERSAL::isa is ugly,
# but I like function overhead.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub isa($$) {
    my ($ref, $type) = @_;
    return UNIVERSAL::isa($ref, $type);
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# version
#
# Returns the $VERSION of the main SQL::Translator package.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub version {
    my $self = shift;
    return $VERSION;
}

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sub validate {
    my ( $self, $arg ) = @_;
    if ( defined $arg ) {
        $self->{'validate'} = $arg ? 1 : 0;
    }
    return $self->{'validate'} || 0;
}

1;

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Who killed the pork chops?
# What price bananas?
# Are you my Angel?
# Allen Ginsberg
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------