DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn - Automatically encode columns

In your DBIx::Class Result class (sometimes erroneously referred to as the 'table' class):

  __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/EncodedColumn ... Core/);

  #Digest encoder with hex format and SHA-1 algorithm
  __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
    'password' => {
      data_type     => 'CHAR',
      size          => 40,
      encode_column => 1,
      encode_class  => 'Digest',
      encode_args   => {algorithm => 'SHA-1', format => 'hex'},
  }

  #SHA-1 / hex encoding / generate check method
  __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
    'password' => {
      data_type   => 'CHAR',
      size        => 40 + 10,
      encode_column => 1,
      encode_class  => 'Digest',
      encode_args   => {algorithm => 'SHA-1', format => 'hex', salt_length => 10},
      encode_check_method => 'check_password',
  }

  #MD5 /  base64 encoding / generate check method
  __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
    'password' => {
      data_type => 'CHAR',
      size      => 22,
      encode_column => 1,
      encode_class  => 'Digest',
      encode_args   => {algorithm => 'MD5', format => 'base64'},
      encode_check_method => 'check_password',
  }

  #Eksblowfish bcrypt / cost of 8/ no key_nul / generate check method
  __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
    'password' => {
      data_type => 'CHAR',
      size      => 22,
      encode_column => 1,
      encode_class  => 'Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt',
      encode_args   => { key_nul => 0, cost => 8 },
      encode_check_method => 'check_password',
  }

In your application code:

   #updating the value.
   $row->password('plaintext');
   my $digest = $row->password;

   #checking against an existing value with a check_method
   $row->check_password('old_password'); #true
   $row->password('new_password');
   $row->check_password('new_password'); #returns true
   $row->check_password('old_password'); #returns false

Note: The component needs to be loaded before Core.

This DBIx::Class component can be used to automatically encode a column's contents whenever the value of that column is set.

This module is similar to the existing DBIx::Class::DigestColumns, but there is some key differences:

DigestColumns performs the encode operation on insert and update, and EncodedColumn performs the operation when the value is set, or on new.

DigestColumns supports only algorithms of the Digest family. EncodedColumn employs a set of thin wrappers around different cipher modules to provide support for any cipher you wish to use and wrappers are very simple to write (typicall less than 30 lines).

EncodedColumn supports having more than one encoded column per table and each column can use a different cipher.

Encode adds only one item to the namespace of the object utilizing it (_column_encoders).

There is, unfortunately, some features that EncodedColumn doesn't suppor. DigestColumns supports changing certain options at runtime, as well as the option to not automatically encode values on set. The author of this module found these options to be non-essential and ommitted them by design.

If any one of these options is present the column will be treated as a digest column and all of the defaults will be applied to the rest of the options.

Enable automatic encoding of column values. If this option is not set to true any other options will become noops.

By using the encode_check_method attribute when you declare a column you can create a check method for that column. The check method accepts a plain text string, and returns a boolean that indicates whether the digest of the provided value matches the current value.

The class to use for encoding. available classes are:

Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt - uses DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn::Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt

Digest - uses DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn::Digest

Please see the relevant class's documentation for information about the specific arguments accepted by each.

The following DBIx::Class::ResultSource method is extended:

register_column - Handle the options described above.

The following DBIx::Class::Row methods are extended by this module:

new - Encode the columns on new() so that copy and create DWIM.

set_column - Encode values whenever column is set.

DBIx::Class::DigestColumns, DBIx::Class, Digest

Guillermo Roditi (groditi) <groditi@cpan.org>

Inspired by the original module written by Tom Kirkpatrick (tkp) <tkp@cpan.org> featuring contributions from Guillermo Roditi (groditi) <groditi@cpan.org> and Marc Mims <marc@questright.com>

kentnl - Kent Fredric <kentnl@cpan.org>

mst - Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk>

Copyright (c) 2008 - 2009 the DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn AUTHOR and CONTRIBUTORS as listed above.

This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms as perl itself.