NAME
    DBIx::Class::AuditLog - Simple activity audit logging for DBIx::Class

SYNOPSIS
    Enable the AuditLog schema component in your DBIx::Class::Schema class
    file:

        package My::Schema;
        use base qw/DBIx::Class::Schema/;

        __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/Schema::AuditLog/);

    Enable the AuditLog component in your the individual DBIx::Class table
    class files that you want to enable logging on:

        package My::Schema::Result::Table
        use base qw/DBIx::Class::Core/;
 
        __PACKAGE__->load_components(qw/AuditLog/);

    In your application wrap any insert/update/delete in a transaction to
    have audit logging activated:

        $my_schema->txn_do(
            sub {
                $my_row->update({ ... });
            }
        );

    Optionally pass an extra hashref to the txn_do method to indicate a user
    and/or a description for the transaction:

        $my_schema->txn_do(
            sub {
                $my_row->update({ ... });
            },
            {
                user => 'username_or_id', # optional
                description => 'description of transaction' # optional
            }
        );

DESCRIPTION
    DBIx::Class::AuditLog is meant for tracking changes made to specific
    tables in your database.

    Any insert/update/delete that requires auditing must be wrapped in a
    "txn_do" statement.

    Transactions are saved as Changesets. Each Changeset can have many
    Actions. An Action can be of type insert/update/delete. Actions can have
    many Changes. Changes show the data that was changed during an action.

    By default all columns will be audited in any table where the AuditLog
    component is loaded.

    On an individual column basis you can disable auditing by setting
    'audit_log_column' to 0:

        __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
          "admin_id",
          { data_type => "integer", is_auto_increment => 1, is_nullable => 0, audit_log_column => 0 },
          "admin_name",
          { data_type => "varchar", is_nullable => 0, size => 20 },
          "admin_pasword",
          { data_type => "varchar", is_nullable => 0, size => 20 },
        );

    If you are using a DBIx::Class generated schema, and don't want to
    modify the column defintions directly, you can add the following to the
    editable portion of the Result Class file:

        __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
            "+admin_id",
            { audit_log_column => 0, }
        );

TABLE STRUCTURE
    The AuditLog schema is a self-contained schema that keeps no
    relationships to your main schema.

    The AuditLog schema consists of 6 tables:

        +-------------------------+
        | Tables_audit_log_schema |
        +-------------------------+
        | audit_log_action        |
        | audit_log_change        |
        | audit_log_changeset     |
        | audit_log_field         |
        | audit_log_table         |
        | audit_log_user          |
        +-------------------------+

    User
        This table contains a unique list of users that have executed
        transactions. The 'name' field is used to store the User identifier.
        This could be used for a user's name or id or other unique
        identifier as needed.

        This table does not get a relationship to any table in your main
        schema.

            mysql> select * from audit_log_user order by id;
            +----+---------------------+
            | id | name                |
            +----+---------------------+
            |  1 | TestAdminUser       |
            |  2 | YetAnotherAdminUser |
            |  3 | ioncache            |
            |  4 | markj               |
            +----+---------------------+
            4 rows in set (0.01 sec)

    Changeset
        An AuditLogChangeset is an identifier for a transaction. It can have
        many Actions. It can optionally be owned by a User. And optionally
        have a description.

            mysql> select * from audit_log_changeset order by id;
            +----+----------------------------------------------+---------------------+------+
            | id | description                                  | timestamp           | user |
            +----+----------------------------------------------+---------------------+------+
            |  1 | adding new user: JohnSample                  | 2012-06-22 17:16:25 |    1 |
            |  2 | updating username: JaneSample                | 2012-06-22 17:16:25 |    1 |
            |  3 | delete user: JohnSample                      | 2012-06-22 17:16:25 |    2 |
            |  4 | adding new user: TehPwnerer -- no admin user | 2012-06-22 17:16:25 | NULL |
            |  5 | multi-action changeset                       | 2012-06-22 17:16:25 |    3 |
            |  6 | NULL                                         | 2012-06-22 17:16:25 |    4 |
            +----+----------------------------------------------+---------------------+------+
            6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

    Action
        An AuditLogAction is an insert/update/delete belonging to a
        Changeset. It is also owned by Table.

            mysql> select * from audit_log_action order by id;
            +----+-----------+---------------+-------------+--------+
            | id | changeset | audited_table | audited_row | type   |
            +----+-----------+---------------+-------------+--------+
            |  1 |         1 |             1 |           8 | insert |
            |  2 |         2 |             1 |           7 | update |
            |  3 |         3 |             1 |           7 | delete |
            |  4 |         4 |             1 |           9 | insert |
            |  5 |         5 |             1 |          10 | insert |
            |  6 |         5 |             1 |          11 | insert |
            |  7 |         5 |             1 |          11 | update |
            |  8 |         5 |             1 |           9 | update |
            |  9 |         6 |             1 |          13 | insert |
            | 10 |         6 |             1 |          13 | update |
            +----+-----------+---------------+-------------+--------+
            10 rows in set (0.00 sec)

    Change
        An AuditLogChange contains changed data for one AuditLogField in an
        AuditLogAction. The original value is stored in the old_value field
        and the new value is stored in the new_value field.

            mysql> select * from audit_log_change order by id;
            +----+--------+-------+--------------+--------------+
            | id | action | field | old_value    | new_value    |
            +----+--------+-------+--------------+--------------+
            |  1 |      1 |     1 | NULL         | JohnSample   |
            |  2 |      1 |     2 | NULL         | 8            |
            |  3 |      1 |     3 | NULL         | 999-888-7777 |
            |  4 |      3 |     1 | JohnSample   | NULL         |
            |  5 |      3 |     2 | 7            | NULL         |
            |  6 |      3 |     3 | 999-888-7777 | NULL         |
            |  7 |      4 |     1 | NULL         | TehPnwerer   |
            |  8 |      4 |     2 | NULL         | 9            |
            |  9 |      4 |     3 | NULL         | 999-888-7777 |
            | 10 |      5 |     1 | NULL         | Superman     |
            | 11 |      5 |     2 | NULL         | 10           |
            | 12 |      5 |     3 | NULL         | 123-456-7890 |
            | 13 |      6 |     1 | NULL         | Spiderman    |
            | 14 |      6 |     2 | NULL         | 11           |
            | 15 |      6 |     3 | NULL         | 987-654-3210 |
            | 16 |      8 |     1 | TehPnwerer   | TehPwnerer   |
            | 17 |      8 |     3 | 999-888-7777 | 416-123-4567 |
            | 18 |      9 |     1 | NULL         | Drunk Hulk   |
            | 19 |      9 |     2 | NULL         | 13           |
            | 20 |      9 |     3 | NULL         | 123-456-7890 |
            +----+--------+-------+--------------+--------------+
            20 rows in set (0.00 sec)

    AuditedTable
        An AuditLogAuditedTable contains a unique list of tables that are
        being tracked. The name field contains the name of a table from your
        database. AuditLogAuditedTable rows are added as needed whenever an
        insert/update/date occurs.

        Note: at least for DB2, the table name will have the schema name
        added as well, eg., myschema.foo for the foo table in schema
        myschema.

            mysql> select * from audit_log_table order by id;
            +----+------+
            | id | name |
            +----+------+
            |  1 | user |
            +----+------+
            1 row in set (0.00 sec)

    Field
        An AuditLogField contains a unique list of fields for each table
        that is being audited. The name field contains the name of a field
        from a specific table inyour database. AuditLogField rows are added
        as needed whenever an insert/update/date occurs.

            mysql> select * from audit_log_field order by id;
            +----+---------------+-------+
            | id | audited_table | name  |
            +----+---------------+-------+
            |  1 |             1 | name  |
            |  2 |             1 | id    |
            |  3 |             1 | phone |
            +----+---------------+-------+
            3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

DEPLOYMENT
    To deploy an AuditLog schema, load your main schema, and then run the
    deploy command on the audit_log_schema:

        my $schema = AuditTest::Schema->connect( "DBI:mysql:database=audit_test",
            "root", "somepassword", { RaiseError => 1, PrintError => 0 } );
    
        $schema->audit_log_schema->deploy;

    The db user that is deploying the schema must have the correct create
    table permissions.

    Note: this should only be run once.

ACCESSING THE AUDIT LOG SCHEMA
    The Audit Log schema ca be accessed from your main schema by calling the
    audit_log_schema method:

        my $al_schema = $schema->audit_log_schema;

TODO
    *   add convenience method(s) for retrieving changes from the Audit Log
        schema

    *   add auto-deploy of schema if it doesn't exist

SEE ALSO
    *   DBIx::Class

    *   DBIx::Class::Journal

AUTHOR
    Mark Jubenville <ioncache@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
    This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Mark Jubenville.

    This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
    the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

