Freeside:4:Documentation:Developer/FS/svc External Common

NAME

FS::svc_External_Common - Base class for svc_X classes which track external databases

SYNOPSIS

 package FS::svc_newservice;
 use base qw( FS::svc_External_Common );

DESCRIPTION

FS::svc_External_Common is intended as a base class for table-specific classes to inherit from. FS::svc_External_Common is used for services which connect to externally tracked services via "id" and "table" fields.

FS::svc_External_Common inherits from FS::svc_Common.

The following fields are currently supported:

svcnum - primary key; id - unique number of external record; title - for invoice line items

METHODS

search_sql

Provides a default search_sql method which returns an SQL fragment to search the title field.

new HASHREF

Creates a new external service. To add the external service to the database, see "insert".

Note that this stores the hash reference, not a distinct copy of the hash it points to. You can ask the object for a copy with the hash method.

label

Returns a string identifying this external service in the form "id:title"

insert [ , OPTION => VALUE ... ]

Adds this external service to the database. If there is an error, returns the error, otherwise returns false.

The additional fields pkgnum and svcpart (see FS::cust_svc) should be defined. An FS::cust_svc record will be created and inserted.

Currently available options are: depend_jobnum

If depend_jobnum is set (to a scalar jobnum or an array reference of jobnums), all provisioning jobs will have a dependancy on the supplied jobnum(s) (they will not run until the specific job(s) complete(s)).

delete

Delete this record from the database.

replace OLD_RECORD

Replaces the OLD_RECORD with this one in the database. If there is an error, returns the error, otherwise returns false.

suspend

Called by the suspend method of FS::cust_pkg (see FS::cust_pkg).

unsuspend

Called by the unsuspend method of FS::cust_pkg (see FS::cust_pkg).

cancel

Called by the cancel method of FS::cust_pkg (see FS::cust_pkg).

check

Checks all fields to make sure this is a valid external service. If there is an error, returns the error, otherwise returns false. Called by the insert and replace methods.

SEE ALSO

FS::svc_Common, FS::Record, FS::cust_svc, FS::part_svc, FS::cust_pkg, schema.html from the base documentation.