This package implements the pj DataProvider Framework library under Joomla! CMS. Refer there for detailed description of InfoBase, SearchKey, IDataProvider and MySqlDataProvider.

• DataProviderBase is the Joomla! implementation of IDataProvider, extending it with the PJVisitorInfo support
• ScriptProvider is a DataProviderBase extending class enabling installation of stored procedures.
• UTF8Helper provides simple UTF-8 conversion methods with special support for characters.
• PjTools contains additional classes and useful common functions.

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Usage:

pj DataProvider Framework package (lib_pj) is an alternative database concept beside of Joomla's JDatabase framework.

The developer designs new classes extending the InfoBase class and registers them at start-up in the singleton DataProviderBase instance. It is not necessary to add any code to bare class declarations, although it is convenient to outsource specific functionality there.

The framework offers full database access for registered InfoBase classes, including retrieving by ID or by queries passed either as string or as SearchKey structure. It recognizes changes of instance data and inserts, updates and deletes instances together with corresponding table rows, optionally in nested transactions. It ensures that at any time, there exists just one unique instance of InfoBase extending class corresponding to one database table row.

The developer has to write an extension of the DataProviderBase class and outsource his/her business layer functions there.