Bug 525426: Hook: object-before_set

Patch by Max Kanat-Alexander <mkanat@bugzilla.org> r=dkl, a=mkanat

2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Bugzilla/Hook.pm b/Bugzilla/Hook.pm
index b98fc95d7..b35a338d6 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/Hook.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Hook.pm
@@ -620,6 +620,32 @@ A hashref. The set of named parameters passed to C<create>.
 
 =back
 
+=head2 object-before_set
+
+Called during L<Bugzilla::Object/set>, before any actual work is done.
+You can use this to perform actions before a value is changed for
+specific fields on certain types of objects.
+
+Params:
+
+=over
+
+=item C<object>
+
+The object that C<set> was called on. You will probably want to
+do something like C<< if ($object->isa('Some::Class')) >> in your code to
+limit your changes to only certain subclasses of Bugzilla::Object.
+
+=item C<field>
+
+The name of the field being updated in the object.
+
+=item C<value> 
+
+The value being set on the object.
+
+=back
+
 =head2 object-end_of_create_validators
 
 Called at the end of L<Bugzilla::Object/run_create_validators>. You can
diff --git a/Bugzilla/Object.pm b/Bugzilla/Object.pm
index 08b60af28..0630a78d4 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/Object.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Object.pm
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ sub set {
                             superclass => __PACKAGE__,
                             function   => 'Bugzilla::Object->set' });
 
+    Bugzilla::Hook::process('object-before_set',
+                            { object => $self, field => $field,
+                              value => $value });
+
     my %validators = (%{$self->VALIDATORS}, %{$self->UPDATE_VALIDATORS});
     if (exists $validators{$field}) {
         my $validator = $validators{$field};