Lucy::...obType(3pm)

💖 Lucy::Plan::BlobType 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Lucy docs, specifically the Lucy::...obType(3pm) page — that's the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and yes the title got truncated in the header, it's giving ✨mystery✨ but it's literally just BlobType. no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Lucy::Plan::BlobType — the default behaviors for binary fields, periodt. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

my $string_type = Lucy::Plan::StringType->new;
my $blob_type   = Lucy::Plan::BlobType->new( stored => 1 );
my $schema      = Lucy::Plan::Schema->new;
$schema->spec_field( name => 'id',   type => $string_type );
$schema->spec_field( name => 'jpeg', type => $blob_type );

like, look at her go 🦋 setting up a schema with an id field and a jpeg field, one of them a plain string, one of them a blob. main character energy fr fr.

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

BlobType is an implementation of FieldType that's tuned for use with fields containing binary data.

and here's the thing, bestie — those binary fields cannot be indexed or searched. only stored. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🙈

so don't come for me asking why your blob isn't searchable, because it's literally not built for that. it's a storage girlie, not a search girlie. 💀

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💜 CONSTRUCTORS 💜

🧚 new

my $blob_type = Lucy::Plan::BlobType->new(
    stored => 1,  # default: false
);

Create a new BlobType. slay. 🌈

• stored — a boolean indicating whether the field should be stored. (and icymi, the default is false, so if you want it stored you gotta say so. no mind reading here. ✨)

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👑 INHERITANCE 👑

Lucy::Plan::BlobType isa Lucy::Plan::FieldType isa Clownfish::Obj.

like, it's a whole lineage. she comes from good stock. 🫶

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okay that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this was perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25 — love that for us, obsessed, go store some blobs. 🎀🦋✨