+ return parent::getClassKV(get_called_class(), $k, $v);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Get an instance by compound key
+ *
+ * This is a utility method to get a single instance with a given set of
+ * key-value pairs. Usually used for the primary key for a compound key; thus
+ * the name.
+ *
+ * @param array $kv array of key-value mappings
+ *
+ * @return get_called_class() object if found, or null for no hits
+ *
+ */
+ static function pkeyGet(array $kv)
+ {
+ return parent::pkeyGetClass(get_called_class(), $kv);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Get multiple items from the database by key
+ *
+ * @param string $keyCol name of column for key
+ * @param array $keyVals key values to fetch
+ * @param boolean $skipNulls return only non-null results?
+ *
+ * @return array Array of objects, in order
+ */
+ static function multiGet($keyCol, array $keyVals, $skipNulls=true)
+ {
+ return parent::multiGetClass(get_called_class(), $keyCol, $keyVals, $skipNulls);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Get multiple items from the database by key
+ *
+ * @param string $keyCol name of column for key
+ * @param array $keyVals key values to fetch
+ * @param array $otherCols Other columns to hold fixed
+ *
+ * @return array Array mapping $keyVals to objects, or null if not found
+ */
+ static function pivotGet($keyCol, array $keyVals, array $otherCols=array())
+ {
+ return parent::pivotGetClass(get_called_class(), $keyCol, $keyVals, $otherCols);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Get a multi-instance object
+ *
+ * This is a utility method to get multiple instances with a given set of
+ * values for a specific column.
+ *
+ * @param string $keyCol key column name
+ * @param array $keyVals array of key values
+ *
+ * @return get_called_class() object with multiple instances if found,
+ * Exception is thrown when no entries are found.
+ *
+ */
+ static function listFind($keyCol, array $keyVals)
+ {
+ return parent::listFindClass(get_called_class(), $keyCol, $keyVals);