package MyDateExperiment ;
use base qw/Class::DBI/ ;
use Class::DBI::Plugin::DateFormat::Oracle qw(0.01) ;
my $NLS_DATE_FORMAT_CONVENTIONAL = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS' ;
#
# connection stuff...
# name the table...
# field definitions...
#
sub create {
  my $class = shift ;
  my $oldFormat = $class->get_nls_date_format;
  $class->set_nls_date_format( $NLS_DATE_FORMAT_CONVENTIONAL ) ;
  my $ans = $class->SUPER::create( @_ ) ;
  $class->set_nls_date_format( $oldFormat ) ;
  return $ans ;
}
sub get {
  my $class = shift ;
  my $oldFormat = $class->get_nls_date_format;
  $class->set_nls_date_format( $NLS_DATE_FORMAT_CONVENTIONAL ) ;
  my $ans = $class->SUPER::get( @_ ) ;
  $class->set_nls_date_format( $oldFormat ) ;
  return $ans ;
}

sub set {
  my $class = shift ;
  my $oldFormat = $class->get_nls_date_format;
  $class->set_nls_date_format( $NLS_DATE_FORMAT_CONVENTIONAL ) ;
  my $ans = $class->SUPER::set( @_ ) ;
  $class->set_nls_date_format( $oldFormat ) ;
  return $ans ;
}

##</code><code>##

foreach my $meth (qw/create get set/) {
  no strict qw/refs/ ;
  *{__PACKAGE__ . "::$meth"} = sub {
    my $class = shift ;
    my $oldFormat = $class->get_nls_date_format;
    $class->set_nls_date_format( $NLS_DATE_FORMAT_CONVENTIONAL ) ;
    my $ans = _good_lord_what_function( @_ ) ; ### ???
    $class->set_nls_date_format( $oldFormat ) ;
    return $ans ;
  }
}

##</code><code>##

  no strict qw/refs/ ;
  my $originalFunction = \&{__PACKAGE__ . "::$meth" } ;
  *{__PACKAGE__ . "::$meth"} = sub {
...
     my $ans = $originalFunction->( $class, @_ ) ;
...
  }

##</code><code>##

...
     my ($papa) = Class::ISA::super_path($class) ;
     my $papaMethod = $papa->can($meth) ;
     my $ans = $papaMethod->($papa, @_ ) ;
...

##</code><code>##

...
    my $ans = $class->SUPER::{"$meth"}( @_ ) ;
...