+sub clean_fields {
+ my ($self, $illegal_chars, $object, @fields) = @_;
+
+ my @cleaned_fields;
+ foreach my $field (grep { $object->can($_) } @fields) {
+ my $value = $object->$field;
+
+ next unless defined($value) && ($value =~ s/$illegal_chars/ /g);
+
+ $object->$field($value);
+ push @cleaned_fields, $field;
+ }
+
+ return @cleaned_fields;
+}
+
+sub save_additions {
+ my ($self, $object) = @_;
+
+ # Can be overridden by derived specialized importer classes to save
+ # additional tables (e.g. record links).
+ # This sub is called after the object is saved successfully in an transaction.
+
+ return;
+}
+
+sub save_additions_always {
+ my ($self, $object) = @_;
+
+ # Can be overridden by derived specialized importer classes to save
+ # additional tables always.
+ # This sub is called before the object is saved. Therefore this
+ # hook will always be executed whether or not the import entry can be saved successfully.