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# (c) Jan Gehring <jan.gehring@gmail.com>
#
=head1 NAME
Rex::Shared::Var - Share variables across Rex tasks
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Share variables across Rex tasks with the help of Storable, using a C<vars.db.$PID> file in the local directory, where C<$PID> is the PID of the parent process.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
BEGIN { # put share in a BEGIN block
use Rex::Shared::Var;
share qw($scalar @array %hash); # share the listed variables
}
=head1 LIMITATIONS
Currently nesting data structures works only if the assignment is made on the top level of the structure, or when the nested structures are also shared variables. For example:
BEGIN {
use Rex::Shared::Var;
share qw(%hash %nested);
}
# this doesn't work as expected
$hash{key} = { nested_key => 42 };
$hash{key}->{nested_key} = -1; # $hash{key}->{nested_key} still returns 42
# workaround 1 - top level assignments
$hash{key} = { nested_key => 42 };
$hash{key} = { nested_key => -1 };
# workaround 2 - nesting shared variables
$nested{nested_key} = 42;
$hash{key} = \%nested;
$hash{key}->{nested_key} = -1;
=head1 METHODS
=cut
use v5.12.5;
our $VERSION = '1.16.0'; # VERSION
use Symbol;
require Exporter;
use base qw(Exporter);
use vars qw(@EXPORT);
@EXPORT = qw(share);
=head2 share
Share the passed list of variables across Rex tasks. Should be used in a C<BEGIN> block.
BEGIN {
use Rex::Shared::Var;
share qw($error_count);
}
task 'count', sub {
$error_count += run 'wc -l /var/log/syslog';
};
after_task_finished 'count', sub {
say "Total number of errors: $error_count";
};
=cut
sub share {
my @vars = @_;
my ( $package, $file, $line ) = caller;
my ( $sigil, $symbol );
for my $var (@vars) {
if ( ( $sigil, $symbol ) = ( $var =~ /^([\$\@\%\*\&])(.+)/ ) ) {
my $ref_to_symbol = qualify_to_ref $symbol, $package;
$symbol = "${package}::$symbol";
if ( $sigil eq "\$" ) {
eval "use Rex::Shared::Var::Scalar;";
tie ${ *{$ref_to_symbol} }, "Rex::Shared::Var::Scalar", $symbol;
*{$ref_to_symbol} = \${ *{$ref_to_symbol} };
}
elsif ( $sigil eq "\@" ) {
eval "use Rex::Shared::Var::Array;";
tie @{ *{$ref_to_symbol} }, "Rex::Shared::Var::Array", $symbol;
*{$ref_to_symbol} = \@{ *{$ref_to_symbol} };
}
elsif ( $sigil eq "\%" ) {
eval "use Rex::Shared::Var::Hash;";
tie %{ *{$ref_to_symbol} }, "Rex::Shared::Var::Hash", $symbol;
*{$ref_to_symbol} = \%{ *{$ref_to_symbol} };
}
}
}
}
1;