NAME

Data::Range::Compare::Stream::Iterator::Base - Abstract class

SYNOPSIS

package MyIterator;
use strict;
use warnings;
use IO::File;
use IO::Select;
use base qw(Data::Range::Compare::Stream::Iterator::Base);
use Data::Range::Compare::Stream;

sub new {
  my ($class,%args)=@_;
  my $has_next;
  my $self=$class->SUPER::new(%args);

  if(defined($args{filename})) {
    my $fh=IO::File->new($args{filename});
    if($fh) {
       $self->{fh}=$fh;
       my $line=$fh->getline;
       $self->{next_line}=$line;
       $has_next=defined($line);
    } else {
      $self->{msg}="Error could not open $args{filename} error was: $!";
    }

  }

  $self->{has_next}=$has_next;
  return $self;
}

sub get_next {
  my ($self)=@_;
  return undef unless $self->has_next;

  my $line=$self->{next_line};
  $self->{next_line}=$self->{fh}->getline;
  $self->{has_next}=$self->{next_line} ?  1 : 0;

  chomp $line;
  return new Data::Range::Compare::Stream(split /\s+/,$line);
}

1;

DESCRIPTION

This module acts as the base class for all Data::Range::Compare::Stream::Iterator classes.

Methods to implement

• my $iterator=new MyIterator(arguments=>here);

  The default object constructor takes a hash of arguments, and returns a blessed anonymous hash. If you want to do anything other than that you will need to overload this function!

• while($iterator->has_next) { do something }

  The internals return $self->{has_next}. If you want to do anything other than that you will need to overload this function!

• my $range=$iterator->get_next;

  Objects returned from this function should implement Data::Range::Compare::Stream

• my $string=$iterator->to_string;

  Returns the package name of $iterator

SEE ALSO

Data::Range::Compare::Stream::Cookbook

AUTHOR

Michael Shipper

Source-Forge Project

As of version 0.001 the Project has been moved to Source-Forge.net

Data Range Compare https://sourceforge.net/projects/data-range-comp/

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2011 Michael Shipper. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.