NAME

App::TimelogTxt::File - Simplify reading part of the timelog.txt file

VERSION

This document describes App::TimelogTxt::File version 0.05

SYNOPSIS

use App::TimelogTxt::File;

my $file = App::TimelogTxt::File->new( 'timelog.txt', '2012-06-01', '2012-06-05' );
while( defined( $line = $file->readline ) ) {
    # process lines
}

DESCRIPTION

An object of this class is a filtered iterator over the lines in the file. Only the lines between the first instance of the first marker (inclusive) and the first instance of the second marker (exclusive) are returned by the readline function.

INTERFACE

new( $file, $start, $end )

Create an object representing part of a file. The $file argument gives the file path. The $start and $end parameters specify the markers for the starting and ending parts of the file.

$f->readline()

Return the next line from the file that meets the criteria. Returns undef once we reach either the end of file or the $end marker.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

App::TimelogTxt::File requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

None.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

AUTHOR

G. Wade Johnson gwadej@cpan.org

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2012, G. Wade Johnson gwadej@cpan.org. All rights reserved.

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

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