NAME
Module::Generic::Scalar::IO - Generic Module Scalar IO Class
SYNOPSIS
my $s = Module::Generic::Scalar->new;
my $io = $s->open || die( $s->error );
# or
my $io = Module::Generic::Scalar::IO->new( $scalar_object );
# using PerlIO
my $io = Module::Generic::Scalar::IO->new( $scalar_object, '+>:ut8' );
my $io = Module::Generic::Scalar::IO->new( $scalar_object, '+>:binmode(ut-8)' );
my $io = Module::Generic::Scalar::IO->new( $scalar_object, '+>:bytes' );
$io->opened; # Return true if opened or false otherwise
$io->fileno; # returns -1
$io->flush;
$io->print( <<EOT );
Mignonne, allons voir si la rose
Qui ce matin avoit desclose
Sa robe de pourpre au Soleil,
A point perdu cette vesprée
Les plis de sa robe pourprée,
Et son teint au vostre pareil.
EOT
$io->printf( "Author: %s\n", 'Pierre de Ronsard' );
$io->getc; # return nothing, because we are at the end of file
$io->eof; # return true if we are at the end of string
$io->tell; # tells us our position in string
$io->seek(0,0);
my $l = $io->getline; # fetch the first line
$io->seek( $io->length - 1, 0 );
my $n = $io->write( ', Les Odes', 10 );
$io->seek(0,0);
@lines = $io->getlines;
print $lines[-1], "\n";
# Returns: Author: Pierre de Ronsard, Les Odes\n
$io->close;VERSION
v0.2.1DESCRIPTION
This class Module::Generic::Scalar::IO implements object oriented IO methods on a scalar reference. It inherits from Module::Generic::File::IO and you can use all the methods from IO::Handle
Thus, this makes it possible to use Module::Generic::Scalar object as file handle to print and get data to and from it, and you can use it directly as well.
This normally can be achieved with PerlIO, like this:
my $ref = \"Hello";
open( my $fh, '+<:scalar', $ref ) || die( $! );However, this interface provides some additions such as setting filehandle flags based on opening mode, so that following calls work, which they normally do not if one uses directly "open" in perlfunc
my $flags = $fh->fcntl( F_GETFL, 0 );
$fh->fcntl( F_SETFL, O_RDWR );This, in turn, allows the methods "can_read" and "can_write" and "is_append", "is_create", "is_readonly", "is_readwrite", "is_writeonly" to work.
One shortcoming due to perl's own design, is if you call sysread( $fh, $buffer ) instead of $fh-sysread( $buffer )> or syswrite( $fh, $string ) instead of $fh-syswrite( $string )>. While the latter works of course, the former does not, so always make sure to call hose methods in an object oriented way.
METHODS
new
It takes an Module::Generic::Scalar object or any other scalar reference, and some optional mode and calls "open". It returns a blessed file handle.
If no mode is provided, it defaults to +< to allow for read and write, but without clobbering.
Supported modes are:
<orr-
Read-only
<+orr+-
Read and write. This is the default.
>orw-
Clobbering. This will empty the content of the scalar reference, before writing to it.
+>orw+-
Cloberring, and read and write.
>>ora-
Append mode. This will allow for appending data to the underlying scalar reference, but not read from it.
+>>a+-
Append and read mode. This allows to append data and read from it.
autoflush
This is a no-ope; it does not do anything.
binmode
This is a no-ope; it does not do anything.
bit
Returns the bitwise value of the mode used to open the scalar reference io interface.
You can then use Fcntl constants O_RDONLY, O_RDWR, O_CREAT, O_WRONLY, O_APPEND to query in bitwise mode, such as:
use Fcntl;
if( $io->bit & O_RDWR )
{
say "Can write";
}can_read
Returns true if one can read from the scalar reference.
can_write
Returns true if one can write to the scalar reference.
clearerr
This is a no-ope; it does not do anything.
close
This merely untie the scalar. In the IO::Scalar, the scalar reference passed are tied so they can be used in non-object oriented way also.
This method overrides the one from IO::Scalar that would otherwise destroy our underlying Module::Generic::Scalar object.
eof
Returns true if we are positioned at the end of the string, false otherwise.
fcntl
This is used to query or set the bitwise mode. For example:
use Fcntl;
my $bits = $io->fcntl( F_GETFL, $whatever );
# Set bits. Here same as +>
$io->fcntl( F_SETFL, ( O_CREAT | O_RDWR ) );fileno
As perl documentation for "open" in perlfunc, this returns -1
flush
This causes perl to flush any buffered data at the perlio api level. Any unread data in the buffer will be discarded, and any unwritten data will be written to the underlying file descriptor.
It returns "0 but true" on success, and upon error sets an "Module::Generic/error" in error and returns undef.
getc
Return the next character from our last position, or undef if none remains.
getline
Return the next line, or undef on end of string.
getlines
Get all the lines from the position we are in the string.
So using our example in the "SYNOPSIS" above :
$io->seek(0,0); # position ourself at the start of the string
my $c = $io->getc; # get the first character, which is 'M'
my @lines = $io->getlines;This will fetch all 6 lines, except the first one will only contain:
ignonne, allons voir si la rosei.e. without the leading "M", since "getc" positioned us after.
So, be careful about your position in the string.
This can only be called in list context, or this will return an error
is_append
Returns true if the bitwise mode has the O_APPEND bit enabled, false otherwise.
is_create
Returns true if the bitwise mode has the O_CREAT bit enabled, false otherwise.
is_readonly
Returns true if the bitwise mode has the O_RDONLY bit enabled, false otherwise.
is_readwrite
Returns true if the bitwise mode has the O_RDWR bit enabled, false otherwise.
is_writeonly
Returns true if the bitwise mode has the O_WRONLY bit enabled, false otherwise.
length
Returns the size of the underlining scalar reference in bytes.
line
Provided with a callback as a subroutine reference or anonymous subroutine, and this will call the callback passing it each line of the scalar.
If the callback returns undef, this will terminate the browsing of each line, unless the option auto_next is set. See below.
It takes some optional arguments as follow:
- chomp boolean
-
If true, each line will be "chomp" in perlfunc'ed before being passed to the callback.
- auto_next boolean
-
If true, this will ignore the return value from the callback and will move on to the next line.
object
Returns the underlying Module::Generic::Scalar object or any other scalar reference that was provided during object instantiation.
open
This takes an Module::Generic::Scalar object or any other scalar reference and a mode. See "new" for the list of supported modes.
This will reeturn an error if the scalar reference provided is not appropriate or if the mode provided is unsupported.
It returns the current object this was called with. It will return an error if it is called as a class function and not using an object.
opened
Returns true if the filehanle is opened or false otherwise.
This prints at the last position in the string the list of data provided, just like "print" in perlfunc
If you want to make sure you are at the end, do:
$io->seek(0,2);
# or better yet:
$io->seek(0,SEEK_END);printf
Same as "printf" in perlfunc
read
my $buff;
$io->read( $buff, 1024 );
# or
$io->read( $buff, 1024, $offset );Same as "read" in perlfunc
Takes a string as a buffer, a length and an optional offset in the buffer and will attempt to read from our scalar the requested length and place the result in the buffer.
It returns the number of data read at the last position, or undef if there was an error.
say
Same as "say" in perlfunc
seek
$io->seek( POSITION, WHENCE );This takes 2 arguments: an integer representing a position in the string and another integer representing the action to take.
Quoting from "seek" in perlfunc: "The values for WHENCE are 0 to set the new position *in bytes* to POSITION; 1 to set it to the current position plus POSITION; and 2 to set it to EOF plus POSITION, typically negative."
You can also use Fcntl, such as:
$io->seek( $some_pos, SEEK_SET );size
Alias for "length"
stat
This is a no-op and always returns undef or an empty list in list context.
sysread
Same as "sysread" in perlfunc
sysseek
Same as "sysseek" in perlfunc
syswrite
Same as "syswrite" in perlfunc
tell
Same as "tell" in perlfunc
Returns the current position in the string.
truncate
$io->truncate( $length );
$io->truncate( $io->tell );Same as "truncate" in perlfunc
This truncates the string to the specified length $length. It returns true if successful, and false otherwise, such as when at the end of the string.
The position in the string is left unchanged. You may want to call seek before writing to the string.
This is an improvement from "truncate" in IO::Handle, which would otherwise fail on a scalar reference and return Bad file descriptor
write
$io->write( $data );
$io->write( $data, 1024 );
$io->write( $data, 1024, $offset );Same as "write" in IO::Handle
This takes some data $data, and optionally some length of those data to take and optionally at a given $offset in $data, and will "print" those data at the last position in string.
This is an improvement from "write" in IO::Handle, which does a simple print and thus returns only true or false.
It returns the number of bytes printed, or undef if there was an error, in which cases the error message can be retrieved with error
SERIALISATION
Serialisation by CBOR, Sereal and Storable::Improved (or the legacy Storable) is supported by this package. To that effect, the following subroutines are implemented: FREEZE, THAW, STORABLE_freeze and STORABLE_thaw
SEE ALSO
Module::Generic::Scalar, PerlIO::scalar, Module::Generic::File::IO
AUTHOR
Jacques Deguest <jack@deguest.jp>
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2021-2022 DEGUEST Pte. Ltd.
You can use, copy, modify and redistribute this package and associated files under the same terms as Perl itself.