NAME

User::Identity::Archive - base class for archiving user information

INHERITANCE

User::Identity::Archive
  is a User::Identity::Item

User::Identity::Archive is extended by
  User::Identity::Archive::Plain

SYNOPSIS

use User::Identity::Archive::Plain;
my $friends = User::Identity::Archive::Plain->new('friends');
$friends->from(\*FH);
$friends->from('.friends');

DESCRIPTION

An archive stores collections. It depends on the type of archive how and where that is done. Some archivers may limit the kinds of selections which can be stored.

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in User::Identity::Item.

OVERLOADED

METHODS

Extends "METHODS" in User::Identity::Item.

Constructors

Extends "Constructors" in User::Identity::Item.

$class->new( [$name], %options )

-Option     --Defined in          --Default
 description  User::Identity::Item  undef
 from                               undef
 name         User::Identity::Item  <required>
 parent       User::Identity::Item  undef

description => STRING

from => $filehandle|$file

name => STRING

parent => OBJECT

Attributes

Extends "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item.

$obj->description()

Inherited, see "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item

$obj->name( [$newname] )

Inherited, see "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item

Collections

Extends "Collections" in User::Identity::Item.

$obj->add($collection, $role)

Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item

$obj->addCollection( $object | <[$type], %options> )

Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item

$obj->collection($name)

Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item

$obj->parent( [$parent] )

Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item

$obj->removeCollection($object|$name)

Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item

$any->type()

Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item

$obj->user()

Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item

Searching

Extends "Searching" in User::Identity::Item.

$obj->find($collection, $role)

Inherited, see "Searching" in User::Identity::Item

Access to the archive

$obj->from($source, %options)

Read definitions from the specified $source, which usually can be a filehandle or filename. The syntax used in the information $source is archiver dependent.

Not all archivers implement from(), so you may want to check with UNIVERSAL::can() beforehand.

» example:

use User::Identity::Archive::Some;
my $a = User::Identity::Archive::Some->new('xyz');
$a->from(\*STDIN) if $a->can('from');

DIAGNOSTICS

Error: cannot load collection module for $type ($class): $@

Either the specified $type does not exist, or that module named $class returns compilation errors. If the type as specified in the warning is not the name of a package, you specified a nickname which was not defined. Maybe you forgot the 'require' the package which defines the nickname. Cast by addCollection()

Error: nvalid collection $name.

The collection with $name does not exist and can not be created. Cast by add()

Error: this $object is not a collection.

Cast by addCollection()

SEE ALSO

This module is part of User-Identity version 4.00, built on December 12, 2025. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/

LICENSE

For contributors see file ChangeLog.

This software is copyright (c) 2003-2025 by Mark Overmeer.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm User::Identity

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install User::Identity